The Andrews Government has been slammed for refusing to release crucial advice it received before signing its contentious Belt and Road deal with China. It comes amid souring diplomatic relations with the communist regime.
In an extraordinary cash grab, unions have demanded that construction companies bidding to build the $16 billion North East Link offer 40 per cent pay rises across the life of the project.
Labor and Liberal MPs are turning up the heat on Victoria and say China’s new trade sanctions are in breach of its controversial Belt and Road agreement and show the deal has “failed at the first hurdle”.
Up to 65 workers on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel have been laid off, with staff fearing more cuts are on the horizon as project builders battle budget woes.
A warning has been issued to principals in state schools across Victoria after a new report found they continue to hire family and friends without declaring their relationship, with one principal hiring their partner for $80,000 of maintenance.
Melburnians are in for a winter of commuter hell, with a massive construction blitz to force the closure of roads across the city as workers begin returning to the office. Two train lines will also be shut down for more than two months.
A construction worker and two healthcare staff are among the state’s eight new coronavirus cases. It comes as struggling business are begging the state government to lift bans on overnight stays so they can resurrect their businesses.
Almost a quarter of all Australia’s native animal road accidents happen in Victoria. And this hot spot for wildlife crashes has emerged as the worst in the state.
Melbourne motorists are in for a shock with a popular CBD thoroughfare to be blocked to traffic from early June, as work on the Metro Tunnel project ramps up.
Out of work Victorians will be mobilised to clean up our streets as part of a bid to restore the state’s economy by bringing forward a raft of long-awaited maintenance projects. Here’s how it will work.
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