L and P-platers get access to digital driver’s licences
Victorian teenagers will be able to use their phone to prove their age from this week with their very own digital driver’s licences. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Cash for state emergencies raided to fund SRL, transport projects
Victoria’s transport projects are being boosted by billions of dollars of taxpayer cash, which had been put aside for emergencies.
Why Martin Pakula loves life after politics
Former state attorney-general and sports minister Martin Pakula has opened up on the challenges of his role during the Covid pandemic, why he doesn’t miss politics and how he’s revved up about steering next year’s Australian F1 Grand Prix.
New Melbourne landmarks rising over West Gate Tunnel entrance
The West Gate Freeway is going to be home to an esoteric looming sculpture. Check out its skeleton and the delays its construction will create.
Why your gas bills are about to go up by $138
Victorians are about to start spending more on their gas bills, and one energy giant is blaming the Allan government’s policies.
Local fury as new path ripped up in Big Build bungle
The bungle has been blamed on the steep gradient of the new walkway and will add tens of thousands of dollars to the Hurstbridge line project.
Victorian builders forced to fix shoddy work in industry overhaul
Home builders would be ordered to fix poor work after families have their keys and move in, under new powers for the industry watchdog and the establishment of “a one-stop shop for consumers”.
Builders hit with $1m in fines over potentially deadly ‘missiles’
Construction companies have been hit with more than $1 million in penalties in the past two years after objects including heavy metal brackets plummeted from Melbourne buildings.
Push to unlock ‘110 MCGs’ worth of open space at Victorian schools
Almost half a million people would gain access to sporting grounds and extra open space if more Victorian public schools were unlocked for community use, a new report reveals.
Thousands of landowners face tax hike under high-rise plan
Thousands of landowners could be hit with a huge tax bill under the Allan government’s plan to build 60 high-rise transport hubs across Melbourne.
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