Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has welcomed the Federal Government's funding for the Bunbury Outer Ring Road. The funding follows prolonged calls from the former State Labor Opposition and the now McGowan Labor Government for the Commonwealth to contribute towards the vital project. A funding application for stages two and three of the
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Works have started on the upgrade of Great Northern Highway from Maggie Creek to Wyndham in Western Australia's Kimberley Region, with the new section of road set to improve regional connectivity. Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack said the Wyndham Spur section of Great Northern Highway
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The Federal Court has declared, by consent, that Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (Ford) engaged in unconscionable conduct in the way it dealt with complaints about PowerShift transmission (PST) cars, and ordered Ford to pay $10 million in penalties. The Court held that Ford’s conduct in responding to consumer complaints about Fiesta,
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Major Crash officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was involved in a traffic crash near Moora on Friday, 9 February 2018. Around 12:25am, a black coloured Toyota Prado was travelling east along the Miling-Moora Road when approximately 7kms east of Moora, the vehicle left the
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New passing lanes on Indian Ocean Drive between Seabird and Lancelin are now under construction following the State Government's safety review of the road last year. The State Government initiated the safety review last year in response to a series of serious and fatal crashes between Lancelin and Two Rocks. Key short
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The Australian and Western Australian Governments are moving forward with making the Great Northern Highway a better and safer road with construction starting on two vital upgrades. Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Michael McCormack said the Miling Bypass and Pithara Section were two of nine packages of
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A powerful road safety campaign that launched on Western Australian television screens last night (April 22), highlights the human side of death and serious injury on our roads. In 'Closer to home than you think', a man on the street (Francisco) is asked what he thinks is an acceptable number of
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A tender calling for proponents to build new METRONET railcars for Perth will be released this week. The pre-qualification tender for the $1.6 billion project will include a local content target of 50 per cent for the manufacturing of the 246 new railcars over the next decade. Funding for a local railcar
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A tender for engineering and planning for the Morley-Ellenbrook Line has now been awarded, while applications are now open to help develop a business case for the vital METRONET project. Perth-based consultancy group ARUP has been chosen to work with the METRONET team to investigate and plan the early stages of
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Swan River cruise operators and charter services can now bid for exclusive access to one of three berths at the new jetty near Optus Stadium. The Department of Transport - the jetty manager - today called for expressions of interest from commercial vessel operators wanting to operate from Burswood Jetty. The proposed
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