The Australian government’s decision to curtail the Inland Rail Project was politically brave. Governments rarely walk away from troubled megaprojects once billions have been spent and expectations have hardened. Yet the real issue sits well …
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Australia has an obvious way to reduce its vulnerability to disruption of fuel supplies: making battery-electric locomotives the standard means of freight-rail traction and, through resulting cost savings, draw more long-distance goods transportation onto trains. …
As Defence prepares the 2026 National Defence Strategy, Mungalulu Truscott Airbase should be recognised as a multi-user critical infrastructure asset—a forward node complementing Darwin that enables logistics, personnel dispersal and operational resilience across northern Western …
My daughter recently asked me what makes Australia worth fighting for. I started with the usual answers about freedom and democracy, but she wasn’t convinced. What she understood better were the things she could see …
‘Everybody wants to rule the world’, sang Tears for Fears, a line later reimagined by Lorde that still resonates today. In northern Australia, everybody wants something: Defence wants resilience; Indigenous communities want opportunity; states want …