Since Jim McConnell first founded McConnell Seats in 1952, the Australian transport business has focused on growing its capabilities.
For more than 60 years, the family company became a seating powerhouse
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Finding the Queen – The search for Priscilla
When Michael Mahon moved onto a property in the secluded town of Ewingar, New South Wales, in 2016, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. With a population that last sat at 57 people according
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Sege Seats helps facilitate Gillicks’ regional growth
Like many around Australia, buses and coaches have been a constant in Jason Gillick’s life. Now the owner and operator of East Gippsland company Gillicks Buslines in regional Victoria, Jason was first
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ABC July to focus on ZEB safety and fire mitigation
With more and more zero-emissions buses beginning to hit Australasian roads and routes, safety becomes an increasingly larger focus for the industry.
To follow the trend of an emerging transition to battery
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BIC continues pushing for regulatory change
One of the safe bus initiatives we’re involved in is the Bus Safety Forum, last held in August 2023. Chaired by federal assistant transport minister Senator Carol Brown and attended by government-invited
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StyleRide relishes popularity of special Sovereign seat model
As a local Australian business that has been operating since 1996, StyleRide Seating Systems has had nearly three decades to grow its transport seating catalogue. Following its acquisition by international
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May bus and coach deliveries go to the next level
An amazingly consistent year to date of bus and coach deliveries in Australia has been taken up a notch, with May’s deliveries leading the way in 2024.
With previous months staying consistent in the
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ABC Issue 441 – Out Now!
It’s been well documented that the Australasian bus and coach industry has been a pioneer in the local zero-emissions transition. While the larger vehicle sphere is now starting to follow through with
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Victorian electric bus trial set to revolutionise regional towns
There are many idyllic Australian towns that lie on the edge of the country, hugging the coastline and creating the perfect beach community. In some of these towns in Gippsland, Victoria, their only downside
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DTI combines capabilities for enticing Australian bus industry package
As the digitalisation of the Australian bus and coach industry continues to accelerate, a range of telematics solutions and providers are emerging in the local market. While telematics re-sellers expand
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