The $14 billion Metro Tunnel has run out of funding set aside for unexpected costs, with builders set to seek more taxpayer cash to finish the city-shaping project.
Due to V/Line maintenance and infrastructure upgrades, coaches will replace trains for part of the journey on the Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough lines from Thursday 20 to Friday 28 June.
Premier Jacinta Allan says she will never let a “toxic” nuclear power plant be built in Victoria while Opposition Leader John Pesutto says it’s too early to say if he will back his federal party leader’s Loy Yang proposal.
Federal MP Josh Burns has described a vandalism attack on his Melbourne electoral office as “ugly and reckless”, while the Prime Minister has also called out the “serious” incident.
The team building the southern section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop East project will use fewer tunnel boring machines than planned to reduce disruption around work sites.
