Many experts believe that autonomous vehicles will be ready for public use on Australian roads by 2020. Operation of autonomous vehicles will be heavily reliant on a robust cloud system that enables
vehicles to communicate with infrastructure in order to navigate its surroundings safely. While
autonomous driving technology from an automotive standpoint exists today, infrastructure still has
some way to go in supporting this technology beyond controlled trials. Read More
The UK's audit office is critical of government enthusiasm for public private partnerships when there's not much data to say whether the benefits of PPPs outweigh the costs. But is this a fair critique? Infrastructure lawyer Owen Hayford takes a look. Read More
Leilani Frew will head up the Australian government's new Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency. Read More
There's changing of the guard in the New South Wales public service with head of the service, Blair Comley, leaving after three years. Read More
Australia's top watchdogs are gathering in Canberra to thrash out how regulation powered by data, analysis and stakeholder insight can boost compliance. Read More
A single Defence Department was brought together in the 1970s. Later, Foreign and Affairs and Trade were merged, never to be separated again. Now Australia needs a Department of Home Affairs to confront global forces of evil, according to its secretary-designate. Read More
Researcher Janet Stanley questions the competitive tendering processes used to contract public transport operators like Transdev in Melbourne, and whether the cost and performance outcomes stack up. Read More
The Grattan Institute pored through several million Google Maps estimates of travel times in Australia’s largest cities. This is what they learned. Read More
How to get states and territories to co-operate, is the federation working, and which agencies can't be trusted with reform — the federal Infrastructure and Regional Development secretary pulls no punches. Read More
Nobody likes copping a ticket, but there are signs the use of infringements to modify behaviour is ready for a holistic reset beyond just dollar values. Read More
In classic style, the PM reeled off a complex set of announcements all at once and followed up by dropping a dense, detailed report that will have major consequences just a few hours later. Let's go back to the start... Read More
Challenges like those experienced in Melbourne should not prevent Australian governments from capitalising on the opportunity franchising presents to improve service and deliver operating efficiencies, argues Infrastructure Australia's Adrian Dwyer. Read More
Saint Gladys of our Peak Hour Commute has alms for the needy. Dig a bit deeper than the big 20-year projects, and it’s increasingly the more incremental, nearer-term projects that resonate most strongly with the public. Read More
The Digital Transformation Agency has created a central space for local governments to seek the high-tech products and expertise they need to move ahead with smart city projects, on its Digital Marketplace. Councils can apply for federal funding before June 30. Read More
Watch: four senior Australian government officials discuss how they managed the complex multinational search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 at a public administration seminar. Read More
