Trains will be running to Keilor East within five years, Premier Ben Carroll is promising, taking Victorians one step closer to a rail line all the way to Tullamarine airport.
The loss of entrepreneurs to larger markets worries industry leaders, but some experts are choosing to advance their careers in the city’s growing start-up sector instead of Silicon Valley or other global hubs.
The former deputy silenced the doubters who questioned if he had the grit to seize the top job. This is how he got here and what he will do now he has replaced Jacinta Allan.
Most of the organisation’s online services have been restored after a week-long outage that caused headaches for motorists and car dealers, as well as police and councils.
The outgoing boss of one of Victoria’s key Big Build contractors says the CFMEU’s dominance of government worksites must be broken if the state wants to address the root cause of rampant corruption and criminality.
The government and Victoria Police are at loggerheads over whether transport officials formally reported a major fraud allegedly attempted by a Metro Tunnel contractor.
The state government’s reliance on economic growth to drive down Victoria’s burgeoning debt pile is under threat as the war in the Middle East forces a downgrade to economic forecasts.
