Dozens charged in home building bribery probe
A Victorian Building Authority worker is among dozens of people charged by the state’s anti-corruption commission after an investigation into bribes being paid for building registrations.
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Victoria’s $1.7bn myki upgrade in turmoil, credit card tap-and-go years away
A Sunday Herald Sun investigation has uncovered part of the consortium overseeing the $1.7bn myki revamp for credit card and phone touch on has walked away from the lucrative deal.
31 ‘woefully inadequate’ bus services running in boom suburbs
A staggering number of suburb’s earmarked for a population boom by the Allan government have been found to have low and poor quality bus routes — with some so bad no services run on weekends.
‘Great Wall of Frankston’ high-rises approved in foreshore overhaul
Two of three Surfers Paradise-style high-rises have won permits to be built in a controversial overhaul of the beachside suburb’s foreshore, in a move that’s infuriated locals.
‘On the way up’: Why this part of your energy bill is rising
The annual cost you pay to transport energy around the grid is soaring – driving up bills before households even switch on a light.
Lib factions set to unite to ‘blast’ Pesutto from leadership
A broad coalition of Liberal MPs are preparing to blast John Pesutto out of the state party’s leadership in the new year if he continues to refuse to step aside.
Court orders Mornington Peninsula builder to down tools
An unregistered Victorian home building company is alleged to have taken deposits of up to $100,000 for jobs it never finished.
Energy giant fined $25m after battlers slugged for nothing
AGL has been fined a whopping $25m after the energy giant wrongly debited welfare accounts of former customers — and took two years to pay some back.
Push to back gas as debate over future of Australia’s energy heats up
Federal Labor and Liberal parties have backed gas as a critical stopgap fuel for the country’s clean energy transition, while the Allan government aims for a phase-out of gas appliances in homes.
‘Vote killer’: Allan cooked on gas policy
Premier Jacinta Allan has suffered a major blow with a new poll showing 30 per cent of Labor supporters are less likely to vote for the government due to its gas phase-out plans.
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