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The $14 billion Metro Tunnel has run out of funding set aside for unexpected costs, with builders set to seek more taxpayer cash to finish the city-shaping project.
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Bid for more taxpayer cash as Metro Tunnel runs out of funding
The $14 billion Metro Tunnel has run out of funding set aside for unexpected costs, with builders set to seek more taxpayer cash to finish the city-shaping project.
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Private schools pulling low-grade students out of NAPLAN tests
Top private schools are “gaming” the system and exempting poorly performing students from NAPLAN tests to protect their brand, a report has found.
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How new Vic rental rules will hurt small property investors
New rental laws forcing landlords to upgrade their properties may be the final straw for many mum and dad investors, who are already weighing up if having tenants is worth the effo...
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Poor Covid vax rates: Every aged care home named
New data has revealed Covid jab and booster rates for every aged care home in Australia. Search and see the worst offenders.
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‘Radicalised’: Extremists lure Aussie autistic kids
A counter terrorism expert has revealed how autistic children are being put “on a path to radicalisation”, with some planning attacks. See how you can protect your child.
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Energy Minister slammed for ‘hysterical misinformation’ on nuclear power
Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has been accused of pushing “sad, hysterical misinformation” after she said the state government would never repeal it’s ban on “deadly” n...
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It’s all-out war over nuclear power
Peter Dutton will seek a mandate to overturn Australia’s ban on nuclear power and build seven reactors across the country, setting up the next federal election as a referendum on e...
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Libs finally take a great big leap of atomic faith
Not since 1991 when John Hewson rolled the dice with Fightback! has an opposition leader had the cojones to offer a vision as bold as Dutton’s plan to introduce nuclear power, writ...
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Major change to Long Covid, chronic fatigue treatment
Out-of-date guidelines for Long Covid and chronic fatigue syndrome will be scrapped so GPs can help their patients with better diagnosis, treatment and care. See what’s afoot.
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Wilkinson’s big claim on Lehrmann rape case
Lisa Wilkinson is seeking to overturn a judge’s findings that her conduct in Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case was improper.
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