Nauru Airlines (ON, Nauru) has put one of its two B737-300(F)s up for sale with July 15, 2021, set as the planned delivery date of the 28.5-year-old jet to its new owner. About Nauru Airlines TypeVirtual CarrierBaseNauruDestinations2Routes1 VH-VLI (MSN 27125) is currently active under the Nauru Airlines (Australia) (ON, Brisbane Int’l) AOC plying regular shuttle flights between Melbourne Tullamarine, Sydney Kingsford Smith, and Brisbane Int’l on behalf of Qantas Freight (Sydney Kingsford ...

THE CBH Group has commenced a Request for Proposal (RFP) process for its above-rail operations. The current 10-year agreement with incumbent rail operator Watco Australia will expire on April 30, 2022. Since CBH invested in its own rail fleet in 2011, it has managed to halt inflationary increases in freight costs and hold freight rates flat. In the current agreement, ...

QBE Insurance Australia has launched a request for proposal (RFP) for the provision of insurance building consultancy and engineering services across its personal and commercial lines. This follows previous RFPs for the provision of building repair and restoration services as part of its ongoing strategic review of its property and motor claims divisions. Jon Fox, chief claims officer at QBE, said ...

Tina Tsang [pictured] is the Director, Customer Success, APAC at PubMatic. Here, she explains how online media brand 9GAG used simple A/B testing to improve ad monetisation and this method can be used by other publishers and advertisers. There’s no getting away from it – programmatic advertising is complex, and players across the industry face constant pressure to adopt new ...

It’s been 20 years since the last time the city of Fairfield conducted an exhaustive search to find a city manager. On Tuesday, the city will for the first time in two decades seek the assistance of a search firm to find the city’s next top administrator. City attorney Steve Wolterman and the city’s personnel department will draft a request ...

Woolworths has appointed Society Marketing Communications as its public relations and influencer management agency of record. The appointment follows a three-stage Request For Proposal (RFP) process that occurred at the end of 2020. The incumbent on the account, WPP AUNZ’s BCW, has been contacted for comment. Society will support Woolworths’ public relations team across seasonal campaign activity, product launches, community ...

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Strikes $4.7m deal as part of ‘robust’ program. The Bureau of Meteorology will swap out a suite of existing asset management systems for a single IBM Maximo system as part of a multi-year IT transformation aimed at hardening its environment. The national weather agency recently signed a $4.7 million contract with IBM to deliver the software-as-a-service (SaaS) system following a ...

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has invited three consortia to enter a Request for Proposal (RFP) phase for an Inland Rail section which includes a 6.2km tunnel through the Toowoomba Range – the longest diesel freight rail tunnel in the Southern Hemisphere. This section from Gowrie outside Toowoomba to Kagaru near Beaudesert in Queensland, wil be delivered as a ...

 The South Australian government has rejected bids by 11 local councils to remain GM-free zones. Farmers on the South Australian mainland will be free to plant genetically-modified crops with the state government rejecting bids by 11 local councils to remain GM-free zones. The state government passed legislation earlier this year to remove the moratorium on GM crops everywhere except Kangaroo ...

Private investors shunned government-tenanted buildings in regional towns and instead snapped up petrol stations and childcare centres at a commercial property auction held in Sydney on Tuesday. Of the 10 properties offered for sale by real estate agents Burgess Rawson, seven sold under the hammer for a combined $23 million and a clearance rate of 70 per cent. The big ...

Australia’s Home Affairs Department has launched a call to tender for the installation of a biometric technology system that will facilitate seamless digital passenger declarations and visa processes for persons traveling in and out of the country. According to a report by iTnews, the government has called on prospective companies to bid for the deployment of the reusable permissions capability platform ...

The State Government has flatly refused to reconsider hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, defeating a renewed lobbying push for the 10-day event to be held in Adelaide. Lobbying has begun for SA to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Australia today launched a new campaign for the games to be hosted in Adelaide with a drop to News Corp ...

AUSTRALIA: Gold Coast Light Rail project company GoldlinQ has selected John Holland as preferred bidder for design and construction of the Stage 3 extension to Burleigh Heads. Following an initial call for expressions of interest, GoldlinQ shortlisted three bidders in February to submit final tenders. John Holland has been selected ahead of bids from the CPBSW joint venture between CPB ...

The Western Australian Government is now seeking ​Request for Proposals to start work on the METRONET Byford Rail Extension, with the main contract to be awarded in mid-2021. The Byford extension involves the construction of approximately 8km of new track and a new station at Byford, about 400m north of Abernethy Road and south of Evans Way. It will include ...

