Image: WorldSpectrum/pixabay.com Work on a digital version of the Aussie is advancing with the selection of trial partners to try out digital dollars by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBS). Project Acacia is a joint research project of the RBA and Digital Finance Co-operative Research Centre (DFCRC). It is also supported by the Australian Securities…
Copper theft is plunging streets into darkness and costing councils a lot of money to repair. Photo: Emre Can Acer /www.pexels.com Copper theft is costing councils big time and more has to be done to close the market for illegal sales of the metal, says Moreton Bay City Council. Moreton Bay Mayor Peter Flannery wants…
The M5 Motorway at Riverwood, Sydney. Photo: Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue NSW’s $380 million upgrade of southwest Sydney’s M5 motorway is expected to help ease traffic congestion over the Georges River. And news of the project contract signing has been welcomed by the property industry. The federal-state co-funded project (50-50 split) involves a new three-lane…