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Schools
‘Concerns have been raised’: $40m contract to upgrade schools axed, referred to the ICAC
More than 30 new and upgraded school projects and 100 new public preschools are at risk after the NSW government terminated the contract.
- by Chris O'Keefe
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Roads
Albanese axes Sydney’s newest spaghetti junction roadway
The NSW government has been caught off guard by the axing of funding for the link connecting the M7 and M12.
- by Alexandra Smith, Michael Koziol and Shane Wright
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Just get on with building the Metro West project
Taking stock of the project was reasonable but outsourcing the future of Australia’s largest public transport project was weak leadership.
- The Herald's View
Macquarie profits prosper in low-rate world
Macquarie Group is cashing in on a boom in infrastructure asset values and buoyant financial market conditions.
- by Clancy Yeates
WA’s biggest rail project to be nearly two years overdue after more delays
The $1.86 billion project is now expected to become operational in the first half of 2022, 18 months after its original completion date of December 2020 and 6 months after the revised date of late 2021.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Biden's White House
Biden is anything but sleepy as he puts together radical $US3 trillion spending plan
“Sleepy Joe” may turn out to be one of the most energetic, reformist and progressive US presidents in modern history as he plans a spending spree.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Private schools urged to expand into outer suburbs
Non-government schools have been slow to open in areas where the number of school-aged children has exploded, according to an education data expert.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
COVID-19 city exodus puts strain on local broadband, power and traffic networks
A migration from cities to suburban and regional areas during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread office vacancies, greater strain on the broadband network, greater energy and water consumption in residential areas and increased local traffic congestion.
- by Tom Rabe and Matt O'Sullivan
Resource wars: Communities take a stand against new quarries
Victoria needs eight tonnes of quarry material per person every year, but communities are demanding a less environmentally damaging way of producing the materials.
- by Benjamin Preiss
CFMEU gives construction firms a break in wage deal
The union agreed to annual wage increases of about 3 per cent, substantially less than the usual 5 per cent, but more than the recent average across the economy.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Environmental protection
'You can't mine with teaspoons': minister calls for speedy decisions
Australians are being warned of a huge blow to future investment if governments cannot reach a deal to fast-track approvals under a contentious change to environmental law.
- by David Crowe
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