Victoria’s financial watchdog has been asked to probe “secrecy and misleading reporting” in the state budget, with billions allegedly shielded from proper scrutiny — and comparisons being made to the Commonwealth Games fiasco.
The Victorian government has quietly squirrelled away more than $75 billion in the budget to splurge on infrastructure and government agencies, without telling taxpayers what the borrowed money will be used for.
Alex Chan is standing in front of what looks like a five-storey, purple cheese grater. The enormous disc is known as a cutter head, and the 4000-tonne engine sitting behind it will soon push it underground.
Dreams have come true for Maribyrnong residents who have been campaigning for truck monitoring for more than eight years, following last week’s state budget.
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King’s hand-picked review warned that Victoria’s controversial Suburban Rail Loop represented a risk to the federal government’s road and rail budget.
Responding to questions today about whether the Suburban Rail Loop could provide value for money – issues also raised by the independent Victorian Auditor-General and […]
The boss of Avalon Airport says a rail link into Melbourne could be taking passengers within two years after Tim Pallas warned Melbourne Airport risked losing state government investment to Avalon if it didn’t end its rail stoush.
But despite 60 years of failure to make it a reality, the Grattan Institute’s Ms Terrill said the dream of a train to Melbourne Airport is likely here to stay.
