NSW Government Parking Summit

Posted on April 21, 2021

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

The NSW Government has announced that they will be holding a Parking Summit on Monday 17 May. It will be opened by the Minister for Digital and Minister for Customer Service, the Hon. Victor Dominello and the Minister for Transport and Roads, the Hon. Andrew Constance. Parking Australia has been invited to attend, as have some from the parking industry.

Future Fuels and the Melbourne Congestion Levy

Posted on March 15, 2021

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

On 5 February, the Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, released the Future Fuels Strategy discussion paper to further reform the development of Australia’s future fuels.

Looking Towards 2021

Posted on December 23, 2020

Peter Drucker, the famous Austrian-born American management consultant, once said, “The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different”. Given what 2020 has been like for much of the parking industry, let us hope that the future is different and in a positive way.

Looking Ahead to PACE 2021

Posted on October 30, 2020

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

Parking Australia are becoming increasingly confident that PACE 2021 will go ahead in Adelaide on May 23-25. Given the uncertainty posed by the pandemic earlier in the year, PA decided to reschedule our booking of the Adelaide Convention Centre to assess the situation and ensure the event could go ahead.

Industry Groups Press for FBT Relief

Posted on September 19, 2020

By Stuart Norman, CEO Parking Australia

After months of suffering from the effects of the pandemic, it has been good to see an increase in car park usage and enforcement around the country. It probably comes as no surprise that people are not returning to public transport in the numbers they once did, and as a result are driving and parking.

Upcoming Events

Parking Innovation in NSW

25 May 2021, 3pm – 6pm
Primus Hotel, Sydney

Join Parking Australia in Sydney for a presentation and networking event covering some of the key issues facing the parking industry in NSW. Including special guest speaker, NSW Shadow Minister for Better Public Services, Sophie Cotsis MP. Presentations will be followed by networking drinks and canapés.

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PACE 2021

22-24 August 2021
Adelaide Convention Centre

The Parking Australia Convention & Exhibition 2021 will continue the tradition of delivering knowledge and innovation, in an environment conductive to discussing advances and future developments important to the parking industry.

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Parking Case Studies

Electric Vehicle range anxiety (and the need for more chargers) is real

Replacing cars that run on fossil fuels with electric cars will be important in meeting climate goals – road transport produces more than 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But there are obstacles to wider uptake, particularly in Australia.

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Don’t rush into a hydrogen economy until we know all the risks to our climate

There is global interest in the potential for a hydrogen economy, in part driven by a concern over climate change and the need to move away from fossil fuels.

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3 reasons the cloud is the only place to store your parking data in 2020 and beyond

It’s 2020, “the cloud” is everywhere, and we’re not talking about the ones in the sky. But what is it? Why are more and more companies hosting their and their user’s data on it? And why does Frogparking host the data our system collects from our customer’s parking facilities on it?

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Coronavirus has changed our sense of place, so together we must re-imagine our cities

Is it time to re-imagine our fundamental relationship with cities? People bring cities to life. They interact, work, socialise and travel. Without this, cities are just collections of buildings and infrastructure. This relationship is now on hiatus all over the world.

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City of Charles Sturt expands contactless parking technology

COVID-19 cases may be dropping across Australia, particularly in states like South Australia but that doesn’t mean there should be complacency of guidelines. Smart technology solutions that enable guideline adherence easily and cost effectively, are paramount.

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LPR technology that does much more than read license plates

One of the biggest challenges facing the car parking industry today is a lack of accuracy. Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) rates are commonly sitting well below a hundred percent and recently proving insufficient alone, as more and more drivers go out of their way to disguise their plates in an effort to avoid penalties […]

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Three ways that Frogparking can help with your COVID response strategy

People around the world are looking for ways to increase physical distance with each other and reduce contact with shared surfaces to “flatten the curve” and slow the spread of COVID-19 otherwise known as the Coronavirus. Businesses, cities, and households are making changes in this new world that we live in.

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