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Chris Sallmann said fears over crime had put him on edge.

Bollards and bullet-proof glass: Melburnians go all-out to keep homes, cars safe

As car thefts surge, home owners are spending thousands on security measures to turn their cars and homes into theft-proof fortresses.

  • Angus Delaney

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All of Sydney’s 10 bus regions are operated by private companies, which are contracted by the state government.

Bus routes axed, new ones added under sweeping changes to Sydney network

The shake-up will affect bus routes from the northern beaches and north shore to the Hills, north-west and city’s south-west.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The Brisbane suburbs with the most and fewest EVs

Who is driving electric cars in Brisbane? The suburbs with the most and fewest EVs

The uptake of EVs in Brisbane paints a divided picture of the city.

  • Marissa Calligeros
The interchange connects the M12 motorway to the widened M7.

Major spaghetti junction to Sydney’s new airport set to open to drivers

The opening of the interchange linking the new M12 motorway to the M7 comes four months before the first passenger flights take off at Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
MP Jeff Bourman with his Ford Ranger in the parliamentary car park. Bourman has launched a parliamentary inquiry to consider why larger utes are charged more on toll roads.

These polluting behemoths pay more on toll roads than cars. A campaign says that’s unfair

The increasing popularity of giant utes is prompting a parliamentary inquiry to consider reducing the amount they are charged to use Melbourne’s toll roads.

  • Cara Waters
Parking in the CBD on average costs Perth drivers $38.81 per day.

Where is Perth’s most expensive car park?

Parking in the Perth CBD is costing drivers $5 more than it did in 2013, but depending on where you go, that can blow out to a lot more.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
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VicRoads doesn’t know when its normal services will be restored.

VicRoads chaos stretches on as IT bungle leaves drivers unable to register cars, book tests

Motorists continue to be frustrated almost a week after a system upgrade crashed the organisation’s online portal.

  • Max Stevens and Angus Delaney
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The USA have always given us the ships

And appear to have maintained sub standards.

The first sinkhole opened above one of the tunnels at Rockdale for the M6 motorway in early March 2024.

Plan to ‘abandon’ nearly built motorway in Sydney’s south secretly explored

Confidential documents reveal abandoning the $3.2 billion underground motorway project has been canvassed in a secret scoping study and other reports.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Always take a photo of the dashboard, including the odometer and fuel gauge, upon returning your rental car.

Beyond spurious damage claims, a car rental company tried a new scam on me

After returning to Australia, a random charge appeared on my credit card. In this case, the rental company picked the wrong victim.

  • Chris Chamberlin