A tunnel boring machine in the Metro Tunnel in 2020.

SRL executives spent more than $330,000 to attend tunnelling conferences,woo builders

Three executives spent $95,000 on a 10-day trip to Europe.

  • Kieran Rooney

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Suburban Rail Loop Authority CEO Frankie Carroll.

The FIFO CEO:Rail Loop boss commutes from Queensland

The chief executive of the Suburban Rail Loop Authority has been living in Brisbane and bills taxpayers when he needs to fly back to Melbourne on short notice.

  • Kieran Rooney
Consumers have been battered by soaring electricity prices.

Victoria ups power price forecasts now that SEC a ‘market player’

The Energy Department has revised up its forecasts for energy prices now that the State Electricity Commission is competing in the private market.

  • Kieran Rooney
Austin Health reported a net deficit of -$142 million for the 2024-25 financial year,despite a positive operating result.

What are hospitals hiding? Key financial indicators vanish from government reports

Health services did not report how many days of cash they had available at the end of each month in the flurry of documents released last week.

  • Broede Carmody andKieran Rooney
United Firefighters Union boss Peter Marshall addresses his members in Melbourne.

Firefighter pay dispute has cost almost $9m of taxpayer money on lawyers alone

A three-year battle between the government and the firefighters’ union is in its final stages,but not without significant legal costs.

  • Kieran Rooney
A container site in Tottenham,in Melbourne’s inner west.

Jobs boon tipped as greenfield sites to be rezoned for factories,warehouses

Vast tracts of land across outer Melbourne have been slated for industrial development under the state’s 10-year blueprint to attract billions in new investment.

  • Kieran Rooney andLiam Mannix
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Labor MP Emma Vulin,between Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas (left) and Belinda Wilson,spoke about living with MND during debate about voluntary assisted dying amendments.

A 2am sitting,tears and dim sims:Assisted dying reform passes lower house

Labor and the Coalition both granted their members a conscience vote on the bill,which now moves to the upper house,where it faces a much narrower path to pass.

  • Rachel Eddie andKieran Rooney
Victorian budget papers.

The Victorian public corporations leaking a billion dollars a year,every year

The state’s latest financial report shows the heavy losses being racked up by the government organisations that provide financial services for Victoria.

  • Kieran Rooney
Unregulated childcare centres pose a risk to families.

More than 700 allegations of child abuse in childcare sector last year

A new report by the state’s children commissioner shows the number of abuse cases referred to the agency from early childhood services has soared by 32 per cent since 2023-24.

  • Nicole Precel,Kieran Rooney andCaroline Schelle
Suburban Rail Loop construction in Clayton.

Labor-led committee backs calls for new costing of Suburban Rail Loop

The parliamentary committee has urged the Allan government to provide new analysis and details of the taxes it plans to use for the $34.5 billion project.

  • Kieran Rooney