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Developer suing Suburban Rail Loop for reneging on compensation
A Highett apartments developer alleges the Victorian government is using a technicality to avoid paying millions in compensation for disrupting construction of a 12-storey housing project.
- Rachel Eddie
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Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions
Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.
- Kieran Rooney
Construction of motorway to Sydney’s new airport hits financial bumps – again
The cost of the 16-kilometre motorway to Western Sydney International Airport has steadily risen over the past five years.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Ditch the phone: Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport
Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.
- Cindy Yin
They should have been retired by now. Here’s why we’re stuck with XPTs
People who rely on trains to travel long distances in NSW and interstate are paying the price for troubled fleet replacement projects.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Bungled NSW train project risks running later than worst-case scenario
The fleet of new Spanish-built passenger trains is already $826 million over budget and on track to be at least three years late entering service.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’
The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that, if elected, he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop, branding the project a cruel hoax.
- Chip Le Grand, Kieran Rooney and Paul Sakkal
The classic Australian railway film that took its cameraman to a Hollywood career
Made in 1974, A Steam Train Passes celebrates a bygone era. Now it has been remastered in high-definition 4K.
- Garry Maddox
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There was a plan to stop Sydney tunnel workers from being killed. It was ignored for five years
A major construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workers from deadly airborne hazards five years ago. Cost was the primary barrier.
- Max Maddison
Cost of new metro lines blows out by more than half a billion dollars
The extra costs are aimed at reducing safety risks, the government says.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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