Private industry to blame for transport woes: expert

By David M. Green

Private industry “carpetbaggers” put their own self-interests above improving the efficiency of Melbourne’s trams, a leading expert has said.

RMIT University senior lecturer in integrated transport planning Dr Paul Mees said the Government decision to order 50 new trams showed a serious distortion of transport planning and spending vast amounts on new rolling stock would be a waste of taxpayer money. [Read more]

RMIT students lead the way with Burma activism

By Alexandria Funnell

Rmit University is now the home of Australia’s first student-based Burma Activist Group.

President of the RMITt Student Union Burma Group, Emma Preece, said young people around Australia are still relatively uninformed when it comes to the political and humanitarian issues within Burma, and many lack a social conscience. [Read more]