This Month
Aurizon investors impatient for Top End contracts
Aurizon is in “regular” talks with potential customers for its ambitious land bridge scheme, but scepticism abounds over whether it can pull the bold plan off.
- Jenny Wiggins
September
Victorian taxpayers to be slugged another $1b for Metro Tunnel
The cost of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel has blown out again, this time to $13.48 billion, with the state government blaming unprecedented cost overruns.
- Gus McCubbing
Rail loop is housing, not just infrastructure: Labor
Pollsters say the Victorian government’s more explicit linking of the Suburban Rail Loop to its tackling of the housing crisis is a savvy but overdue political move.
- Gus McCubbing
KKR’s John Laing snatches 95pc stake in Sydney Light Rail
Construction of the tracks through George Street caused years of disruptions for pedestrians and sent several businesses packing from the area.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
August
Keep building ambition, says key architect behind Sydney Metro
UK-based John McAslan says Sydney Metro was a smoother ride than London’s recent Elizabeth Line.
- Matthew Drummond
Three dead, factories shut as typhoon hits Japan’s Kyushu
Major vehicle makers, including Toyota and Nissan, suspended operations in domestic factories, while chipmaker Renesas temporarily halted production.
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- Kaori Kaneko
July
King sets up infrastructure project review amid CFMEU scandal
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has directed her department to review major construction projects including the Western Sydney Airport and Inland Rail.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Infrastructure
Victoria’s secrecy stalls cash for Suburban Rail Loop
Victoria has failed to hand over critical information about its controversial rail loop for almost two years despite seeking $11.5 billion from taxpayers.
- Ronald Mizen
- Logistics Winner
- Sustainability Leaders
Transport needs to avoid becoming the nation’s biggest emitter
Without dramatic changes, this may be the last industry to decarbonise. Aurizon, the winner of the Logistics and Transport category, aims to change that with its electric locomotive.
- Agnes King
June
The slick design on show inside Martin Place’s new metro
Designing the station below the city’s “civic heart” was a three-dimensional puzzle, says its architect. Which makes the feeling of calmness inside all the more remarkable.
- Stephen Todd
Queensland Labor’s infrastructure bill soars to $107b
Treasurer Cameron Dick has flagged cost blowouts amid increased infrastructure investments ahead of next week’s state budget.
- James Hall
May
- Exclusive
- Federal budget
Two-thirds of new road and rail money flows to Labor seats
Labor has allocated $4.1 billion for 64 new priority infrastructure projects, $2.7 billion of which has gone to Labor seats in Tuesday’s federal budget.
- Ronald Mizen and Tom McIlroy
April
Linfox has been ‘let down’ by fragile rail networks
Some of the logistic group’s customers now refuse to put goods on trains due to severe disruption from floods, bushfires and derailments, says chief executive Mark Mazurek.
- Jenny Wiggins
Inland Rail now almost 20 per cent complete, says CEO
Construction of the 1600-kilometre rail link is progressing but the government-owned agency building it still doesn’t have a clear view on its ultimate cost and finish date.
- Jenny Wiggins
February
How Indonesia’s election will shift cosy China relationship
Indonesia is one of the most important ‘swing states’ in the US-China rivalry and, with a change of government on the way, it appears to be inching towards stronger ties with the West.
- Emma Connors
Dutton splashes cash for rail project ahead of Dunkley byelection
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has committed nearly $1 billion for a rail project in Dunkley as he looks for support in the coastal Victorian seat.
- Gus McCubbing
January
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
Suburban Rail Loop to progress ‘regardless of federal funding’
Victorian Infrastructure Minister Danny Pearson says pausing construction on the $125 billion Suburban Rail Loop will only add to the project’s cost.
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- Gus McCubbing
November 2023
King goes to war with states over roads and rail funding
The Albanese government’s official response to a review of projects is $7.3 billion in savings and $6.7 billion in extra funding. The states still don’t like it.
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- Ronald Mizen
No mercy: union doubles down on port strikes until end of month
Ports will face weeks of further disruption as wharfies extend stoppages and work bans against DP World, as the stevedore recovers from last week’s cyberattack.
- David Marin-Guzman
How roads and railways became tricky terrain for Labor
About $13 billion is due to go out the door for several hundred upgrades this financial year with more spending planned. But not all projects will survive.
- Ronald Mizen
