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President's column

NEXT WEEK's National Local Roads and Transport Congress promises to be a rewarding and insightful event and not just because our keynote speakers have ideas and expertise to burn.

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Ministerial decisions under a legal cloud

DECISIONS made by Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash while they were the Federal Ministers for Agriculture and Regional Development respectively may yet be challenged in court.

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Council trucks stuck on Thornton's narrow streets

THE STREETS of a new Penrith housing estate are so narrow that council trucks have trouble getting in to collect residents' household rubbish.

Latest News

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Accurate data equals better infrastructure decision-making

PETER DAMEN, a keynote speaker at ALGA's National Local Roads and Transport Congress, discusses research, innovation and new technologies with Kym Foster.

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Loopholes found in heavy vehicle driver-licencing

HEAVY VEHICLE driver-training and licencing, particularly for foreign nationals in Australia on visas, needs to be more closely regulated, a new road safety report says.

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Female representation on WA councils up 25pc

NEARLY 450 female candidates were elected to council in last month's WA Local Government elections, an increase of more than 25 per cent since 2013.

Remote Indigenous housing scheme 'badly designed'

THE NATIONAL Indigenous remote housing scheme is poorly governed and hampered by constantly changing policies, says the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Value capture 'needed to fund infrastructure'

PLANNING advocate Tim Williams has called for a proper value capture mechanism to help finance much-needed infrastructure in Sydney.

News in brief

THE AUSTRALIAN National Audit Office has given the controversial Community Development Program a tick, saying the transition from the old Remote Jobs and Communities Program was largely effective.

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Accurate data equals better infrastructure decision-making

PETER DAMEN, a keynote speaker at ALGA's National Local Roads and Transport Congress, discusses research, innovation and new technologies with Kym Foster.

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Loopholes found in heavy vehicle driver-licencing

HEAVY VEHICLE driver-training and licencing, particularly for foreign nationals in Australia on visas, needs to be more closely regulated, a new road safety report says.

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Female representation on WA councils up 25pc

NEARLY 450 female candidates were elected to council in last month's WA Local Government elections, an increase of more than 25 per cent since 2013.

Remote Indigenous housing scheme 'badly designed'

THE NATIONAL Indigenous remote housing scheme is poorly governed and hampered by constantly changing policies, says the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Value capture 'needed to fund infrastructure'

PLANNING advocate Tim Williams has called for a proper value capture mechanism to help finance much-needed infrastructure in Sydney.

News in brief

THE AUSTRALIAN National Audit Office has given the controversial Community Development Program a tick, saying the transition from the old Remote Jobs and Communities Program was largely effective.

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