UPDATE: Minister responds to infested cargo ships
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has confirmed the Triumph v1820 has been sent back to China and will not continue its Australian-New Zealand voyage as planned.
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Hyundai launches its first green vehicle in Australia
The 2019 Hyundai Ioniq launching to Australia’s press in Brisbane on November 28 and 29 brings customers a green-vehicle first - the choice of pure electric, a plug-in hybrid and a petrol/electric hybrid. The pure electric costs $44,990 (elite) and $48,990 (premium).
Labor gets going on Melbourne link
The controversial North East Link project has gone out to tender. The $15.8 billion North East Link looks to connect Melbourne's Eastern Freeway with the Western Ring Road, providing one of the last remaining transport corridors needed to help reduce the city's congestion problems.
Transport draining household budgets
The cost of transport on the family budget continues to rise year-on-year. Australians will pay more than $700 more on transporting their families than they did in 2017, according to the Australian Automobile Association's quarterly Transport Affordability Index.
Stink bugs force ship from Australia
A stink bug infestation has forced the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources to send a cargo ship back home.
EROAD posts half-year results
EROAD has posted a net loss after tax of NZ$3.4 million for the six months to September 2018. This compares to the $3.9m loss in the same period last year for the transport technology services company.
New taxis to take on Uber
Cabcharge is taking its oldest taxis off the road.
FCAI gains BMW communications expert
Soon-to-be former BMW Australia general manager of communications Lenore Fletcher will start 2019 anew. Fletcher will enter the new year as director of communications and emerging technologies with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
Renault chairman not Ghosn yet
The sacking of Carlos Ghosn as Renault chief executive has been held off by the French carmaker. Ghosn's duties have been handed to chief operations officer Thierry Bolloré in the interim, Just Auto reports.
Dealer fire puts a man in hospital
A fire which broke out in the Fraser Coast Ford and Hyundai service department has resulted in a man being sent to hospital. Hervey Bay Hospital told the Fraser Coast Chronical a man in the workshop was received in a stable condition with facial burns.
