| Suburban Rail Loop faces major cost blowout |
| The entire project was initially going to cost $50 billion to build the loop running from Cheltenham to Werribee. So far, the state has allocated $11 billion for stage one. Advertisement. |
| Independent analysis puts the cost of building and running Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop at $200 billion |
| Key points: · Victoria's Parliamentary Budget Office [PBO] assessed the project at the request of Opposition Leader Matthew Guy · The PBO put construction costs for the first two stages at $125 billion with another $75 billion in operating costs... |
| Why didn't the governor general push back against Scott Morrison's secret ministries? |
| The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has said he would not criticise Hurley, and legal experts say a constitutional crisis could have been triggered had Hurley refused Morrison's request. But they warn this saga has exposed how vital cogs of parliament... |
| Morrison's multiple portfolios: why the law has nothing to do with it |
| The go-to defence of pretty much everyone who is entangled in the scandal of Scott Morrison's self-appointment to five ministerial portfolios other than his own is that no laws were broken. But this alleged legality - which remains unclear - is barely... |
