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The delayed Malcolm Street Bridge barrier project in West Perth.

The traffic barriers that are taking as long to build as Boorloo Bridge

The $1.3 million scheme to build about 150 metres’ worth of road barriers will rival the duration of a $187 million, 440-metre piece of flagship city branding. Why?

  • Hamish Hastie

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Complete Linemarking director Saso Gorgovski.

‘You couldn’t get rid of him’: Fugitive in NSW transport kickback scandal described as a ‘leech’

An anti-corruption inquiry also heard how two Transport for NSW officers allegedly approached a family business in 2019 to arrange kickbacks for contracts.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Complete Linemarking director Peco Jankulovski at an ICAC hearing.

Fugitive took bundles of cash at fast-food restaurant, inquiry told

An anti-corruption inquiry has heard how kickbacks were allegedly paid by a Sydney company to a transport official.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Tow truck driver Brett Jenkins at a workshop in Yennora, Sydney, Tuesday, 15 July 2025. Freeway and infrastructure tolls are screwing small business operator and tradies in western Sydney who are dependent on the roads. p5mett . Photo: Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

‘It’s destroying us’: The Sydney workers who don’t qualify for toll cap relief

While drivers of Class A vehicles – cars and motorcycles – qualify for NSW’s $60 toll cap, small businesses and sole traders can spend hundreds a week.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Ibrahim Helmy and Meshel Chellew.

‘I am richer haha’: Fugitive transport manager’s message after $150,000 crypto transfer

An anti-corruption hearing has been told the now-sacked manager who is on the run regularly gave step-by-step instructions about how to transfer cryptocurrency.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Protection Barriers founder Jason Chellew appeared for a second day at ICAC.

Secret emails and meetings in Bunnings car park: ICAC hears how kickback scheme worked

The founder of a Grafton company who paid kickbacks to a Transport for NSW manager has faced a second day of questioning at an anti-corruption inquiry.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Cash and gold bullin were among the items seized from Ibrahim Helmy’s house.

Key ICAC witness put the rubbish out on a Sunday night. He hasn’t been seen since

An ICAC hearing has heard explosive allegations of kickbacks that included gold bullion and cryptocurrency payments running into the millions.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Remote pilot Daniel Scandar flies a drone at Mount White on the Central Coast from a transport centre at Auburn in Sydney on Tuesday.

Pilots put eyes in skies over Sydney motorways from 50 kilometres away

Within 90 seconds of being notified of a crash, transport officials will now be able to have a drone in the air to guide emergency efforts.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Ownership of the Sydney Harbour Bridge - and toll collection - will shift to the new agency NSW Motorways.

Plans for shake-up of Sydney’s motorway tolls step up a gear

Forecasts also show the state government expects a $103 million boost in toll revenue from two new motorway projects in their first year of operation.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Ben Zeeman at a remnant native grassland near Hamilton.

This habitat is more diverse than a rainforest. Yet people drive over it

The Victorian landscape was once cloaked in these vibrant habitats. There are precious few left, but work has begun to preserve and expand what we’ve got.

  • Benjamin Preiss

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