Suburban Rail Loop
Fresh feud people: Woolworths sues Suburban Rail Loop for $70 million
The retail giant is taking action over the compulsory acquisition of land after a series of financial offers it says are too low.
- Christine Lacy
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‘What will it do?’ School campus high-rise apartments face backlash
A proposal to build thousands of apartments in high-rise towers in Burwood has residents concerned about how the currently low-density suburb will cope.
- Rachael Ward
One line in the state budget has pushed back this dangerous level crossing removal by years
Highett residents have long been promised level crossings on Highett Road and Wickham Road would be removed by 2029, but they’ll now have to put up with them until 2032.
- Gemma Grant
‘Going down the Hume’: Premiers trade blows over Victoria’s budget billions
Premier Jacinta Allan said that after years of watching “buckets of money being shovelled into projects in NSW … It’s great to have a partner in Canberra.”
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Victorian election
Move over East-West Link, there’s now an even bigger price tag for doing nothing
Jess Wilson, if she wins the state election, faces an unpalatable choice of whether to burn billions in public funds or keep putting good money after bad.
- Chip Le Grand
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Albanese to override sceptics and plough billions into Suburban Rail Loop
The $120 billion federal infrastructure pipeline has emerged as a part of the budget where spending will be slowed.
- Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
Upgrades to ‘the oldest station in Melbourne’ may be decades away due to SRL promise
As Broadmeadows prepares for a major population boom, its station has been labelled the oldest and least accessible in Melbourne – but much-needed upgrades could be decades away.
- Patrick Hatch
- Exclusive
- Victorian budget
‘The last thing you want’: Victorian budget, credit rating threatened by Iran war
Cost blowouts are expected on Victoria’s Big Build, according to analysts and ratings agencies, as the global fuel shock triggers widespread economic fallout.
- Daniella White, Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Infrastructure Australia’s green light for Suburban Rail Loop cash boost
The independent agency has previously questioned the project’s business case, but now says it is deserving of further federal support.
- Kieran Rooney and Shane Wright
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
The $1.7 billion booby trap in latest Suburban Rail Loop contract
The Victorian government says it followed “best practice” in awarding a contract to run and maintain the SRL East train line 10 years before it’s due to open.
- Chip Le Grand