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With as many as 1 in 10 Australian infants suffering from a food allergy, Food Allergy Week is an annual national campaign by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) that helps promote and develop the awareness of food allergy and anaphylactic reactions amongst Australians. The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and GS1 Australia are pleased [...]
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The 4th meeting of the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (the Standing Council) has been held in Canberra to consider a wide range of transport initiatives and reforms. The Standing Council includes Transport, Infrastructure and Planning Ministers from the Commonwealth, States and Territories, New Zealand and the Australian Local Government Association. National Transport Regulation [...]
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Coca Cola Amatil (CCA) has attacked the Northern Territory’s cash-for-containers recycling scheme, saying it’s old fashioned and inefficient, and will increase the price of soft drinks. CCA chairman David Gonski said the company’s own scheme will be much more effective and cost less. Mr Gonski said at the company’s annual general meeting in Sydney on [...]
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Plans announced by the Coalition to review the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal in the event of winning September’s Federal election ignore all of the evidence collected over twenty years showing a direct relationship between pay and conditions for truck drivers and road safety, said Tony Sheldon, national secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union. “It is [...]
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Workers at the Port of Hong Kong have voted to call off their industrial action after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions – as well as an assurance that there will be no retaliation against workers who participated in the strike. The Union of Hong Kong Dockers issued [...]
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The $8 billion East-West Link Tunnel in Melbourne has dominated the Victorian Budget, with other rail, road and public transport projects largely neglected. Infrastructure and transport engineering consulting firm AECOM has welcomed the budget’s significant transport investment, but suggested a greater focus on public transport in subsequent budgets and further clarification around the East-West Link [...]
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The inability to secure finance is a significant barrier to SME winning tenders in the resources industry, a new report commissioned by Australia’s export credit agency (EFIC) has found. The survey of 2,000 Australian SME showed that while resources sector growth has created opportunities for SME across the country, obtaining finance, fulfilling lenders’ security requirements [...]
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A container terminal at Newcastle would be good for people living in northern NSW because the cost of transporting goods to and from the port will be lower, obviously, than with Port Botany.
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The NSW and Australian Governments have announced major funding of almost $50 million to improve transport and freight links in country NSW. Almost $10 million has been allocated to build new overtaking lanes on the Newell Highway, which will cut down travel times and improve road safety. The extra overtaking lanes on the Newell also [...]
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Offered to the market in October 2012, the new container terminal is the centrepiece of the Victorian Government’s $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project and attracted expressions of interest from a wide field of Australian and international bidders. Located at Melbourne’s Webb Dock East, the new facility comprises around 30 hectares of waterfront terminal, a utility [...]
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