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Industrial relations
Stalled industrial dispute adds $50 million to Sydney Metro costs
Sydney’s biggest public transport project has been swept up in a long-running dispute between the NSW government and rail unions.
- by Tom Rabe
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From the Archives 1947: Tram fare evasion test - the ‘scaling’ is easy
A Herald reporter spent June 16, 1947, “scaling” the Sydney trams and filed this report. More than £100,000 had been lost to fare avoidance the previous year.
- by Special Reporter
Secret report reveals controversial NSW rail corporation told to ‘reframe’ its battered image
Internal documents also show the government-controlled Transport Asset Holding Entity plans to spend $34.5 million on consultants over four years.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Adele Ferguson
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Development
Secret plans to sell, rezone and develop land across Sydney railways
The strategy by a controversial rail corporation includes new hotels and rezoning dozens of sites near train stations for high-density developments.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Adele Ferguson
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City life
Steering dramas force government to recommission retired Manly ferry
Internal ministerial documents reveal the NSW government has had to bring back the classic Queenscliff ferry after steering problems will shut down its sister ship, the Collaroy.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Public transport fare rise to be kept to a minimum, new Opal app to bundle with Uber
With a decision on Opal fares imminent, Transport Minister David Elliott sought to assure commuters that ticket prices for the next 12 months would be considered with “their hip pocket in mind” amid surging inflation.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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State Parliament
Negotiation breakdown threatens to keep new rail fleet in mothballs
The government and train workers have been at loggerheads for years over the safety of the $2.8 billion fleet.
- by Tom Rabe
‘Flawed vision’: Master plan for Sydney’s homes, jobs and transport slammed
Planning experts also say the economic activity associated with planned Sydney’s second airport has probably been “exaggerated”.
- by Michael Koziol
Perrottet sets aside more than $600 million for second stage of Parramatta light rail
The Herald on Wednesday revealed the government would push ahead with the second stage of the light rail, despite receiving advice from its independent infrastructure body to delay the project.
- by Tom Rabe
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Roads
NSW’s mega transport project boom hits the skids
It is a pivotal moment for a Coalition state government which has staked its reputation as a builder that can deliver major transport projects.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Infrastructure
Premier calls for nation-building funding, not car parks, from Canberra
NSW has taken a swipe at the former federal government’s approach to infrastructure, insisting its commuter car park scheme was shortsighted.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe