A roundup of Australian local, state, national and international government news, events and projects.
A plan for Sydney City’s new $150 million town hall square featuring illuminated native trees have been made public. And residents will be able to have their say on the final design with the development application yet to be lodged. […]
Parramatta’s transformation into a ‘Central River City’ takes a step closer to reality with the NSW government to spend $124.5 million on rezoning a northern precinct. The government is promising up to 10 hectares of landscaped space and heritage protection
More trains will be running across Melbourne by the end of the month, a new-look state government says. And an order is in for 25 more locally built trains to compliment ones that are starting to be delivered. The government
Qld police have seized more than 240 electric ride devices and issued almost 1000 fines in just one month. Since Operation Yankee Surety started on July 1, police say they targeted dangerous behaviour and illegal devices. So far, officers issued
An arson attack on a Victorian aerospace parts manufacturer last year that damaged buildings and vehicles is now being investigated as a terrorist act. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) released new images of the attack on Lovitt Technologies
Train manufacturing in the Hunter is to be rebuilt after the state government says it will spend $12 billion on a new factory and 15-year pipeline of rolling stock. And Newcastle will playing a key role in a $447 million
Trials of road trains almost 54 metres long to operate on WA’s Great Northern Highway has been extended to the end of the year. The WA government says a triple-road train (53.5 metre long) trial running from Wubin to Muchea
A trial use of personal OC (capsicum) spray in the Northern Territory will now run to the end of the year. And the NT Government says it is considering expanding the trial to include 16-year-olds. Personal use of the self-defence
Youngs Crossing in northern Brisbane is almost halfway to ‘getting’ a new $120 million 200-metre bridge that can protect motorists from floods. For the next five weeks, concrete girders measuring up to 27 metres long will be driven, under escort,
Queensland is to spend more than $14 million on buying 14,000 hand guns from Austria in a statewide upgrade. The state government says the Glock 45 Generation 6 pistol will be issued to officers by the end of the year.
