Truck drivers have had a seemingly impossible two years. They’ve had to endure Covid restrictions, border closures, been locked out of rest stops and faced mandatory testing, but through it all they have kept Australia moving. Now, with Christmas on the horizon and their workload picking up, truck drivers are again facing a crisis. But

Not even COVID quarantine in the United States stopped the Deputy Prime Minister from firing the starting gun yesterday on the next round of Morrison-Joyce Government rorts, this time with round six of the Building Better Regions Fund.  This round of funding tops up Scott Morrison’s re-election piggy bank to the tune of $250 million. 

An Albanese Labor Government will bring safer roads to Hawkesbury Heights with a $1.8 million commitment to build a shared path for pedestrians, cyclists and families. Running adjacent to Hawkesbury Road between Hawkesbury Heights Lookout and Winmalee High School, this fully paved shared path will mean locals can get off a narrow, busy road and

Labor is concerned by reports in newspapers today that a global shortage of a special anti-pollution ¬additive known as AdBlue for diesel vehicles could lead to thousands of heavy vehicles being forced off the roads within weeks. This shortage will put even more stress on already under pressure supply chains.  Our truck drivers have continued

A Senate Committee report released today has given the Prime Minister 15 days to account for his involvement in the administration of the Commuter Car Park Fund. Two witnesses told the committee that in their view aspects of the commuter car park fund amounted to corruption. We know that these processes were not limited to

Infrastructure matters. Infrastructure investment is the key enabling force behind sustainable economic growth. Investing in infrastructure projects creates jobs, boosts productivity and improves lives. Incoming IA chairman Col Murray with his local member Barnaby Joyce. Transport means those in marginalised suburbs and regions can take advantage of opportunity. It allows wealth to spread, it allows

Families in Armstrong Creek, Barwon Heads and all across the Bellarine will have quicker and safer commutes to work, school and weekend sport under an Albanese Labor Government, thanks to a $125 million commitment to help build stage 2 of the Barwon Heads Road duplication. By 2031, Barwon Heads Road is projected to carry up

In news that will surprise absolutely nobody, Barnaby Joyce’s new appointments to the board of Infrastructure Australia amount to little more than a Nationals stack of this integral economic advisory agency. Of seven new appointments to the board, four have easily discoverable links to the Liberal and National Parties. The new chair, Colin Murray, describes

E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWABC NEWSRADIO WITH GLEN BARTHOLOMEWWEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021 SUBJECTS: New chair of Infrastructure Australia; George Christensen and extremist threats. GLEN BARTHOLOMEW, HOST: Good afternoon, Catherine. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good afternoon, Glen. BARTHOLOMEW: What do you know about Col Murray? KING: Well, I’ve met him once before

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOP INTERVIEWPARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRAWEDNESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2021 SUBJECTS: New chair of Infrastructure Australia; Peter Dutton doing the numbers. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Yesterday, we had Barnaby Joyce confirm that he’s intending to appoint his hometown mayor, the former Mayor of Tamworth, to the chair of Infrastructure Australia. This