Posts tagged "transport"

A Queensland retailer whose container shipment was caught up in the DP World cyber attack says further delays are likely, as new transportation bottlenecks compound the disruption faced at major Australian ports.

Melbourne-based startup tikpay is looking to overhaul how public transport ticketing works. And it just got some more cash to do it.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took to Parliament to state that the telco should pay for victims to obtain new passports.

Australian states and territories have been scrambling to change their driver's licence renewal policies in the wake of the Optus hack.

As a result of the hack, many Optus customers have been keen to change their passports and licences as a safety measure, but it's not the easiest or cheapest process.

Australian food producers are struggling with a combination of wild weather, labour shortages and the Russia-Ukraine conflict causing fresh produce to surge in price.

A new Xero report suggests a pandemic-era boom in small business registrations will lead to millions of new firms by 2031.

Increasing the number of women in the supply chain industry could be the difference between a thriving post-COVID economy and bare supermarket shelves.

Based largely on ABS data with the assistance of renowned demographer Bernard Salt, the Boss Insights report identified five quite diverse key areas of growth for sole traders ranging from “couriers to accountants, solicitors to IT and healthcare workers”.

As electric vehicle researchers, we think swappable batteries could work well for trucking — but are perhaps less suitable for everyday electric cars.

Delivery services have been under strain for most of 2020 due to the dramatic increase in online shopping driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Governments should focus on upgrading and improving existing infrastructure, according to a new paper from the Grattan Institute.