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Parking Australia Calls for Suspension of FBT
Parking Australia wrote to the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in mid-April, proposing the Federal Government suspend Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) on car parking. Since then, Parking Australia have met with the Treasurer’s office to discuss our proposal. The Treasurer’s office is considering the proposal which they admit has benefits for employers, employees, and the parking industry. Read more....
COVID Safe Parking Initiative
Parking Australia began a COVID Safe Parking initiative at the beginning of the crisis, by asking members who provide apps to list them on the Parking Australia website. We are looking to take this a step further, to include all...
Smarter City helping operators to introduce contactless
Smarter City Solutions are doing their bit to help the prevention of the spread of the COVID-19 virus by promoting free 'contactless payments' - a sanitary option that allows motorists to pay for parking without the need to interact...
Australian Artificial intelligence solutions provider, SenSen Networks has announced it has been awarded a ~A$2.5M tender with the City of Las Vegas to provide a range of intelligent transportation and smart city solutions..
Earlier this year the City of Ballarat replaced its entire on street car parking infrastructure with the introduction of the Smarter Parking Plan. The City of Ballarat is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the purchase of...
Spot Parking partners with Parramatta to map new...
To help support local business who can now only provide takeaway services, Spot Parking has partnered with the City of Parramatta to provide a COVID-19 interactive map, where the city can show new kerbside restrictions to support...
The Victorian Government is now providing more support for Victorian businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic to get to the other side of the crisis. Initially the Victorian Business Support Fund was limited to a small range of...
The Commercial Tenancy Code of Conduct developed by the Federal Government and the National Cabinet is implemented by state governments with legislation developed and passed by them. To this point, Parking Australia has had some success ...
Smart parking solutions help mitigate virus spread
During this diverse time of a global COVID-19 pandemic, the government and public are united in the principles aimed at keeping Australians healthy and minimising economic disruption. Guidelines suggest that reducing the amount of human to human...
The City of Adelaide has implemented an innovative new online platform to assist in safer, touch-free parking at a significantly discounted price across all nine UPark locations. UPark Plus has been developed in partnership with Adelaide-based...
City of Marion set to embark on smart parking initiative
Following on from the successful launch of the City of Adelaide smart city parking initiative, the City of Marion has just signed a contract with Smart Parking to install our system in over 400 individual parking bays. The aim of this...