The Progressive Labour Party branded attacks over a loan to a United States music promoter a “desperate” election tactic. A party spokeswoman said Anthony Blakey, who disappeared after taking a $800,000 loan in April 2018 to set up a music studio at Dockyard, was previously involved with entertainment at the America’s Cup. The spokeswoman said: “If this company was so ...

A national bet on hydrogen power will be central to a new federal energy road map to move away from fossil fuels, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison promises a plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions. The technology road map will be aimed at creating a clean energy industry that can ship hydrogen to customers such as Japan and South ...

Australia’s Hawkei is among four other armoured vehicles to advance to the next phase of the Polish government’s procurement process. The Polish Ministry for National Defence has shortlisted four bids for the supply of armoured personnel protection vehicles to its military. Thales Group’s Hawkei — a seven-tonne, 4×4, new generation protected vehicle with a three-tonne payload — is among the ...

Neoen’s existing 150MW Hornsdale Power Reserve battery, paired with a wind farm, in Australia. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government has lauded the role large-scale batteries will play in the country’s energy transition, having supported projects which will see energy storage project deployed in the country. Yesterday the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) awarded 200MW of renewable energy capacity contracts in ...

Canberra is set to become host to two big battery projects, with the ACT government announcing that two companies that will supply additional 200MW of wind power to the national capital at record low prices will also both build big batteries within the ACT. The ACT government revealed the two successful bids from its latest reverse auction on Tuesday morning, ...

Archaeologists in July reported they had found hundreds of stone tools submerged off the Dampier Archipelago in Western Australia, showing evidence of people living in the area when it was dry land more than 7,000 years ago MELBOURNE: A discovery of ancient artefacts on the seabed off Australia’s west coast has opened up a new frontier for resource companies to ...

SYDNEY — One of Cape Breton’s busiest and bumpiest thoroughfares is getting a smoother surface. The Cape Breton Post has learned that the province’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal will soon offer a contract to repair the Victoria Road viaduct that connects the sprawling Whitney Pier neighbourhood with the rest of Sydney. But although sources say the winning bid ...

It comes after Defence’s former recruitment database was attacked using a Citrix vulnerability. Australia’s Department of Defence has started its search for a partner that can help deliver a new recruitment system for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Defence said under the contract, which will be worth more than AU$1 billion over 10 years, the successful partner would be responsible for ...

Michael McCormack, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Eric Abetz, Senator for Tasmania Michael Ferguson, Tasmanian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tasmanians are another step closer to driving on a new Bridgewater Bridge with a Request for Proposal (RFP) released to market today for the $576 million project. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport ...

KATHERINE Forbes-Smith Despite the challenges on Dorian stricken Abaco and Grand Bahama, more than $30m has been spent on clean up says the Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) managing director. #Katherine Forbes-Smith, managing director of the DRA, told a webinar that the DRA has had a “big, big challenge with just how much debris had to be dealt with as a ...

The AFL will not announce the venue for the grand final until next week, but is set to stick with the recent tradition of a pre-finals bye, paving the way for the game’s finale to be held on October 24. The decision to stick with the bye means the AFL decider is likely to be held on Cox Plate day ...

The U.S. government has started deliveries of six Insitu ScanEagle drones to the Royal Malaysian Navy, donated using funding from the U.S. Maritime Security Initiative. (Royal Australian Navy) MELBOURNE, Australia — Malaysia is moving ahead with its plans to acquire much-needed manned and unmanned aircraft to enhance maritime security, with the Southeast Asian country announcing that it will be issuing separate ...

The Australian government has raised $21 billion through a new Treasury bond through a syndicate of banks, the Australian Office of Financial Management says. There were more than $66 billion of bids for the bond that matures in November 2031 and pays an interest rate of 1.0 per cent. Settlement of the issue will occur on September 2. It will ...

A new Australian government bond offer attracted $44 billion of bids within hours of the order book opening, leading analysts to speculate another record-breaking raising could be on the cards. On Tuesday, banks appointed by the Australian Office of Financial Management officially began marketing a new November 2031 bond as part of its 2020-21 funding task. Federal Reserve chair Jerome ...

A Black Hawk helicopter hovers over the flight deck to enable Army special operations soldiers to fast-rope onto HMAS Sirius. A Request for Proposal to improve aviation support for Australia’s new Special Forces helicopters are now open to Australian defence industry. Industry options will be explored by Defence for an agile upgrade pathway for the new fleet of light helicopters ...