STUCK IN THE SLOW LANE – MORRISON’S INFRASTRUCTURE HANDBRAKE
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
If you’re concerned with the amount of time stuck in traffic each day – things are only getting worse. I don’t need to tell this to the millions of Australians trying to get to work each day on congested urban roads and crowded public transport. While those Australians who live in our regions and outer
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INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA AUDIT CONFIRMS NEED FOR REAL PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Infrastructure Australia’s third national infrastructure audit confirms the need for the Morrison Government to produce a real plan for infrastructure to protect jobs, curb rising congestion and stimulate the economy. Labor welcomes the extensive piece of work by Infrastructure Australia that includes a broad review of economic and social infrastructure and confirms the need for
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WAKE UP CALL ON ROAD SAFETY
Sunday, 11 August 2019
In another wake up call for Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on road safety, his own Department authored a report critical of the lack of Commonwealth leadership to drive down road trauma. The key finding of the Review of National Road Safety Governance was that the Commonwealth “has not provided strong leadership, coordination or advocacy
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DO WE ASPIRE TO BE BETTER THAN OK, PRIME MINISTER?
Friday, 09 August 2019
In a further blow to Scott Morrison’s repeated refusals to fast track infrastructure investment, the Reserve Bank Governor today flagged that such decisions comes down to our aspiration as a nation. Repeating comments made earlier in the year, the Governor told the House Standing Committee on Economics that infrastructure investment is a key policy lever
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SUMMIT, SYDNEY
Wednesday, 07 August 2019
***Check Against Delivery*** Good morning and it’s a pleasure to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. To the Tourism and Transport Forum and International Association of Public Transport Australia and New
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WAKE-UP CALL FOR MORRISON ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN CONGESTION
Wednesday, 07 August 2019
Sydney and Melbourne are set to hit megacity status by 2056 leading to a doubling in the outer suburban population and a 60 percent blowout in commute times. Analysis in the Regional Australia Institute’s Regional Population Growth – Are We Ready? report released today finds that a business as usual approach will lead to increased
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COST AND TIME BLOW OUT ON ONESKY PROJECT UNDER GOVERNMENT’S WATCH
Thursday, 01 August 2019
The OneSky Project is becoming another complete failure of this Liberal National Government, with an ANAO report confirming costs have more than doubled and delivery is due ten years late. What has this Liberal National Government been doing for the past six years to oversee such a large a blow out in delivery time and
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MORRISON AND MCCORMACK NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON ROAD SAFETY
Thursday, 01 August 2019
After six years of inaction, the third term Morrison Government has been given a wake-up call on Road Safety. New data released today by the Australian Automobile Association found Australia’s road toll is higher today than it was four years ago. Eight years into the 10 year National Road Safety Strategy, the AAA analysis found
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COMMUTE TIMES SOAR AS MCCORMACK AND TUDGE FAIL TO BUST CONGESTION
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Australians are spending on average 4.5 hours a week getting to and from work — a rise of 23 per cent since 2002. The data revealed in the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, shows that average weekly travel times to and from work rose from 3.7 hours to 4.5 hours.
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QUESTION TIME CONFIRMS MORRISON AND MCCORMACK’S INFRASTRUCTURE PIPEDREAM
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Today in Question Time, the Government confirmed its so-called $100 billion infrastructure pipeline is nothing but a pipedream, with little work to start on five projects in the next four years. The Minister for Infrastructure today refused to bring forward funding for five infrastructure projects across NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania. Labor MPs asked the
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