Suburban Rail Loop

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An artist’s impression of how the area around the SRL’s Clayton station might look.

A flawed scheme delivered no affordable homes. It’s now planned for the Suburban Rail Loop

A decade-long plan giving developers incentives to build affordable homes in central Melbourne has failed to produce a single one.

  • Daniella White and Kieran Rooney

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All freight rail from Ballarat and Geelong will have to pass through a single section of track at Newport (pictured).

How a quiet rail closure could swamp western suburbs with trucks

The move in Melbourne’s west is likely to push thousands of tonnes of goods onto trucks, worsening road congestion and pollution.

  • Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Premier Jacinta Allan and Opposition Leader Brad Battin.

Allan rises from historic low, eyes unprecedented fourth Labor term

The results of the latest Resolve Political Monitor leave Victoria’s Liberal Party teetering towards a seventh defeat from eight elections.

  • Chip Le Grand
Suburban Rail Loop works at Glen Waverley.

SRL to proceed regardless of who wins next state election – but there’s a catch

The Liberal Party has confirmed it would proceed with the Suburban Rail Loop, assuming that tunnelling begins before the election.

  • Daniella White and Rachel Eddie
David Blom says better bike connections – like the one earmarked along the Clayton South Main Drain – would improve access to the new SRL stations.

It’s a $34.5b rail line, but getting to the SRL’s new stations won’t be so easy

Critics say Suburban Rail Loop draft plans do not include the necessary infrastructure so people can get to and from the new underground stations on foot, bicycles or e-scooters.

  • Patrick Hatch
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Skills and Training Andrew Giles.

Albanese’s allies work to kill off anti-AUKUS push before Labor conference

Party figures are fighting a rearguard action to stop or water down a motion demanding the government commit to withdraw from the nuclear submarine pact.

  • Paul Sakkal and Kieran Rooney
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A Suburban Rail Loop site in Clayton.

Victoria keeps its AA credit rating despite warnings over project costs

The state has a stable outlook, according to S&P Global, but Suburban Rail Loop costs could blow out.

  • Kieran Rooney
Suburban Rail Loop works at Glen Waverley.

Stamp duty changes could provide Suburban Rail Loop funding stream

Victoria could be helped in its efforts to find a funding stream for Suburban Rail Loop by a decision already made on commercial properties.

  • Kieran Rooney
Suburban Rail Loop works at Glen Waverley.

State eyes carve-out of existing taxes to help plug $11.5b SRL funding hole

Land tax and stamp duty payments from properties around Suburban Rail Loop stations would be sucked into a special fund under a contentious proposal.

  • Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
An artist’s impression of the SRL station at Monash University. 

Monash University fears SRL plans for housing, office space will swallow high-tech hub

More than 600 public submissions have been published on plans for high-rise housing and office space along the $34.5 billion rail line.

  • Patrick Hatch