Train Maintenance and Stabling Yard proposal
- Residents near planned train yard claim government’s consultation process “unfair”, Herald Sun, 21/11/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/residents-near-planned-train-yard-claim-governments-consultation-process-unfair/news-story/65cdd7a8b8fea909aa629000b781650c - Residents near stabling site voice noise concerns, Bayside News, 20/10/2021
http://baysidenews.com.au/2021/10/20/residents-near-stabling-site-voice-noise-concerns/ - Residents’ say sought on stabling yard submission, Bayside News, 15/09/2021
http://baysidenews.com.au/2021/09/15/residents-say-sought-on-stabling-submission/ - Council considers rail advocacy, Bayside News, 4/08/2021
http://baysidenews.com.au/2021/08/04/council-considers-rail-advocacy/ - Radio interview with Kingston Mayor Steve Staikos and resident Silvana Anthony by Colin Tyrus, Southern FM 88.3, 29/03/2021
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=486865839134992 - Clifford Hayes E-Petition tabling regarding the Heatherton Stabling Yard Proposal 17/03/2021, Cifford Hayes MP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TWiISJs4Bw - 2021 03 16 – Members Statement – Proposed Train Stabling Yard, David Davis MP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8BovngOGz4&t=4s - Rail Yard Protest, 7NEWS, 13/03/2021
https://fb.watch/4OejXkNNJ0/ - Stabling plan sparks protest, Bayside News, 17/03/2021
http://baysidenews.com.au/2021/03/17/stabling-plan-sparks-protest/ - Fury over plans to plonk trains on ‘promised’ park land, Leader, 12/03/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/heatherton-train-stabling-yard-protest-planned-against-suburban-rail-loops-proposed-southern-maintenance-site/news-story/31e707ea7c378100cedb1041071cf78b - Families to protest over new Train Stabling Yard for Suburban Rail Loop, Herald-Sun, 26/02/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/families-to-protest-over-new-train-stabling-yard-for-suburban-rail-loop/news-story/2bd0f05cfce48d8efd5afb8f4346c4d2 - Suburban Rail Loop set to thwart decades-old parks plan, The Age, 16/01/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/suburban-rail-loop-set-to-thwart-decades-old-parks-plan-20210114-p56u4y.html - Six properties to be demolished for Suburban Rail yard, Herald Sun (Subscriber), 16/12/2020
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/six-properties-to-make-way-for-suburban-rail-loop-train-yard-at-former-construction-tip-site/news-story/d1a89579b60f21a703a0aedbcb950f9b
Green Wedge, Chain of Parks, and Delta site
- From rubbish tip to green wedge in Melbourne’s south-east, The Age, 14/10/2015
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-rubbish-tip-to-green-wedge-in-melbournes-southeast-20151014-gk8jjg.html - Melbourne landfill rezoned as green wedge area, residents ‘delighted’, ABC News, 14/10/2015
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-14/melbourne-landfill-rezoned-as-green-wedge-area/6853520
Suburban Rail Loop
- Cost of Suburban Rail Loop could soar as high as $120 billion, Herald Sun, 18/10/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/cost-of-suburban-rail-loop-could-soar-as-high-as-120-billion/news-story/45021646edc6f77bacaffea052658b61 - Suburban Rail Loop: Footbridge planned over Burwood Hwy at Deakin Uni Burwood, Herald Sun, 11/10/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/suburban-rail-loop-footbridge-planned-over-burwood-hwy-at-deakin-uni-burwood/news-story/65ee5a09213e1967ca36015bee5811b3 - Rail loop one step closer, Bayside News, 13/10/2021
http://baysidenews.com.au/2021/10/13/rail-loop-one-step-closer/ - Parliament passes contentious laws to allow for Suburban Rail Loop, Herald Sun, 7/10/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/parliament-passes-contentious-laws-to-allow-for-suburban-rail-loop/news-story/90260ff58a2e630427ad0002a64bda96 - Paving Way For SRL And Thousands Of Jobs, Mirage News, 7/10/2021
