The newly re-elected McGowan Government in Western Australia is pushing ahead with plans to reopen up to 300km of Tier 3 rail lines.

An accident involving an Aurizon freight train and truck near Kalgoorlie in February has highlighted concerns over the need to get freight back on the tracks in Western Australia.

The Queensland Tram & Bus Division has been distributing ‘Activist Kits’ specifically tailored to the needs of Brisbane’s female bus drivers.

Two’s company, 40’s a crowd, but the numbers hoping to ride Tasmania’s buses are far more than that.

The RTBU has vowed fight the South Australian Government’s privatisation agenda all the way to next year’s March state election.

Last week the Australian Labor Party held its national conference to determine its policy platform for the next Federal election.

The failure of the Rail Commissioner to overturn a recent decision by the Fair Work Commission regarding Redeployment, Retraining and Redundancy conditions for rail workers is another nail in the coffin for the South Australian Government’s rail privatisation fiasco.

The RTBU has launched a national campaign to better protect workers who are at significant risk of death or serious illness from COVID-19.

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) has raised serious safety concerns about the South Australian Government’s botched privatisation of passenger rail services.

The new-look RTBU National member newsletter, Transport NOW, is hot off the presses!