Parking Australia

Driving Change

Parking Australia is the national body representing the interests of the parking industry in Australia.
Sharing Knowledge

Parking Australia strives to be a key source of leadership, education and technical information for the parking industry.
Raising Standards

The Accredited Operator Scheme is designed for PA members that are involved in parking enforcement services on private land.

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Promoting Innovation

Parking Australia encourages excellence in technology and innovation in the parking industry through an annual awards program.

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Smarter City Solutions Launches Bush-Fires Appeal

Smarter City Solutions will be donating 20% of their net parking revenue from the CellOPark app in each affected state to to that state fire services from now until the end of February.

In addition, they are inviting customers and anyone who wants to personally donate, to use one of the QR codes from their website which will donate 100% of proceeds to the fire services.
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DCA Cities selected to transform Brisbane City Council’s parking operations

After a competitive tender process, Brisbane City Council has announced Database Consultants Australia (DCA) as the supplier to deliver its infringement management solution.

The contract will see DCA partner with Council to implement an industry best practice infringement management system, streamlining Council processes and delivering a better service to Brisbane residents of Australia’s largest local government area.
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Vicinity completes Australia’s largest solar car park installation

Vicinity Centres (Vicinity) has completed Australia’s largest car park solar installation in South Australia (SA), with 1,400 solar shaded car spaces at Elizabeth City Centre. The car park system is in addition to the 2.7-megawatt (MW) rooftop program which was completed in 2018 and brings the total capacity at Elizabeth City Centre to 5.9MW.
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Photos

Awards Photos

Photos from the 2019 Parking Industry Awards are now available on Parking Australia’s Facebook Page to view.

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Past Event

Photos from OUTLOOK 2019

The OUTLOOK Conference 2019 took place at Crown Melbourne from 27-29 November. Photos are now available to view on the Parking Australia Facebook page.

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Annual Report

Parking Australia Welcomes New Directors

Parking Australia has elected three directors, (two are new to the Board) at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held in Adelaide on 12 November.

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CEO Blog

The claims in the press release make it sound like the NSW Government are the first organisation in Australia to develop and implement a parking app for on-street parking. By being in direct competition the NSW State Government may be in breach of their anti-competition policy, which in this instance seems to apply.

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Case Study

Nedap enables easy parking at Flinders University Campus

Flinders University is a leading Australian University catering for over 30,000 students and staff. Holman Engineering has implemented Nedap’s smart parking sensor system in order to provide highly accurate parking guidance for students and staff on the large Bedford Park campus.

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Past Events

PA Forum Hears From Guest Speakers on the Adelaide City Deal

Parking Australia invited speakers from the Department of Infrastructure, City of Adelaide and Renewal SA to participate in an industry forum entitled ‘Making Adelaide a Smart City’ on 12 November at Adelaide Airport.