Doncaster
Elderly man fights for life after hit-and-run
Thomas O'Byrne An elderly man is fighting for life in hospital after his vehicle flipped onto its side during hit-and-run in the state's north-east last week.
Sex attacker strikes in Doncaster
Adrian Lowe A serial sex attacker strikes in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
Doncaster railway line 'could be built for $840m'
Adam Carey A raliway line to Doncaster could be built for $840 million and paid for using taxes raised from the higher property values it would generate, says a report.
Cost of Doncaster line 'too cheap'
Adam Carey Tim Gosbell doubts it could be built for $840 million because of the large amount of tunnelling that would be required.
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Government pins hopes on road link
Richard Willingham The State Government has linked its political fortunes to a multi-billion plan to build a first section of the controversial east-west road link in a budget focusing on infrastructure investment and...
Case study: Luke Fenech
Lara O'Toole As funding continues to dry up for work on Metro projects, Luke Fenech joins many of his mates who are seeking more than just a handful of casual days' work on Melbourne tracks.
Citizen's arrest ends robber's getaway
An armed robber's getaway lasted only seconds when three people tackled him in a citizen's arrest in Melbourne's northeast.
Major rail projects expected in 20 years
Deborah Gough An inner metropolitan rail tunnel is the linchpin for Melbourne’s rail growth and without it other network expansions would be impossible, the state’s public transport chief says.
P-plater driver hits the pits - literally - at Albert Park
Chris Hingston A female probationary driver who snuck her car onto the Albert Park grand prix track, only to become bogged in a gravel pit, has had her licence suspended.
Attention passengers, your expanded rail network has been delayed
Adam Carey The reports are in - an extended rail network is at least a decade away.
Eastern Freeway tolls loom
Jason Dowling Tolls could be charged on ''new'' lanes on the Eastern Freeway, with a section of the rail reservation down its centre sacrificed for the lanes.
Pram-pusher flashes commuter
Adrian Lowe Quick thinking on the part of a woman at a bus stop in Melbourne's east may help police find a flasher who was pushing a child in a pram.
Man with a plan
Farrah Tomazin and Josh Gordon Matthew Guy isn't one to walk away from a blue. Not when he reckons he's been misrepresented, not when there is a tall building involved and not when it involves his politically fraught planning...
Fury as minister slices into golf course row
Richard Willingham Planning Minister Matthew Guy's intervention to approve a controversial golf course development is set for the Supreme Court, after he gave the green light to the proposal days before an appeal was...
Metcard turned off, myki a turn-off
John Elder and Maris Beck The Public Transport Hub in Southern Cross Station had the nervy mood of a border crossing on Saturday as a stream of new arrivals to Australia was schooled in the mandatory ways of myki.
Woman sexually attacked in street
A woman walking along a street has been sexually assaulted in Melbourne's eastern suburbs - the 10th such attack in the area in a matter of months.
'Twas the week before Xmas when all through the outlet, not a shopper was stirring ...
Chris Vedelago It's the week before Christmas but you'd never know it at Spencer Street Fashion Station.
Uni sex attacker fears as another preys on travellers
Adrian Lowe and Kristian Silva Police are searching for a sex attacker who forced a woman into a garden bed in a terrifying ordeal last month.
'Optimism bias' on toll road plan
Adam Carey Company that overestimated traffic on Brisbane's financially failed airport toll road hired to predict the traffic on Melbourne's proposed east-west toll road.
Serial predator fear after another railway sex attack
Adrian Lowe Ninth attack in past few months triggers plea for information from police.
