Friday, May 6th, 2016
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA—The 2016-17 Federal budget is largely positive for SIBA, the Spatial Industries’ leading association. SIBA Chairman, Glenn Cockerton welcomed the budget but reiterated SIBA’s call for a stronger, public commitment to the procurement of Australian services...
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Thailand's public debt management office has set an initial 150 billion baht ($4.67 billion) for infrastructure investments for the fiscal year starting Oct 1, its director general said on Monday. The investments will be mainly on infrastructure...
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and NSW counterpart Mike Baird will tackle the state's infrastructure funding challenge by hosting a summit for industry figures, according to The Australian Financial Review. The newspaper reports that financers, regulators and superannuation...
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
Lawmakers are anxious about budget sequestration for GLONASS system. “A cut in GLONASS federal program funding will lead to a reduction of the orbital grouping system below acceptable levels, amid working GPS and Galileo systems and developing...
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
The European Council heads of states meeting ended today (February 8, 2013) without making further cuts in the proposed budget for Europe's GNSS programs. Despite sizable cuts in the overall budget proposed by the European Commission (EC), the...
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday to raise spending on infrastructure in next year’s budget, in an apparent move to advance much-needed building projects including roads, bridges and airports. The government’s capital spending, which includes funds for...
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Monday, July 9th, 2012
The Philippines plans to spend a record 404.6 billion pesos ($9.6 billion) on infrastructure next year as it aims to push its growth rate to 8 percent in subsequent years, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said on Monday....