Infrastructure
Wanted: 300,000 extra workers to build roads, homes and power lines
An annual snapshot of the country’s infrastructure plans show $1 trillion worth of projects in the pipeline. But the country is short 300,000 workers.
- Shane Wright
Latest
New bridge spectacularly collapses in China
Dramatic footage showed part of the recently completed bridge plunging into a river after a landslide destroyed its foundations.
- Lisa Visentin
- Exclusive
- Engineers
This Perth bridge has been named among the nation’s best. So how will it fare in ‘the Oscars of engineering’?
Western Australia is a wonderland for the nation’s leading engineer – but there is one project that made her geek out.
- Hamish Hastie
The next Brisbane precinct tipped for ‘inevitable growth and transformation’
A report into Brisbane’s inner-city economy finds new pockets of activity – but warns transport connectivity must be prioritised to make a dent in congestion.
- Rosanna Ryan
- Investigation
- Development
Beneath our feet: The hidden failures in Melbourne’s sewer tunnels
Collapsing sewer tunnels, botched repairs and a firm silenced for exposing failures — Melbourne Water faces scrutiny over hidden underground risks and wasted millions.
- Clay Lucas
One enormous rate rise was rejected. Now North Sydney council has eyes on 54% jump
The financially embattled council is requesting feedback from residents on three options to increase rates as it scrambles to keep itself afloat.
- Cindy Yin
- Exclusive
- Development
Swan Valley residents say encroaching urban sprawl behind ‘catastrophic’ flooding, rising groundwater
A need for housing is leading to catastrophic implications for the Swan Valley, locals say, as piecemeal housing developments with incohesive drainage plans has lead to chronic flooding.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
- Opinion
- Building Bad
Albanese’s answer to the CFMEU rot looks short of the mark
The federal government insists the troubled union’s administration is doing its job well; the recent evidence suggests otherwise.
- The Age's View
- Exclusive
- WA Parliament
The taxpayer-funded centre that’s become a flashpoint in influential WA Chinese association’s election
A senior member of Western Australia’s biggest Chinese association has raised concerns about the process behind the construction of a $12 million taxpayer-funded hall.
- Hamish Hastie
- Updated
- Jacinta Allan
West Gate Tunnel to open in December as premier calls for free toll roads this summer
After the project was plagued with delays and disputes, Jacinta Allan has asked for travel on the toll road and others to be free this summer to make up for years of construction pain.
- Hannah Hammoud and Patrick Hatch
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