Kieran Rooney

A councillor in Melbourne’s outer west said there were instances where estates were being built with no sewerage and traffic lights were taking months to be turned on because of the ‘cash for access’ practice.

A councillor in Melbourne’s outer west said there were instances where estates were being built with no sewerage and traffic lights were taking months to be turned on because of the ‘cash for access’ practice.

On a day the opposition accused Labor of “appeasing” anti-Western forces, Foreign Minister Penny Wong backed Israel’s right to defend itself against Iran.

A tonne of carbon removed from the atmosphere costs up three times more under the state’s gas removal program that in similar schemes across the nation – and it’s passed on to consumers in their power bills.