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WA Premier Roger Cook, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Federal Infrastructure Catherine King and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti opened the five new Metronet stations on Sunday morning.

Ellenbrook line opens 16 years after it was first promised

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, WA Premier Roger Cook and Federal Infrastructure Catherine King muscled through crowds of interested locals and train enthusiasts as they opened the five new stations on Sunday morning.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Premier Roger Cook taps his SmartRider.

Summer of thrifty ride: Government brings back free transport, flags public holiday change

In an event-studded Perth weekend, the state government has announced a repeat of last year’s free public transport over summer.

The new crossing.

The multibillion-dollar project causing a big stink in Midland

Local resident Fiona Nichols says a smell from the work has started making her feel dizzy.

  • Jamie Freestone
Major works are happening under the Metronet project across the city.

Perth’s $12 billion rail project gets a rebrand ahead of election

The opposition has demanded the state government come clean on a cash splash to rebrand its flagship Metronet rail project.

  • Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
With details – and designs – for the Metronet float scarce, we turned to WAtoday’s graphic design department for ideas...

Mystery surrounds taxpayer bill for canned Metronet Christmas pageant float

Want to know how much you’ll pay for a non-existent Christmas pageant float? The Metronet office would rather not say.

  • Jesinta Burton
With details – and designs – for the Metronet float scarce, we turned to WAtoday’s graphic design department for ideas...

State pulls plug on ‘tone-deaf’ Metronet Christmas pageant float

The WA government has pulled the plug on plans to send a float spruiking its flagship Metronet program down St Georges Terrace in this year’s annual Perth Christmas Pageant.

  • Jesinta Burton
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Aaron Cooper.

Metronet Midland: Bright lights and loud bells waking residents up every night

Since the Cale Street level crossing opened six weeks ago Aaron Cooper has suffered night after night of interrupted sleep.

  • Jamie Freestone
(From left) John Quigley, Roger Cook, Rita Saffioti and Tracey Roberts open the Yanchep extension on Sunday.

WA Labor, Liberals trade barbs over ‘MetroDEBT’ as Yanchep extension opens

The Metronet Yanchep rail extension has officially opened after heavily criticised cost and time blowouts.

  • Alex Condon
Major works are happening under the Metronet project across the city.

Metronet in Midland: New Cale Street crossing causes concerns

Business owner Kevin Bartholomew said local residents were very concerned that there would be major incidents on the busy intersection.

  • Jamie Freestone
Jim Chalmers budget

What’s in the federal budget for WA? Your cheat sheet

The federal budget includes major additional funding to cover the enormous cost blowouts that have dragged on the Metronet budget in the past year.

  • Hamish Hastie

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