President's column
In 2012, a young Sarah Frazer's car broke down. Jammed up to a guardrail and straddling the edge of the inner highway lane, she and her tow truck driver were killed instantly by a distracted driver.
Although the driver was guilty of dangerous driving, the road was also at fault by not being constructed to Austroads standards requiring sufficient room to pull off the road safely.
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One in five local timber bridges in poor state
ALGA has renewed its call for permanency of the federal Bridges Renewal Program to help fix the roughly one in five local timber bridges that are in poor condition, following findings in the 2018 National State of the Assets: Roads and Community Infrastructure Report launched at the National Local Roads and Transport Congress in Alice Springs.
ALGA President, Mayor David O'Loughlin, said that despite increased investment to renew bridges and the continued effort of councils
2019 Local Government Roads and Transport Agenda
The latest roads agenda for local government has been launched at the recent Roads Congress held in Alice Springs.
The document, targeted at councils, highlights some of the challenges facing local governments in the transport arena and also outlines opportunities provided by these challenges. This includes:
Federal Government launches its digital transformation strategy
The Hon Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Human Services and Digital Transformation, has this week launched the Commonwealth's digital transformation strategy during an address at the National Press Club in Canberra.
The Strategy provides a direction for the Government's work on data and digital transformation, with the aim to have all government services available digitally in the next seven years.
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