Infrastructure
Opinion
Jacinta Allan
One year on, Premier Jacinta Allan must forge a new path
However much Allan may wish to draw a line between her government and that of Daniel Andrews, on a host of unresolved problems and failures, Allan herself is the point of continuity between that era and the one she is trying to establish as her own.
- by The Age's View
Latest
Women are 34 times more likely to queue for the loo, while men are flush with options
Women and girls constitute more than half the population, require the toilet more frequently and take longer in it. Yet buildings usually have more facilities for men. What can be done?
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Updated
Melbourne
Victoria holds up $2.2b in Suburban Rail Loop funds, auditor finds
The Allan government has not submitted crucial information that would unlock funding promised by the Commonwealth for the mega-project.
- by Patrick Hatch and Annika Smethurst
‘Something has to change’: Feeling the squeeze of the Big Build’s big bill
Since coming to power in 2014, Labor has launched an unprecedented transport infrastructure blitz, but it has also saddled Victoria with the highest debt of any state and it’s putting pressure on the government.
- by Patrick Hatch and Broede Carmody
‘We went berko’: How water is imperilling Sydney’s vaunted aerotropolis
For 15 years, developers didn’t have to pay a cent toward new water infrastructure in Sydney. When that changed, it set off a firestorm that is yet to be resolved.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Public transport
The cost of the SRL will be huge. Not building it would cost us so much more
Compared to other cities and other nations, we are a rail backwater. Getting on with the SRL and an airport train line are the only options for the future of our city.
- by Neil O'Keefe
States will have to prove big builds worth it before Albanese government chips in
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King says tough new rules on road and rail projects “can and must” prevent delays and cost blowouts.
- by David Crowe
Editorial
Metro Tunnel
Metro Tunnel struggles only highlight rail loop’s costly risks
There’s nothing surer than major projects blowing their budgets, so now is not the time to embark on one so enormous.
- The Age's View
Exclusive
Metro Tunnel
Trains will need slower speeds beneath Parkville to protect hospitals
Leaked documents detail a need for a slower pace in the Metro Tunnel near the new Parkville station to limit interference with nearby specialist health equipment.
- by Clay Lucas and Kieran Rooney
‘Like Donald Trump designed it’: The Sydney smokestack compared to a chicken nugget
A proposed gold ventilation outlet at the end of the tunnel that connects the new Western Harbour Tunnel from Rozelle to the north shore has angered locals.
- by Julie Power
Does the building site across the road sound too loud? It probably is
The residents across the road from the Sydney Fish Market have learnt the hard way that the noise assessment process for construction work is deeply flawed.
- by Harriet Alexander
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