https://www.miragenews.com/paving-way-for-srl-and-thousands-of-jobs-647239/ - ‘Unconscionable’: Councils fear government rail loop land grab, The Age, 28/09/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/unconscionable-councils-fear-government-rail-loop-land-grab-20210928-p58vbw.html - Details of underground rail loop hubs revealed, Herald Sun, 19/09/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/details-of-underground-rail-loop-hubs-revealed/news-story/c150f2bfe12895f8484424f53176dbf1 - Councils raise major concerns over Suburban Rail Loop laws, Herald Sun, 15/09/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/councils-raise-major-concerns-over-suburban-rail-loop-laws/news-story/8be9662a9a67875dc3022183d1674837 - Plan forming for rail ‘precints’, Bayside News, 8/09/2021
http://baysidenews.com.au/2021/09/08/plan-forming-for-rail-precincts/ - Suburban Rail Loop: Stations for $34b project to be built up to 24m underground, Herald Sun, 12/09/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/suburban-rail-loop-stations-for-34b-project-to-be-built-up-to-24m-underground/news-story/4a04be5738454063a39f57535dbbd8ff - How city’s Rail Loop will give suburbs a makeover, Herald Sun, 7/09/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/how-citys-rail-loop-will-give-suburbs-a-makeover/news-story/9dfb19ba26acb052da759485143c1381 - Suburban Rail Loop: Business case reveals Ellan Ave Box Hill homes in project path, Whitehorse Leader, 1/09/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/east/suburban-rail-loop-business-case-reveals-elland-ave-box-hill-homes-in-project-path/news-story/814fea1b837764befd7c802c85f4a0d4 - Opinion – Max Thum: Suburban Rail Loop. It’s needed to transition to a diverse polycentric transport network., medium.com, 25/08/2021
https://medium.com/the-gauge/opinion-max-thum-suburban-rail-loop-8a066edb0c80 - Suburban Rail to loop in bikes, Bicycle Network, 24/08/2021
https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2021/08/24/suburban-rail-to-loop-in-bikes/ - Scrutiny of rail loop costs raises questions on values, The Age, 23/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/deep-drill-into-rail-loop-costs-raises-questions-on-methods-and-value-20210820-p58km5.html - New rail lines desperately needed, but beware soaring costs, The Age, 22/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-rail-lines-desperately-needed-but-beware-soaring-costs-20210821-p58kpr.html - Belated business case reveals rail loop will feature driverless trains, The Age, 19/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/belated-business-case-reveals-rail-loop-could-be-worth-as-much-as-23b-20210819-p58k5y.html - Four big transport projects headline 30-year blueprint for Victoria, Herald Sun, 19/08/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/four-big-transport-projects-headline-30year-blueprint-for-victoria/news-story/e6370e0d2be2d438b55182db8045d759 - Labor treating rail loop like giant Monopoly game, Herald Sun, 19/08/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/labor-treating-rail-loop-like-giantmonopoly-game/news-story/b051b473b07f758beb0aab4f7fe9681d - First 26km of Suburban Rail Loop tunnel to cost $30-$34.5bn, Herald Sun, 19/08/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/first-26km-of-suburban-rail-loop-tunnel-to-cost-30345bn/news-story/d22bf1ccc50930438bbd33a1b385ad18 - Fears of ‘maze-like’ suburban loop stations lacking links to trains and unis, The Age, 16/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/fears-of-maze-like-suburban-loop-stations-lacking-links-to-trains-and-unis-20210810-p58hj9.html - Coalition pushes for more scrutiny of Victoria’s major transport projects, The Age, 16/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/coalition-pushes-for-more-scrutiny-of-victoria-s-major-transport-projects-20210816-p58j55.html - The Most Expensive Metro Project We Shouldn’t Be Building, RMTransit (YouTube), 16/08/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg7exp3gIA0 - The strange origins of Melbourne’s $100bn Suburban Rail Loop, Club Troppo, 15/08/2021
