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VIC: Victorian Major Projects win Master Builder awards
Three Victorian major projects have received top honours at the Master Builders Excellence in Construction Awards, held in Melbourne over the weekend.

VIC: Regional Business link program to go Statewide
The national Regional Development Council today supported a Victorian proposal put forward by Regional and Rural Development Minister Jacinta Allan to extend a pilot program that links regional industry capability to major infrastructure projects.

QLD: Geothermal energy plan to provide clean energy future
The Bligh Government is creating a cleaner energy future with two significant steps forward today in the development of a geothermal energy industry.

Freight reform welcome much more to do says Industry
The incremental reform plan for rail announced by the National Transport Commission today is important and welcome.

VIC: Rudd Labor Government's Economic Stimulus at work in Bendigo
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure, Regional Development and Local Government, was at Kennington Recreation Reserve yesterday to inspect construction upgrades funded by the Rudd Government's $1.9 million investment in Bendigo.

WA: Mid-West national parks and other conservation areas to get $1.4million
The Liberal-National Government has budgeted more than $1.4million for visitor facilities in national parks and other conservation areas throughout Western Australia's Mid-West region.

VIC: Boost of $15 million for needy non-government schools
Needy non-government schools will share in $15 million in capital grants to improve outdated education facilities, Education Minister Bronwyn Pike announced today.

VIC: Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail to Help Revitalise Bushfire-Affected Communities
Anthony Albanese, Minister for Infrastructure, Regional Development and Local Government, was in Tallarook today to inspect plans for the $14.2 million Goulburn River High Country Rail Trail.

Economic Stimulus: Albury To Seymour Resleepering Completed
The unprecedented modernisation of the nation's rail network has today reached another major milestone, with work on the upgrade of a key section of the main line between Sydney and Melbourne now complete.

NSW: Economic Stimulus: Installation of Boom Gates Starts in NSW
The installation of boom gates and other safety measures at priority level rail crossings in NSW has begun with funding coming from the Rudd Labor Government's Economic Stimulus Plan.

WA: Mid-West School of the Air to be rebuilt
The Meekatharra School of the Air that was destroyed by fires in 2006 and relocated to Geraldton is to be rebuilt.

QLD: Engineer efforts ensure early morning busway start
A huge effort by government and engineers and contractors was rewarded this morning when the $366 million Eastern Busway opened on time this morning.

QLD: New Signs to Warn Drivers of Red Light Cameras
Motorists will be less likely to run red lights at key Brisbane intersections with the recent installation of signs warning of red light cameras ahead, Transport Minister Rachel Nolan said today.

VIC: Marysville to motor on with major new investment
A $2.3 million investment by the Rudd and Brumby governments will transform the Marysville Motor Museum into a small business hub, providing a major boost towards the economic recovery of the region.

Economic Stimulus: Parkes to Cootamundra Rail Upgrade Gets Underway
The unprecedented modernisation of the interstate rail network continues unabated with the significant upgrade of the 201 kilometre Cootamundra to Parkes section starting this week.

NSW: World Class Homebush Bay Maritime Precinct
Premier Nathan Rees today announced the next step in developing one of the largest maritime industry precincts ever to be built in NSW.

VIC: Early works on the M80 Ring Road deliver benefits for motorists
A $5 million funding injection from the Government's Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan has accelerated the opening of an additional lane to traffic on the M80 Ring Road between the Deer Park Bypass and Boundary Road in Melbourne.

QLD: More than half a billion dollars worth of busway to open for business
Premier Anna Bligh and Transport Minister Rachel Nolan have opened the first two east-west sections of Brisbane's rapidly expanding busway network to the public at a community day attended by thousands of Queenslanders.

VIC: Desalination plant provides sure water and sure jobs
The Brumby Labor Government and AquaSure, the consortium that will build Victoria's Desalination Plant, have today commenced a massive recruitment drive to fill the 1700 direct jobs that will be created from the project.

VIC: Rectangular Stadium to light up Melbourne skyline
The Brumby Labor Government's new Rectangular Stadium will have Victorians glowing with pride as it lights up Melbourne's night skyline, thanks to a spectacular new lighting design.

WA: $1.3million airport upgrades benefit Carnarvon community and industry
Opening Carnarvon's upgraded airport terminal today, Transport Minister Simon O'Brien said the new terminal building and additional facilities would undoubtedly benefit the community and help to attract further economic growth to the region

SA: Northern Expressway project reaches major milestone
South Australia's biggest road project in 50 years, the Northern Expressway, recently reached a major milestone with the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, and the Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, granting traffic access at the completed Angle Vale Interchange.

QLD: Lotus Glen prison expansion enters new phase
The $445 million redevelopment of Lotus Glen Correctional Centre on the Atherton Tableland has entered a new phase, with foundations being laid for new buildings that will nearly double the size of the facility.

VIC: $4 million for weed control on urban fringe
Weed control in Melbourne's outer urban fringe will be the focus of a new $4 million Brumby Labor Government funding program announced today.

VIC: Australia's biggest desalination plant to secure water and jobs
The Premier, John Brumby, today announced the AquaSure consortium had been awarded the contract to build Australia's biggest desalination plant.

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