Category Archives: In the Media

Fri 2 Dec, 720 ABC Perth Radio featured an article on the $1.0 million boost from the state government towards the Bindi Bindi Bends. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-02/1m-boost-for-bindi-bindi-bends/3708896/?site=perth&section=news

Article that appeared in the Australian on Thurs 1 Dec 2011 BY:DAVID UREN, ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  From:The Australian  December 01, 2011 12:00AM THE commonwealth’s offer of $1.4 billion in road funding to the states was made in phone calls from Transport Minister … Continue reading →

Today the Minister for Transport, Troy Buswell announced that the State Government will be providing $1 million towards improvements to the Bindi Bindi Bends section of the Great Northern Highway. See official announcement here. Although this demonstrates that the Western … Continue reading →

The Central Midlands and Coastal Advocate ran an article titles ‘Outrage grows as government ignores ‘horror highway’’ on Thursday 24 Nov 2011 highlighting the lack of funding for the Great Northern Highway. The article ran in the newspaper and is … Continue reading →

The ABC radio picked up the news story of the Road Train Roll Over in the Bindi Bindi Bends section of the Great Northern Highway. It included reference to the ‘Horror Highway’. It featured in the 6.30am and 10.30am and … Continue reading →

Aussie Haulage – Sub Contractor Chat Truckies are disgraced at the state of the Great Northern Highway. http://www.aussiehaulage.com.au/Forum/topic88-great-northern-highway-disgrace.aspx

BELLE TAYLOR, The West Australian September 19, 2011, 2:00 am Locals describe it as an accident waiting to happen, school buses narrowly avoid road trains on its tricky bends and the 400 trucks which use it daily continually get bogged … Continue reading →

Barry Haase Federal Member Durack wrote a media release in support of the upgrade work required to make the Miling / Bindi Bindi – the Bindi Bindi Bends – section of the Great Northern Highway safe. And says ‘The upgrade … Continue reading →