https://clubtroppo.com.au/2021/08/15/the-strange-origins-of-melbournes-suburban-rail-loop/ - Victoria’s Big Build leave planning out of the loop, The Age, 15/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-s-big-build-leaves-planning-out-of-the-loop-20210815-p58iuj.html - Thrown in a loop: How Daniel Andrews’ biggest project was cooked up behind closed doors, The Age, 15/08/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/thrown-in-a-loop-how-daniel-andrews-biggest-project-was-cooked-up-behind-closed-doors-20210804-p58fsf.html - New rail loop set to transform middle Melbourne suburbs with high rise housing, Herald Sun, 20/07/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/new-rail-loop-set-to-transform-middle-melbourne-suburbs-with-high-rise-housing/news-story/7e9afb299f45850af77c388591fcb85c - Suburban Rail Loop to slash car journeys in Melbourne’s growing suburbs, secret modelling shows, Herald Sun, 08/07/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/suburban-rail-loop-to-slash-car-journeys-in-melbournes-growing-suburbs-secret-modelling-shows/news-story/fc900ad15d04a9e43224feb0ac121874 - Growing suburban airport precinct calls for new rail network to loop it in, Herald Sun (Subscriber), 03/07/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/growing-suburban-airport-precinct-calls-for-new-rail-network-to-loop-it-in/news-story/c322ec5afeb91e366e287b7b21d10ba8 - New rail loop set to transform middle Melbourne suburbs with high rise housing, Herald Sun (Subscriber), 20/07/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/new-rail-loop-set-to-transform-middle-melbourne-suburbs-with-high-rise-housing/news-story/7e9afb299f45850af77c388591fcb85c - Suburban Rail Loop to slash car journeys in Melbourne’s growing suburbs, secret modelling shows, Herald Sun (Subscriber), 08/07/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/suburban-rail-loop-to-slash-car-journeys-in-melbournes-growing-suburbs-secret-modelling-shows/news-story/fc900ad15d04a9e43224feb0ac121874 - Peak hour train trips on new Suburban Rail loop set to be twice as quick as using the car, Herald Sun, 19/06/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/peak-hour-train-trips-on-new-suburban-rail-loop-set-to-be-twice-as-quick-as-using-the-car/news-story/654a0a2075a0fb124414c04026255779 - Construction giants bid for $2.2bn in Suburban Rail Loop early works, Herald-Sun, 05/05/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/construction-giants-bid-for-22bn-in-suburban-rail-loop-early-works/news-story/f2d280672f06e157de240c9f57f21e71 - First homes to be taken for Suburban Rail Loop late next year, residents told, Herald Sun, 17/04/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/first-homes-to-be-taken-for-suburban-rail-loop-late-next-year-residents-told/news-story/df14dae52d71ccc85690e2aa3dc8667e - Andrews government, homeowners gear up for legal fight over tunnelling plans, Herald Sun (Subscriber), 06/04/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/andrews-government-homeowners-gear-up-for-legal-fight-over-tunnelling-plans/news-story/b528fd14ebf956ca46bfb37a3fb8b181 - Government modelling predicts SRL trains could travel just 4 minutes between stations, Herald-Sun (Subscriber), 05/04/2021
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/government-modelling-predicts-srl-trains-could-travel-just-4-minutes-between-stations/news-story/d0f57b6be9b2a699c4522aa880739854 - ‘Part of modern rail’: Suburban Rail Loop not continuous line, minister confirms, The Age, 05/04/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/part-of-modern-rail-suburban-rail-loop-not-continuous-circuit-minister-confirms-20210405-p57gla.html - Full steam ahead for Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop 7NEWS, 05/04/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNyJtYvKPI
Victorian State Government
- Tree chop underestimated by 80 per cent on North East Link, The Age, 01/06/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tree-chop-underestimated-by-80-per-cent-on-north-east-link-20210601-p57wyo.html - Anger grows as thousands of trees axed in transport building blitz, The Age, 03/01/2021
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/anger-as-thousands-of-trees-axed-in-transport-building-blitz-20210101-p56r6j.html
Last Updated: 21st November 2021