‘No words’:Partner of woman killed in fiery Parkville crash reveals heartache

‘No words’:Partner of woman killed in fiery Parkville crash reveals heartache

Craig says it will take time to process the tragedy after his partner,Koby Poole,and two of their children were killed in a car crash on Flemington Road.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andErin Pearson

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Infrastructure Victoria abandons contentious East West Link

Infrastructure Victoria abandons contentious East West Link

The state’s infrastructure adviser has gone cool on the merits of the East West Link,a controversial road project backed by the opposition that was abandoned by Premier Daniel Andrews.

  • byTimna Jacks
EPA faces Ombudsman probe into West Gate soil crisis

EPA faces Ombudsman probe into West Gate soil crisis

Victoria’s Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the Environment Protection Authority’s decisions to approve sites to receive contaminated rock and soil dug up on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel Project.

  • byTimna Jacks
West Gate Tunnel budget blows out by $3.3 billion,Transurban reveals
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West Gate Tunnel budget blows out by $3.3 billion,Transurban reveals

Tolling giant Transurban has confirmed to investors the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel project has blown out by $3.3 billion,but the final cost could be even higher.

  • byTimna Jacks andPatrick Hatch
Watchdog slams lack of plan amid ‘unprecedented’ transport spending

Watchdog slams lack of plan amid ‘unprecedented’ transport spending

A new report from Victoria’s Auditor-General has been described as a “stunning indictment of the ‘build first,ask questions later’ approach to transport planning that has prevailed in Victoria”.

  • byTimna Jacks
Corruption watchdog coming as car parks drive more questions

Corruption watchdog coming as car parks drive more questions

The government is promising parliamentary debate on its long-planned corruption watchdog as Labor demands more answers on its car park fund.

  • byKatina Curtis andShane Wright
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Treasurer promised car park for a train station that soon won’t exist

Treasurer promised car park for a train station that soon won’t exist

Josh Frydenberg promised $65m for car parks at four stations in his electorate ahead of the last election,but if they’re ever to be delivered costs will balloon.

  • byShane Wright,Katina Curtis andChloe Booker
Multibillion-dollar federal fund didn’t award money on merit,audit finds

Multibillion-dollar federal fund didn’t award money on merit,audit finds

A multibillion-dollar fund that splashed cash on commuter car parks was not administered appropriately,with a scathing audit finding a plan to award the money on merit was shut down.

  • byTimna Jacks
State’s favoured bidder proposes longer North East Link tunnel

State’s favoured bidder proposes longer North East Link tunnel

Spark consortium,led by Milan-based WeBuild,will negotiate the $7-$9 billion contract to build a tunnel beneath the Yarra River and Banyule Flats,and interchanges in Melbourne’s north-east.

  • byTimna Jacks
Calls for contaminated West Gate Tunnel soil to be treated rather than dumped in landfill

Calls for contaminated West Gate Tunnel soil to be treated rather than dumped in landfill

A scientist has questioned plans to send the contaminated soil to landfill,and says a more sustainable method should be adopted for future infrastructure projects.

  • byTimna Jacks
Boss of collapsed road-building firm was accused of siphoning cash

Boss of collapsed road-building firm was accused of siphoning cash

A company director who owes businesses $20 million after his company went broke on an Andrews government road project has been accused of siphoning cash from a company he partly owned.

  • byTimna Jacks