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23 January 2013
Northern Territory Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Adam Giles PORT AGREEMENT SEES IRON ORE PROJECT MOVE CLOSER Victor P Taffa Sherwin Iron has reached a key agreement with Darwin Port Corporation to use East Arm Wharf facilities to export iron ore sourced from the resource company’s Roper River mine site, 500km southeast of Darwin. [...]
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22 January 2013
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu PSOs Deploy To Ferntree Gully And Watergardens Stations Victor P Taffa Premier Ted Baillieu has announced the deployment of Protective Service Officers (PSOs) to Ferntree Gully and Watergardens train stations from 6pm on Tuesday night. Mr. Baillieu said with the addition of PSOs at Ferntree Gully and Watergardens there would [...]
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22 January 2013
Western Australia Minister for Transport Troy Buswell Bus Station Next Step In Perth City Link Project Victor P Taffa State Government seeking proposals to sink bus station Dynamic stand-allocation station to be an Australian-first With the task of sinking a huge tract of CBD rail yards in the home stretch, the State Government’s visionary Perth [...]
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17 January 2013
Western Australia Minister for Transport Troy Buswell $6.5M Upgrade For Kenwick Train Station Victor P Taffa Rail station to be more accessible for passengers Transport Minister Troy Buswell said today that Kenwick train station would be the latest Transperth stop to be upgraded to bring it into line with current accessibility requirements. “Though the [...]
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14 January 2013
Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese Victoria Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder Significant Progress Made On Regional Rail Link Victor P Taffa Major Regional Rail Link construction works were undertaken in December 2012 and January 2013, with trains now back up and running on the Sunbury, Ballarat and Bendigo lines. Federal [...]
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14 January 2013
Western Australia Minister for Transport Troy Buswell $6Million Available For Coastal Protection Victor P Taffa Submissions invited from coastal managers for record funding pool Revised scheme to allocate an extra $4Million for 2013-14 and 2014-15 The State Government has tripled funding available for local coastal protection grants in the next two financial years following a [...]
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13 January 2013
Western Australia Minister for Transport Troy Buswell Major Works To Improve Perth’s Road Network Victor P Taffa Major road works this year to improve freeway capacity and safety Resultant easing of traffic congestion Road users urged to be patient and take care Transport Minister Troy Buswell today announced that Main Roads WA was about to [...]
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10 January 2013
Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads Scott Emerson Train Performance Hits New High Victor P Taffa Train service reliability has jumped, with Queensland Rail recording its best on-time running results in eight years. Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott Emerson said passengers were starting to experience the improvements in service reliability they deserved. “From [...]
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10 January 2013
Acting Northern Territory Minister for Transport John Elferink PUBLIC BUS CHANGES Victor P Taffa Public bus fares in the Northern Territory increased this week to meet growing demand for public transport, improve the standard of services and to meet the need to continue to expand the public bus network. Free bus travel for students, [...]
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09 January 2013
South Australia Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond Conlon Caves In So Commuters Can Keep Their Cool Victor P Taffa Thousands of Adelaide commuters will now be able to travel on air-conditioned substitute buses after Transport Minister Pat Conlon caved in to mounting pressure over Labor’s botch-up of its substitute bus service. “It took significant media [...]
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09 January 2013
South Australia Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond South Australia Shadow Minister for Transport Duncan McFetridge Commuter Chaos Continues As Temps Soar And South Australians Head Back To Work Victor P Taffa With more South Australians heading back to work today and temperatures this week expected to remain high, commuters are still faced with sub-standard substitute buses. [...]
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09 January 2013
Acting Victoria Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Police and Emergency Services Peter Ryan Sunshine Commuters Now Protected By PSOs Victor P Taffa More Victorian commuters will be safer every night of the week with the deployment of Protective Services Officers to Sunshine railway station from tomorrow, Tuesday 8 January. Acting Premier and Minister for [...]
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09 January 2013
Victoria Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder $1.8 Million Facelift For Glen Waverley Station Victor P Taffa Glen Waverley station is set for $1.8 Million major facelift, Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder announced today. Visiting the station with Member for Mount Waverley Michael Gidley, Monash Mayor Cr. Micaela Drieberg and Metro Trains CEO [...]
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03 January 2013
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Sustainable Transport Matthew Groom McKim Has No Credibility On Light Rail Victor P Taffa Nick McKim isn’t serious about light rail. At the last election the Greens promised big things but in the almost three years they’ve been in Government, and despite Mr. McKim being the Minister for Sustainable Transport, he [...]
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24 December 2012
Victoria Minister for Ports Denis Napthine Minister Welcomes Independent Lady Cheryl Report Victor P Taffa Minister for Ports Denis Napthine today welcomed the release of an independent report into the incident involving the commercial fishing vessel Lady Cheryl which sank at Point Nepean on 24 March this year. Dr. Napthine said the report by the [...]
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24 December 2012
Victoria Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder Free Ride On Public Transport This Christmas Victor P Taffa Train, tram, coach and bus services across Victoria will be free from first to last service on Christmas Day, Tuesday 25 December, Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder said today. “Public transport is the safe and easy [...]
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22 December 2012
Federal Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Warren Truss Victor P Taffa Following a recent enquiry regarding the Federal Opposition’s opinion towards building High Speed Rail Federal Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Warren Truss gave The Southern Thunderer Editor Victor P Taffa a two page response that is attached. While the cost of building [...]
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22 December 2012
Victoria Minister for Public Transport and Roads Terry Mulder Bidders Shortlisted For Mitcham And Springvale Level Crossing Removal Projects Victor P Taffa Works to remove two level crossings at Mitcham Road and Rooks Road in Mitcham and a third on Springvale Road in Springvale are on track to start next year, with VicRoads short listing [...]
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22 December 2012
Victoria Minister for Roads Terry Mulder East West Link Is Declared Under Major Transport Projects Act Victor P Taffa The East West Link is a step closer after its declaration as a major project under the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009, paving the way for early planning on the landmark project. Roads Minister Terry [...]
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21 December 2012
Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese Victoria Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder MAJOR REGIONAL RAIL LINK WORKS COMMENCING AFTER CHRISTMAS Victor P Taffa Significant Regional Rail Link construction works will be ramped up in the quieter weeks after Christmas. Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese said that good progress has [...]
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