FEDERAL Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester and Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher last week launched the Faster Rail Prospectus, which they said will start the process of bidding to build faster rail services in Australia's urban and regional areas.
FOLLOWING an upwardly revised increase of 11.7 per cent in June, the total number of new dwellings approved in July decreased by 1.7 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
HOUSING affordability issues are likely to persist in some capital cities and could have longer term economic implications for Australia, while the issue of land supply needs greater focus, according to a new report released by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA).
THE Planning Institute of Australia last week said it strongly supports NSW Education Minister and PIA Honorary Fellow Rob Stokes' comments that there has been a lack of action on part of the Federal Government to 'future-proof' Australia through national urban and regional planning.
FOLLOWING a revised decrease of 5.4 per cent in May, the total number of new dwellings approved in June increased by 10.9 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
AUSTRALIAN Regional Development Minister Fiona Nash last week announced that 110 rural, regional and remote projects have been successful under the infrastructure stream of Round One of the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) program.
Infrastructure Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, has positively assessed the business cases for Perth's Armadale Road Upgrade and the Sydney Metro City & Southwest, with the projects added to the Infrastructure Priority List as Priority and High Priority respectively.
REGIONAL population data released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that the number of people living in Australia's capital cities grew by 2.9 million between June 2006 and June 2016, which accounted for 77 per cent of the country's total population growth over the decade.
FEDERAL Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation Angus Taylor last week invited public comment on the Interim Report of the National Cities Performance Framework, which will measure the performance of Australia's largest cities and help monitor and evaluate cities policy.
FOLLOWING an upwardly revised increase of 4.6 per cent in April, the total number of new dwellings approved in May decreased by 5.6 per cent, in seasonally adjusted terms, according to the latest figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
INFRASTRUCTURE Australia, the nation's independent infrastructure advisor, has launched a new policy paper compelling Australian governments to act to protect vital infrastructure corridors and avoid cost overruns, delays and community disruption when delivering new infrastructure.
THE results of the latest national Census reveal Australia is a fast changing, ever-expanding, culturally diverse nation, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), who last week released the first results since the 2016 Census of Population and Housing was undertaken in August last year.
INFRASTRUCTURE deficiencies have played a part in making it harder for struggling regions in Australia to increase their productivity, create jobs and improve incomes, according to a report published by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA).
