CIMIC Group’s CPB Contractors has announced a record spend of $92 million with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses in the 2021-22 financial year – an increase of around 60% on the previous year’s result. This impressive outcome is another …
Aneetha de Silva has been elected as President of Roads Australia (RA) at the organisation’s AGM in Sydney today and will lead the next phase of RA’s modernisation. Aneetha is currently Managing Director – Government Australia & New Zealand at …
The Federal Government is establishing a new $500 million fund that will progress innovative projects and technologies to reduce emissions. The Powering Australia Technology Fund will operate through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), and is designed to increase the …
This week saw the official launch of the Road Trauma Support Group NSW (RTSGNSW) at Parliament House in Sydney. The organisation has been established to be the voice of families of road trauma when a loved one is killed by …
RA members Acciona, Fulton Hogan, and John Holland have been shortlisted by the NSW Government as tenderers to design and construct the New England Highway bypass at Singleton. The project is being supported by investments of $560 million from the …
In an Australian-first, Transurban is now trialling a self-driving connected and automated vehicle (CAV) truck on CityLink in Melbourne. The CAV truck is guided on its journey by innovative technology from Transurban, which communicates real-time road and traffic conditions directly …
Recently, RA CEO Michael Kilgariff joined James Scotland on an episode of the AI Group’s podcast Supply Circles, for a conversation around freight transport. The discussion touches on economics, the challenge of dealing with multiple jurisdictions, how we can understand …
RA was in attendance at this week’s iMOVE Conference in Sydney, which heard that the decarbonisation agenda and the greater integration of data will require the sector’s workforce to be equipped with new skillsets. Former NSW Minister for Transport and …
The National Skills Commission has approved a new qualification that will give formal recognition to the skills of road workers and help to improve safety, productivity and career development in our industry. Developed by the Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA), …
The new Thomas Road Bridge in Perth delivered as part of the METRONET Byford Rail extension is now open to traffic. The METRONET Byford Rail extension is being delivered by the MetCONNX Alliance, which includes RA members Laing O’Rourke and …