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The High Court has just ruled that Australian states/territories are unable to implement an electric vehicle levy, declaring it is unconstitutional. The Victorian Government will have to abolish their Electric Vehicle levy, as will other states with plans to implement such a tax in future. This is both a good and bad thing:· Good – […]

O Canada! O Canada!Kilgariff Advisory has signed an agreement with the Government of Canada, through the Canadian Consulate – SYDNY, to work with a number of Canadian Companies in the #IntelligentTransportSystems industry. The objective of the business program is to connect Canadian ITS companies with Australian governments, as well as identify partnering opportunities with key commercial entities in the

Great to be invited back to speak at the Expotrade Global 12th Annual Victorian Major Projects Conference 2023 on “Insights, Challenges and Opportunities for the Transport Infrastructure Industry”. There’s lots of activity in the infrastructure space, with transport infrastructure policy under review and a generational shift from transport to renewables/transmission underway. It’s understood the Government response to

This week I was privileged to be invited by Colin Calder to set the scene for the strategic planning workshop in Sydney of CJC Management and CaSE (Civil and Structural Engineering)I shared some insights on the ramifications of the infrastructure review reports on the federal Infrastructure Minister’s desk, the pending Infrastructure Policy Statement, and the amendments to Infrastructure Australia. Also

#SocialProcurement in the Construction Sector was the hot topic on Stage 1 at the InsideConstruction Expo in Melbourne this afternoon. Governments are increasingly using social procurement to achieve many social objectives such as training and employment for disadvantaged communities, particularly in transport infrastructure where annual expenditure is in the $billions. However the approach to social procurement across terminology,

I attended the recent Australian Freight Industry Awards where Hyzon Motors ANZ won the Sustainable Environment Award for their Heavy Rigid vehicle development.Great to then catch up today with colleague and friend Murray Newton at the Hyzon Motors ANZ fuel cell electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Noble Park, Melbourne.The company is doing some cutting-edge development with their fuel cell technology for the heavy

Great to be invited by Jillian Kilby to join the The Stable Group Australia in Dubbo NSW for the kick-off meeting on the Orana Hunter Connections and Beyond – Golden Highway Transport Study.The Stable Group Australia team is undertaking an independent study to develop a business case for the future development of the transport solutions (with a focus on road

An impressive site visit to The SCT Group in Altona hosted by Pat Kerin, SCT Chief Operating Officer. The SCT Group is a great Australian family freight and logistics success story. It has been a few years since I visited and the infrastructure improvements since that time are impressive.The SCT Group was established in 1974 by industry stalwart Peter Smith as

The ITS Australia Global Summit 2023 was on in Melbourne this week, organised by Susan Harris and her fantastic team at ITS Australia. https://lnkd.in/g9wNWcKa The Summit explored approaches to accelerating smarter, safter, sustainable transport by leveraging the ever-expanding capabilities of technology. The summit brought together government, industry and academic thought leaders from across the globe. I took the opportunity to visit

A really interesting presentation in Melbourne by the Aurizon Containerised Freight team on their re-emerging intermodal and container freight business.This will have interesting ramifications for the Australian rail freight market, the #InlandRail project, and the development of proposed intermodal terminals at Beveridge and Truganina in Melbourne. Especially if it achieves more freight on rail.A quick recap – Aurizon announced in August