Suburban Rail Loop
Is private office space a public good? SRL density plan suggests so
Housing advocates have warned that social and affordable housing along the rail line could be diminished.
- Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
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- Exclusive
- Jacinta Allan
Suburban Rail Loop park takeover sparks $7m compo fight
The SRL project seized control of a park to build a station – now it’s locked in a multimillion-dollar dispute with an eastern suburbs council.
- Patrick Hatch
Suburban Rail Loop could save commuters 40 minutes but cost remains unknown
The Allan government has spruiked the project’s time-saving potential, but the opposition says that’s not good enough.
- Ashleigh McMillan
- Opinion
- Editorial
Melbourne’s transport divide: The Allan government’s priorities are off track
Residents in Melbourne’s fast-growing northern and western suburbs cannot continue to be so poorly connected to the rest of our city if our economy is to prosper.
- The Age's View
- Opinion
- Opinion
Allan has time to abandon Melbourne’s gargantuan folly. But it’s about to run out
If Labor dumped the Suburban Rail Loop it would waste an obscene quantity of taxpayer dollars. But it’s the right thing to do when you consider the alternative.
- Chip Le Grand
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
New charge for Victoria’s state-backed insurer of Suburban Rail Loop
The government is raising a “capital management” fee to help bring its Victorian Managed Insurance Authority back to financial health.
- Kieran Rooney
Premier concedes soaring costs a risk to Suburban Rail Loop
Since 2021 Australia had recorded a 22 per cent increase in the cost of construction.
- Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
Busy train lines closing for works as Metro Tunnel trial looms
Passengers will board trains bound for the Metro Tunnel and its five new stations for the first time, but will need to wait to travel through the tunnel itself.
- Patrick Hatch
Public services face $3b cut, 1200 jobs to go, but state’s debt just keeps climbing
Booming property taxes are delivering windfalls to the Allan government, but still can’t stem Victoria’s soaring debt and mounting interest bill.
- Kieran Rooney
- Analysis
- Victorian budget
Symes’ budget baby steps no match for her fast spending
Jaclyn Symes was gifted an unexpected $3.7 billion GST windfall, but the money barely lasted two months in the new treasurer’s hands.
- Chip Le Grand
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