State fights blazes as extreme heat, high winds feed flames
Adam Carey and Tom Arup About 10 2000 people in and around the small high country town of Licola have been advised to consider leaving for safer territory as a bushfire blazes out of control in north Gippsland.
Man charged over nightclub bashing
Adam Carey A 41-year-old man from Knoxfield has been charged over a bashing outside a CBD nightclub that left his victim in hospital with serious head injuries.
Metro staff hit with pepper spray in row
Adam Carey Staff at Broadmeadows railway station were exposed to second-hand pepper spray after protective services officers clashed with a man who refused to show them his ticket.
Tourist coaches fail fire standards
Adam Carey Bus operators have been warned to check their fire safety standards after almost half of tourist coaches failed a fire readiness test in a recent blitz.
Surplus the priority in budget requests: Wells
Adam Carey Business and community groups have been invited to make submissions to the Baillieu government as it prepares its next budget.
Better, but roads still take far too big a toll: police
Adam Carey Victoria Police reports all-time low 279 road deaths in 2012. It is the fifth consecutive year the state has has marked a record low road toll.
Stopping all stations: Bendigo line commuters forced back to their cars
Adam Carey When Metro services were extended to Sunbury on November 18, travellers further along the Bendigo line in towns such as Kyneton and Castlemaine also saw their journeys extended
Carmageddon hits Melbourne
Adam Carey An epic 20-kilometre traffic jam choked Melbourne's busiest arterial road on Thursday, as planned maintenance works on the West Gate Bridge slowed traffic to a crawl all the way from West Sunshine to...
Works halt travellers across Melbourne
Adam Carey It just might be the first day the hated Punt Road provides a better cross-city run than CityLink for frazzled motorists.
New station in a jam as commuters fear parking woes
Adam Carey A railway station at Williams Landing, being built at a cost of $110 million, will help fill a urgent need for better public transport in Melbourne's outer west.
Fels pushes for major taxi reforms
Adam Carey Taxi drivers would get 55 per cent of the fare box and the value of taxi licences would be slashed to as little as $20,000 a year under sweeping industry reforms being considered by the Baillieu...
Baillieu sits on taxi report
Adam Carey Passengers and industry players must wait for a government response to Allan Fels' taxi industry report.
Darebin link completes bike chain
Adam Carey Baillieu government commits $18 million to connect the dead-end Darebin Creek trail to six other bike routes.
Libs stuck on Southland station
Adam Carey Plans to build a railway station at Southland have been ready to launch since March last year, but have stalled while the Baillieu government considers pursuing a deal with the shopping centre owner...
'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.
Myki cards nearing four-year expiry date
Adam Carey Myki cards will be switched off in their thousands in coming weeks as they begin to reach their four-year expiry date.
Troubles balloon on the City Loop
Adam Carey Train chaos is easing after Metro removed the balloons that were caught in overhead wires between Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations, temporarily stalling four railway lines.
Taxi drivers stage mock funeral
Adam Carey A convoy of up to 200 taxis is converging on Parliament House in a mock funeral procession at noon in protest against proposed industry reforms they say will bankrupt small business owners.
Commuters derailed amid stormy start to day
Adam Carey and Nino Bucci Train services have mostly returned to normal after storms disrupted morning travel for thousands of commuters.
Peak-hour rail crisis coming, Metro warns
Adam Carey Train passengers in Melbourne's north and west can expect chronic peak-hour congestion within two to three years after the government rejected a proposal to use two idle platforms at Southern Cross...
