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National railway level crossing safety strategy launched
A new national strategy for level crossing safety has been launched, aiming to coordinate best practise and increase safety across Australia. It’s been welcomed by the TrackSAFE Foundation, which says it’s been designed to “significantly […] Read More »
Labor fires privatisation and safety warning amid rail asset overhaul
NSW Labor has raised safety and privatisation concerns about a proposed overhaul of management of the state’s rail assets. The proposed changes, introduced into Parliament last week by Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, would move rail assets […] Read More »
Mobile phones for NSW Trains drivers
Members are advised that NSW Trains is about to commence a trial of iPhone 6s for drivers to use in conjunction with the “TellUs” app for reporting train faults. The intent is to use these […] Read More »
Hyperloop: high-speed rail network that could come to Australia
According to Hyperloop One, a technological company invested in the development of a new high-speed rail network, a route between Sydney and Melbourne could serve as a possible testing ground for lightning-fast travel over long […] Read More »
PN starts the blame game
Last Wednesday & Thursday we met with PN management in an attempt to negotiate your new agreement. With next to no progress, after around nine or 10 meeting days, the only thing that has been agreed is that there […] Read More »
Secretary’s wrap
“In short, the very wealthy have too much power in our country and ordinary Australians – working people – do not have enough.” That’s how ACTU Secretary Sally McManus summed up today’s Australia at her Press […] Read More »
We stand up, we fight back: Sally McManus
ACTU Secretary Sally McManus called for an historic $45-a-week increase to the minimum wage during a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday. She also reiterated her belief that when laws are unjust, she doesn’t see […] Read More »
Commuters will have months of pain, but Gladys Berejiklian never asked if it was worth it
Commuters will have months of pain, but Gladys Berejiklian never asked if it was worth it, writes Jacob Saulwick, City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald. “What was never explored was whether Berejiklian could simply have built […] Read More »
Built in NSW and still going strong
Comeng got it right, all those years ago… Read More »
Delays, congestion ahead during Epping-Chatswood link closure
SEVENTY-FOUR extra buses between 8 and 9am on already congested roads. MORE than 5000 people boarding buses at Macquarie University Station in the evening peak hour. FIFTY-EIGHT extra buses on Waterloo Rd, Macquarie Park, between 8 […] Read More »