Long before contracts were inked to kickstart a new $35bn rail line in Melbourne’s southeast, Jacinta Allan was briefed about how many people would actually be hopping aboard its trains.
Modelling that was provided to Premier Jacinta Allan years’ ago — but kept secret — compared the likely patronage of the $200bn Suburban Rail Loop to existing lines, where passenger numbers are many times higher.
An underground inferno is pumping out clouds of black smoke as Anglo American works to extinguish a fire at its Grosvenor Coal Mine in Central Queensland.
Major hospitals could extend Christmas shutdown periods, stop weekend surgeries and close theatres in an effort to meet tough new budget expectations.
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