Metronet
Ellenbrook line opens 16 years after it was first promised
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, WA Premier Roger Cook and Federal Infrastructure Catherine King muscled through crowds of interested locals and train enthusiasts as they opened the five new stations on Sunday morning.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Summer of thrifty ride: Government brings back free transport, flags public holiday change
In an event-studded Perth weekend, the state government has announced a repeat of last year’s free public transport over summer.
The multibillion-dollar project causing a big stink in Midland
Local resident Fiona Nichols says a smell from the work has started making her feel dizzy.
- by Jamie Freestone
Perth’s $12 billion rail project gets a rebrand ahead of election
The opposition has demanded the state government come clean on a cash splash to rebrand its flagship Metronet rail project.
- by Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
Mystery surrounds taxpayer bill for canned Metronet Christmas pageant float
Want to know how much you’ll pay for a non-existent Christmas pageant float? The Metronet office would rather not say.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Perth
State pulls plug on ‘tone-deaf’ Metronet Christmas pageant float
The WA government has pulled the plug on plans to send a float spruiking its flagship Metronet program down St Georges Terrace in this year’s annual Perth Christmas Pageant.
- by Jesinta Burton
Metronet Midland: Bright lights and loud bells waking residents up every night
Since the Cale Street level crossing opened six weeks ago Aaron Cooper has suffered night after night of interrupted sleep.
- by Jamie Freestone
WA Labor, Liberals trade barbs over ‘MetroDEBT’ as Yanchep extension opens
The Metronet Yanchep rail extension has officially opened after heavily criticised cost and time blowouts.
- by Alex Condon
Metronet in Midland: New Cale Street crossing causes concerns
Business owner Kevin Bartholomew said local residents were very concerned that there would be major incidents on the busy intersection.
- by Jamie Freestone
What’s in the federal budget for WA? Your cheat sheet
The federal budget includes major additional funding to cover the enormous cost blowouts that have dragged on the Metronet budget in the past year.
- by Hamish Hastie
Metronet costs balloon by $700 million as state pays to get people moving
Stage one of the Labor government’s flagship Metronet project climbed $2 billion in 2023 alone, taking the total cost of the network to around $11.5 billion.
- by Holly Thompson
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