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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

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The Go Between Bridge opened to traffic on July 5, 2010, and connects West End to Milton.

These Brisbane toll roads are still failing to meet expectations

Would you pay $4.05 to travel less than 300 metres but save a few minutes on your trip? The government has rejected a petition calling for fees to be waived on Brisbane’s toll roads.

  • Felicity Caldwell
M12 motorway.

New $2 billion motorway to Sydney’s second international airport opening

The ribbon-cutting comes almost eight months before the first passenger flights are due to take off from Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
An interchange for the M7 motorway and the new M12 is nearing completion.

Secret plans for staged shake-up of Sydney motorway tolls revealed

As part of “Project Charlotte”, confidential documents show the state government plans to split a shake-up of pricing for Sydney’s toll roads into two stages.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney tolls

‘Blatantly improper’: Minister under fire over toll reform by electorate

A trove of emails reveals John Graham’s office demanded bureaucrats model the effect of a toll shake-up on Sydney’s motorways across state seats.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The first sinkhole opened above one of the tunnels at Rockdale for the M6 motorway in early March 2024.

Nearly two years after sinkholes opened, fix for halted Sydney motorway remains unresolved

An engineering solution remains bogged down in complex negotiations between the NSW government and contractors building the project in the city’s south.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Transurban issues millions of toll invoices every year with hefty “admin fees” attached.

Melbourne drivers cop $16 toll-road fee that’s been scrapped in Sydney

Transurban will continue to charge Melbourne drivers hundreds of millions of dollars in “admin fees” despite the tolling giant agreeing to abolish the same fee in Sydney.  

  • Patrick Hatch
Louise Karch (right) in her vintage car about to drive through the tunnel.

‘Magic meets industry’: West Gate Tunnel to welcome (and charge) drivers on Sunday morning

From midnight, the long-awaited West Gate Tunnel will open progressively, with all traffic flowing through by 7am on Sunday morning, but a month of free travel on weekends won’t kick off until January. 

  • Nicole Precel
The West Gate Tunnel will open Sunday.

Troubled until the end, West Gate Tunnel to open Sunday

The West Gate Tunnel is three years behind schedule and billions over budget, but it is finally opening to motorists.

  • Kieran Rooney, Clay Lucas and Patrick Hatch
Tens of thousands of motorists a day will have to pay extra in tolls if the state government decides to impose two-way charging on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel.

Two-way tolling on Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel set to start in 2028

In a carrot for motorists, administration charges on toll notices will be scrapped after the state reached a deal with private motorway operators.

  • Matt O'Sullivan