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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Premier Jacinta Allan.

Federal MPs furious over Allan’s Suburban Rail Loop ‘blackmail’

A tense stand-off over project funding has prompted Victorian federal MPs to demand Jacinta Allan cease holding out for extra rail loop money.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Dramatic as it may seem, we are in the grips of a public toilet crisis and need to do something about it.

A public service announcement on the public toilet crisis

With cafes limiting toilet use to paying customers and public toilets seemingly impossible to find (or too horrific to face), we need answers on what to do when nature calls.

  • Thomas Mitchell
“Any future social and economic proposal for the site once the container operations shift to Kwinana must capture and reflect these values as well as the area’s cultural importance to local Traditional Owners. - Jane Bennett.

Fremantle’s future: What does our port city look like without its port?

For the first time, a vision for a port without its trademark ‘dinosaurs’ has been revealed in a 50–year plan to transform it to a world-leading waterfront city.

  • Claire Ottaviano
The Kwinana Freeway: how can you not love a city which gets a 100 points on the Global Liveability Index for its infrastructure?

Swathes of Kwinana Freeway to be widened under $700 million plan

Labor has started this week with a congestion election commitment blitz after yesterday promising a fix of the Erindale Road Reid Highway intersection.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Premier Roger Cook argues the state’s gas exports are essential for its trading partners to reduce their emissions.

Liberals match Labor’s fix at ‘WA’s worst intersection’

Premier Roger Cook has pledged $225 million to grade separate the Reid Highway and Erindale Road intersection, with the expectation the Commonwealth would fund the remaining half of the project.

  • Hamish Hastie
Then premier Steven Miles and treasurer Cameron Dick addressing the media before handing down what would be their final state budget.

Labor was warned hospital projects at risk from Games development push

Not long before Steven Miles ditched plans to rebuild the Gabba for the 2032 Games, the Labor government received advice its infrastructure program was too bold.

  • Sean Parnell
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Elijah Teu (left) and Haylee Antonio bought a house and land package in Mambourin.

Almost halfway between Melbourne and Geelong, this fast-growing suburb has affordable houses ... and not much more

Mambourin was designed as a beacon of liveability, but is now forgotten. In a series, The Age explores why Melbourne’s west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back.

  • Adam Carey
Workers pulling together pre-fabricated building parts.

Hopes pinned on pre-fab homes as building pipeline hits $213 billion

A blowout in construction costs since the pandemic continues to weigh on building costs. The government hopes pre-fab homes might ease price pressures.

  • Shane Wright and David Crowe
Steven Miles says the party can rebuild under his leadership.

Labor accuses LNP of inflating project ‘blowouts’ to claim future wins

The LNP went to the election with a little-detailed promise of delivering projects on time and on budget – Labor has made the most explicit claim yet as to how.

  • Matt Dennien
The deal covered workers that manufacture and install heating, air conditioning or ventilation on construction sites.

‘We need to plan ahead’: Builders bemoan uncertainty over Olympic venues

The construction industry is worried the 100-day stadium review might lead to a logjam of projects, creating delays.

  • Savannah Meacham

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