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New rail tracks, siding and signals are among work under way on a new $55 million intermodal freight hub taking shape at Ballarat, Victoria. The hub will give tenants of the Ballarat West Employment Zone (BWEZ), specifically George Weston Foods […]
North-east Victorian households will be hit with a nearly 10% increase in water and sewerage bills in the new financial year. And bills are expected to go up by 27% over five years after the Essential Services Commission (ESC) released
Approval of a planned $100 million cable car project for Airlie Beach is to be fast-tracked by the Queensland Government. The government has given the Whitsunday Skyway Project ‘prescribed’ status to streamline the approvals process and is separate to $5m
A failed bid to smuggle a suspected Queensland fugitive to Indonesia has landed three people in WA courts. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says officers from a WA joint crime taskforce arrested three people onboard a yacht at 8am on
A new 60-metre beach is to be added to a seawall on Brisbane’s Redcliffe Peninsula as local council moves to shore up longer-term protection against coastal erosion. The million project at Woody Point is one of four such on the
Illegal e-bikes will now be seized and crushed in NSW after state parliament approved changes to the Road Transport Act. NSW Police and Transport officers can seize these e-bikes and Transport for NSW will crush them under changes approved on
Queensland’s regional rail services are cutting back as of today (June 1) amid an ongoing dispute with unions that has already reduced South-East Qld metro services. Since mid-April, more than 50 long-distance services have been fully or partially cancelled affecting
Parkes may be best known for Elvis fans and a giant telescope dish but the NSW town is in line for a $65 million economic boost. The NSW Government says three companies are to set up operations in a ‘special
The camels are returning to Queensland outback towns in July for a jam-packed three weeks of races. The Outback Camel Trail covers five events in five towns over 21 days with other activities like pig, yabby and mower races (Boulia),
Hotel capacity for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games remains stalled even as demand for rooms continues to grow. And more hotel rooms will place the state’s visitor economy in a bigger position post-Games, says a new report for the Property
