Infrastructure
Opinion
Victorian budget
Beware of budget spin: Pallas set to pitch poor economy as a win for Victorians
It is difficult to decide which is more worrying – Victoria’s precarious economic position or the government desperately trying to spin a tale of success.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Sydney Water denies old pipes and sewers cannot cope with more housing
The state-owned corporation also says it would be able to service housing growth at many more sites across the city.
- by Michael Koziol
Perspective
Government
The big questions being raised around Queensland’s ‘Big Build’
As major infrastructure project costs rise and deadlines extend across the country, a state election also approaches – and can help explain some of the bluster.
- by Matt Dennien
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Sydney Metro
Sydney Metro has 42 ‘contracts of concern’. One jumped in value 2811%
An internal investigation uncovered a string of defects in the awarding of tens of millions of dollars, including deals which increased by more than 10 times their original value.
- by Michael McGowan
Cut-price road solution to avert ‘a runway surrounded by sheep paddocks’
The preference for “gold-plating” infrastructure has created a vicious cycle of delays at Western Sydney Airport, an inquiry has heard.
- by Michael Koziol
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Sydney councils
Councils were stripped of planning powers. This mayor wants to go further
Parramatta’s lord mayor says the state government was right to take away some planning powers – and local councils urgently need further reforms.
- by Anthony Segaert
A toast to a remarkable reservoir, 170 years since Melbourne slurped the ‘Yarra soup’
Dressed in Victorian-era garb and twirling parasols, fans of clean water and history gathered on Sunday to celebrate the anniversary of Yan Yean, Melbourne’s first man-made reservoir.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
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Housing crisis
Our missing tradies: 90,000 needed now to meet nation’s housing goal
Australia faces the impossible task of finding an extra 90,000 tradies in the next three months for the government to meet its flagship goal to combat the housing crisis.
- by Angus Thompson
Audacious bid to dump old oil rigs on Bass Strait sea floor
Enough material to build 110 Sydney Harbour Bridges is built into Australian offshore oil and gas rigs, and experts are now grappling with how to safely recover it.
- by Bianca Hall