The NSW Police inspector crashed in the motorway tunnel after consuming more than 20 drinks,then fled the scene. His name has been suppressed for 40 years.
For the good of the country and its own credibility and electability the Coalition needs to base its policy on evidence not exaggeration and misinformation.
A NSW Police inspector whose name has been suppressed by the courts for 40 years will fight charges he drunkenly crashed his car in the NorthConnex tunnel.
Police Commissioner Karen Webb was among those who rejected suggestions the officer charged with high range drink-driving was being protected.
The officer has been charged months after he allegedly crashed while driving drunk on NorthConnex. But the Crown Solicitor’s Office has prohibited the release of his name.
Motorists are being stung for speeding on Westconnex despite a political consensus the speed limit is too low,and pre-election commitments to lift it.
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns believes his election promise to reveal the extent Sydney’s multibillion-dollar tolling contracts will have no major market implications.
The toll increase for Australia’s largest motorway project will hit motorists just months before the NSW election.
Traffic on some of Sydney’s major toll roads surged by almost 25 per cent after the NSW government first eased restrictions on the construction industry.
Motorway giant Transurban has signalled it is open to working with the NSW government to reform Sydney’s huge toll road system.
Authorities are still issuing warnings,instead of $194 fines,for trucks that use Pennant Hills Road instead of the toll road - more than four months since it opened.