Monthly Archives: May 2017

New Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency

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The Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (IPFA) is being established as a small executive agency within the Prime Minister’s portfolio. It will assist ministers and agencies to develop and assess financing options and to broker financing arrangements for transformative infrastructure projects. By engaging early on project development and exploring all […]

CSIRO – Transport Across Northern Australia

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CSIRO’s TraNSIT (Transport Network Strategic Investment Tool) analyses transport and logistics options for agriculture to identify potential cost savings. Agriculture supply chains in Australia are often characterised by transport distances of over 1000 km between production, processing and markets, with transport costs accounting for up to 40 per cent of […]

RDA NT Wireless Project

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The High Speed Wireless Technology Pilot has connected the remote Indigenous communities of Engawala and Atitjere to Vocus (previously NextGen) fibre via long distance point-to-point microwave links. SOme of the benefits of the fibre network, wich runs north-south along the Stuart Highway servicing the Territory’s smallest communities. The trial examines the […]