Infrastructure
Why Sydney needs to bring back this abandoned ‘missing train link’ from the ’80s
The government has been urged to resuscitate a long-lost railway line from Port Kembla to south-west Sydney or risk wasting the potential of the city’s new airport.
- by Michael Koziol
Latest
Couple loses property fight after highway swallows $5.5 million dream
Raymond and Wendy Dibb saw a chance to make money out of a small rural property. They were not planning on a $2.2 billion highway barrelling through their plans.
- by Catherine Naylor
Exclusive
Roads
$13b later: How CityLink became toll giant’s best moneymaker in the world
Motorists have paid nearly $13 billion to drive on CityLink since it opened 24 years ago – and they’re going to pay billions more, with prices rising up to three times faster than inflation.
- by Patrick Hatch
Qld to spend $11b on cost-of-living, inflation help as it looks for savings
As coal prices fall, the Labor government is having to rely more on property and payroll taxes to fund its pre-election commitments.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Queensland budget
Labor’s 10th budget is built to not be its last
When Annastacia Palaszczuk’s new government handed down its first budget in 2015, it was criticised for lacking sweeteners. This one is almost nothing but.
- by Matt Dennien
Opinion
Column 8
How MPs give themselves a lift
Though there’s always a case for the removal of plaque.
Kangaroo Point bridge a step closer to opening as final piece of deck slots into place
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has celebrated this week’s installation of the final span of the long-anticipated bridge ahead of its opening this year.
- by Cameron Atfield
Monash Council alarmed by secrecy and cost of rail loop, but backs taller buildings
Six-storey buildings could soon begin shooting up in Clayton and Glen Waverley, but some councillors have criticised the state government for shutting them out of discussions about the $34.5 billion project.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Want schools? Build housing: Premier dangles the carrot to Sydney
The Minns government will tie funding for key local infrastructure to councils which meet and beat new five-year housing targets.
- by Michael McGowan and Alexandra Smith
Qld builds on housing push with $1000 tool cashback for apprentices
The payment for first-year apprentices is part of continued efforts to meet the state’s housing and infrastructure demands amid cost-of-living pressures.
- by Courtney Kruk
Bikes vs rail: Multimillion-dollar cycle tourism plan divides locals
A regional council wants to attract high-spending tourists to town by turning an old railway line into one of the highest cycling tracks in Australia. But not everyone is happy.
- by Catherine Naylor