November
Tech chiefs feel the heat of boards’ AI expectations
Fear among board directors and chief executives that they will be left behind in AI use by fleeter footed rivals’ is piling the pressure on tech executives.
- Paul Smith
AI produces efficiency dividends for Australian business
Combining the best of artificial intelligence with human experience is creating genuine productivity gains.
- Alexandra Cain
‘We didn’t set the tolls’: Transurban pitches new pricing plan
Company boss Michelle Jablko says NSW can’t afford to build roads without private money and is looking at charging corridors according to congestion levels.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Infrastructure Summit
Transurban tolls hit NSW roadblock
Transurban and the NSW government are at loggerheads over how to reduce the long-term costs to taxpayers and motorists from Sydney’s sprawling toll road network.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How toll road ‘beeps’ became Australian infrastructure’s hottest issue
Politics and business are colliding in Australian infrastructure. Do we really believe in miracle “win-win” scenarios?
- Anthony Macdonald
Qantas under pressure; Endeavour shares dive; Great Apple gadget
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Exclusive
- Infrastructure Summit
One business is paying $7.4m in Sydney road tolls
Data compiled by the NSW government shows the high cost of tolls for companies as the state pushes ahead with new laws to monitor the prices motorists are being charged.
- Jenny Wiggins
September
PFAS foam leaks on Transurban’s Brisbane toll road rankle council
Transurban’s maintenance practices are being reviewed by Brisbane’s city council after fire-fighting foam spilled from a tank into a pump station in the company’s Clem Jones Tunnel.
- Jenny Wiggins
Transurban’s plan on the table in Sydney toll fare overhaul
Investors are optimistic that the toll road group’s preferred option will be a serious bargaining chip as NSW prepares to overhaul Sydney’s motorway fares.
- Updated
- Jenny Wiggins
August
NSW government hunts bankers for tolls showdown with Transurban
On offer is the opportunity to act as the NSW treasury and transport’s lead financial adviser on changes to the tolling system expected by the year-end.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Transurban investors get bigger payday but growth prospects scarce
The toll road giant reported a quadrupling of profits in the last financial year, with higher dividends expected. But it faces slower growth on its roads.
- Updated
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Qantas case a timely warning for money-spinner Transurban
The flying kangaroo’s drama is relevant for Australia’s dominant toll operator, which is returning more cash than ever to investors despite political pressure.
- Anthony Macdonald
ASX valuations mask grim reality of a softening economy
Sharemarket investors need to factor in that central banks cut interest rates when economies slow and profit growth splutters.
- Simon Evans
Transurban’s Brisbane toll road operations scrutinised by council
The company has been forced to hand over toll road operational manuals to the Brisbane City Council after the government authority demanded information on responses to traffic accidents.
- Jenny Wiggins
July
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Superannuation is not for your kids’ inheritance
Letters from readers on super tax concessions; equitable road tolls; aged care and productivity; the need for plain speaking on climate; and ANZ’s bonds scandal.
Transurban’s Queensland office shake-up leads to departures
The branch, which manages six toll roads, is losing more senior staff following a restructure and investigation into whistleblower complaints.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
On school funding, all governments get a fail
Letters from readers on the Gonski funding challenge; Telstra’s price increases; the NSW review of road tolls; action on climate change; and the health of the River Seine.
- Analysis
- Roads
Sydney’s toll road overhaul is set to target the rich
Drivers who live in some of the city’s priciest suburbs may pay extra, but the benefits of reducing fares on many of its other motorways will be worth it.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Updated
- Roads
Review finds Transurban should be forced to renegotiate Sydney tolls
The recommendations put the NSW government on a collision course with the ASX-listed motorway giant, which controls 11 of the city’s 13 toll roads.
- Updated
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Transurban hijacks NSW toll review, raises social licence stakes
Transurban changed its tune in June, promising to be part of the solution. It has six months to come up with something better for Sydney’s drivers.
- Anthony Macdonald