Year: 2022

Media Release Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Mark Bailey The Palaszczuk Government has today released its blueprint for how the South East Queensland rail network will be transformed after the opening of Cross River Rail. Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said the South East Queensland Rail […]

To stop risky developments in floodplains, we have to tackle the profit motive – and our false sense of security Brian Robert Cook, The University of Melbourne and Tim Werner, The University of Melbourne In the aftermath of destructive floods, we often seek out someone to blame. Common targets are the […]

[Source: Zac Crellin, The NewDaily, 6 May 2022] Australia has caught up with the rest of the world and now has many of the key ingredients for widespread electric vehicle adoption – infrastructure, a variety of models, and government incentives. Yet plug-in vehicles only accounted for 1.9 per cent of […]

HALF A MILLION HOMES TO BECOME ‘UNINSURABLE’ BY END OF DECADE, SAYS SHOCK REPORT [Source: Tracey Ferrier, InQueensland, 3 May 2022] More than half a million properties across Australia will effectively become uninsurable this decade due to climate change, a new report has warned. The Climate Council says the nation […]

Our population is expected to double in 80 years. We asked Australians where they want all these people to live Julian Bolleter, The University of Western Australia and Robert Freestone, UNSW Sydney Australia’s population is projected to grow to over 50 million people by 2101. This will have enormous implications for […]