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Campaign targets “95 per cent” of drivers who follow the road rules... but what about the other five per cent?

Following a public forum last week, Rocky council will consider locations for a custom-built truck stop on the new Ring Road.

A group of Tamworth churches will join forces this Easter, to staff the city’s ‘Driver Reviver’ service. The Armidale Road facility was at risk of closing, after the Peel Valley Lion’s Club announced it would no longer man the kiosk. Churches have combined under the state’s Scripture Union to reopen the service in time for the Easter break. Director, Frank Colemane, says Driver Reviver is vital in ensuring all road users are kept safe. “It’s a good opportunity to pull up, have a conversation, have a cup of tea, feel refreshed, walk around, use the amenities that are at the locat...

In the media PCA: HomeBuilder the workhorse of economic recovery The success of the Federal Government's HomeBuilder grants program demonstrates the power of residential construction in supporting jobs and driving economic activity. According to new figures from Treasury, more than 75,000 households have applied for the HomeBuilder grant with around 80 per cent of these for new construction (20 January 2021).  More... Managing large-scale construction projects to avoid cost overruns Researchers from the University of Stavanger, University of Melbourne, and University of Wisconsin-Madison hav...

IF THEY save the life of even one person, Yvonne Laegel and her friends will consider their time well spent. Just before Christmas, a small group of mostly SES members teamed up to relaunch a program in the hope of reducing traffic crashes caused by fatigue. Beth Suhr is among the founding members of the group and says the idea behind “driver reviver” is simple. “If we can stop even one person from going to sleep and crashing into a car coming from the opposite direction, I think we’ve done a good thing,” Beth said. “We are trying to stop people being killed by going to sleep w...