Ken Travers

The state government has changed a key aspect of its metropolitan freight strategy, scrapping one of three rail projects designed to reduce the number of freight trucks servicing Fremantle harbour.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Economic Regulation Authority has dismissed calls from several industry bodies for the creation of an independent infrastructure advisory body, saying it is an added cost unlikely to contribute much.

Recently-appointed transport minister Dean Nalder has flagged the possibility of delaying the amalgamation of regional port authorities, just two months before the merged authorities were due to start operating.

The Civil Contractors Federation Western Australia has backed a Productivity Commission report recommending large infrastructure projects be unbundled into smaller packages to encourage competition among contractors.

State upper house member Rick Mazza has taken a leading role in the debate about the state’s potato bureaucracy, the Potato Marketing Corporation.

The Perth Freight Link road project could extend the capacity of Fremantle harbour and lead to a rethink on long-term planning for a second container port at Kwinana.

Former federal ALP Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan has been backed to return to state politics after veteran Labor MP Ken Travers announced he was quitting parliament.

WA’s property sector is keenly awaiting the new state government’s public transport works program. 

JLL Office Leasing has expanded its team, appointing Emily Dyer leasing executive. Ms  Dyer will transfer from the JLL Valuations team.  She is a licensed valuer, and chair of the Australian Property Institute of Young Property Professionals.