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'Impact for regional communities is minimal' - Vic free public transport no silver bullet outside the inner city
Free public transport while petrol costs soar is not much help if the bus only c...
Jarred Cross 2 Apr 2026
Commonwealth to slash fuel excise in half to bring down transport costs
The federal government has cut the fuel excise in half for three months in a mov...
Giovanni Torre 30 Mar 2026
Australia’s fuel shock reveals the true cost of a big‑car lifestyle
Australia is once again feeling the sting of global conflict at the petrol pump....
James Reynolds 11 Mar 2026
Samoa leads Pacific innovation with launch of electric firefighting vehicles
Samoa has launched its first fully electric firefighting vehicles, marking a nat...
Rebekah Rasmussen 18 Nov 2025
Time and Tide riding a wave of success

Sometimes business ideas aren't born but demanded by necessity, which was the case for Time and Tide, a bus and ferry transport company servicing Ngurapai/ (Horn Island) and Waibene (Thursday Island).

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Dianne Bortoletto Aug 18, 2025
Award-Winning Indigenous garden transforms Sydney Airport

An immersive cultural bush landscape at Sydney Airport, embodying Indigenous culture, design, and native species, has won the 2024 AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Award for Infrastructure.

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David Prestipino Aug 14, 2024
Yurringa boosts Indigenous employment on major Vic road project

The Ison Road Overpass project's partnership with Indigenous labour hire firm Yurringa has seen two promising young footballers, Fitzroy Stars' Jai Burns and Keadin Ronnan, get a start in the construc...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 3, 2024
New BHP project could yield $45m for Indigenous contractors

The BHP board has given approval to advance its Pilbara iron ore mine in Western Australia's North West that is expected to deliver tens of millions of dollars to Indigenous contractors.

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David Prestipino Feb 27, 2024
Manufacturing set to boost Indigenous employment opportunities ahead of the 2032 Olympics

Beenleigh Steel Fabrications has secured a $40 million contract to supply 2400 tonnes of structural steel for Maryborough's Queensland Train Manufacturing Program (QTMP) facility in Torbanlea.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 19, 2024
Northern Territory grants open doors for artists

Grants are currently being offered in the Northern Territory to fund the purchase, transportation, and installation of equipment for the production, exhibition, marketing, and sale of artworks.

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Feb 19, 2024
Indigenous construction firm TVN On-Country cements reputation after successful year

Leading Albury-Wodonga construction company TVN On-Country has continued to build its reputation in the construction sector after a year of success and expansion in the sector.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Dec 4, 2023
Northern Territory's peak social services body urges federal and NT governments to act on cost of living crisis

Territorians need more support and better protections to afford the basic costs of living, including access to affordable housing, transport and electricity amid a difficult cost environment, the Nort...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 6, 2023
Local Aboriginal business Tiwi Partners lands key contract to upgrade roads on Yermalner (Melville Island)

Local Aboriginal Business Enterprise, Tiwi Partners Pty Ltd, has been awarded a $28 million contract to upgrade Paru Road on Yermalner (Melville Island).

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 5, 2023
Trams hosting First Nations art hit Melbourne streets despite lockdown

Melbourne's new COVID-19 lockdown comes as a blow to RISING festival curator and Yorta Yorta woman Kimberley Moulton, but one aspect of the festival will be able to go ahead despite restrictions.

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