Patrick Hatch

In the outer west, where the car is king, residents want better public transport links. In a series, The Age explores why the west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back from its full potential.

Melburnians have to travel a long way to see what public transport is like in the 21st century.

Safety measures have been put in place on almost 500 kilometres of the state’s public roads pending work to fill potholes or fix cracking and other damage.

Train drivers have reported dozens of encounters with people who have broken into cabins at the rear of trains this year.

Up to 200 trams and 2500 buses could be affected by a myki reader outage, despite Victoria spending millions to prevent it happening.

More than a quarter of Victoria’s emergency patients are not being treated within the recommended time frames.

Calls to expand Melbourne’s free tram zone to landmarks and inner suburbs have been shot down by transport advocates who say paying commuters are being crowded out.

The barrister tasked with investigating allegations against the CFMEU has released scathing findings about the union.

Victoria’s planning minister has fast-tracked approval for affordable housing in Frankston. The project is likely to be controversial though, given a fight by locals against similar high-rises.

The cows were killed or had to be euthanised. An animal rights group says the surviving cows should be sent to a sanctuary.