Infrastructure
Officer of Gatto-linked company obtained labour hire licence despite strip club scandal
The state opposition has continued to question the premier over companies linked to the gangland figure.
- Kieran Rooney
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Watchdog lashes Victoria’s Big Build agency over ‘poor’ records
Asked to investigate allegations of misconduct, the ombudsman was stymied by lax record-keeping around spending at the agency managing the state’s $100 billion infrastructure program.
- Nick McKenzie and Kieran Rooney
Why this 100-metre Perth city bridge has taken two years to fix
The $1.3 million project started in February 2024 and has forced the closure of the right lane on Malcolm Street in West Perth heading east to St Georges Terrace for that period.
- Hamish Hastie
Osborne Park Hospital expansion: Work begins on new facility for northern suburbs mums
The milestone comes as the Cook government was forced to defend the WA hospital system’s readiness for the upcoming flu season
- Hamish Hastie
How one council plans to handle WA’s population boom – just don’t call it the Gold Coast of the west
Planning for Rockingham’s new look began long before the AUKUS deal was inked – but a predicted influx of defence workers has the potential to supercharge the city’s efforts.
- Michael Philipps
Liveris doubles down on Olympics cost pledge, rattles tin for US sponsors
Brisbane Olympics president Andrew Liveris has doubled down on his pledge that the Games will not require taxpayer funds to operate, as he scours corporate America for sponsors to cover the event’s regional spread.
- Michael Koziol
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Has ‘the greater good for WA’ become an excuse not to listen?
There is an important distinction between opposing a project and supporting it while objecting to how it is delivered.
- Kevin Bartholomew
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Failure to escalate: Victorian government officials never formally reported $6 million metro lift scam
The workers behind the audacious scheme, involving false claims of damaged elevators, were sacked but have not faced a criminal probe.
- Nick McKenzie and Grant McArthur
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Revealed: High-speed rail link to cost taxpayers up to $90b
At $90 billion, a Sydney-Newcastle high-speed rail link would be the most expensive single piece of infrastructure ever built.
- Shane Wright and Matt O'Sullivan
Allan releases CFMEU letter as opposition says its royal commission would include government culpability
The government remains steadfast in its belief that the alleged rampant corruption on Big Build worksites has not led to a $15 billion budget blowout as alleged by an expert.
- Kieran Rooney