The formerly safe Labor seat of Melton is up for grabs at the state election,and locals say road safety and upgrades are among the main issues following huge population growth in the area.
A female passenger is dead and a man is under police guard in hospital after a three-vehicle collision in Ferntree Gully on Saturday night.
The City of Melbourne’s bicycle lane rollout has been delayed again,after the Department of Transport expressed concerns over how they would affect other traffic on two major corridors leading into the CBD from the city’s north.
Federal Labor has joined a legal bid to strike down Victoria’s controversial electric vehicle tax,opening up a fight with several states over who should control billions of dollars of road user revenue.
I set off one Monday morning with my son’s P-plates still displayed and suddenly found the road a very different place.
Police reopened the outbound lanes on Tuesday afternoon after a car collided with a truck in the morning,leaving two men in hospital and causing major traffic jams throughout the day.
In announcing the partial privatisation of VicRoads,the state government has offered a number of inducements to drivers,including free licence tests and discounted renewals.
Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen will ask the Andrews government to consider building it a new gallery,with one of its proposed sites for an added wing on a neighbouring golf course owned by pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson.
Is there anything more parochial than arguing over narrow strips of asphalt? When the future of the city itself is at stake,could there be anything more mundane than fighting over bike lanes?
I’ve lived in the city for more than 15 years,and the City of Melbourne’s decision to pause building bike lanes is bizarre and short-sighted.
The new infrastructure minister says Melbourne’s East West Link project is “dead” and won’t receive any federal funding under Labor.