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‘It’s not working’: Former VicRoads boss calls for new safety plan as road deaths rise
Victoria has mismanaged road safety and needs a different strategy to reverse the growing number of people being killed and seriously injured.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Transurban’s bid for EastLink operator hits a snag
The competition watchdog has raised concerns about the proposed deal for the toll roads giant to take a majority stake in EastLink owner Horizon Roads.
- by Emma Koehn
12 deaths in one week: Pedestrian killed as road toll climbs at alarming rate
A man is dead after being hit by a car in Melbourne’s inner north, with the latest fatality the 12th in a week as the state’s road toll continues to spike.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Broede Carmody
Woman killed, teenage girl seriously injured in West Gippsland crash
A Warragul woman, 30, is dead, a 14-year-old girl seriously injured and three others are in hospital following the multi-vehicle crash in regional Victoria.
- by Melissa Meehan
Coroner to probe Strathmerton black spot after six deaths in just over a year
The deputy state coroner will examine a decade’s worth of crashes and near misses at the intersection of Murray Valley Highway and Labuan Road as part of the investigation.
- by Erin Pearson
‘Proud mum’: Tributes flow for victim of horror Strathmerton crash
Debbie Markey’s son says she had ‘found her purpose’ looking after international workers, before she was killed in a horror collision.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Gillian Lantouris
Five dead, man charged after deadliest Victorian crash in more than a decade
Police updated the death toll for the multi-vehicle crash near the NSW border from three to five after experts were called in to identify how many had died.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Ashleigh McMillan and Marta Pascual Juanola
Three dead after multi-vehicle crash near Victoria-NSW border
Three people died and others were taken to hospital after a crash in Strathmerton, just south of the border.
- by Marnie Vinall
Melbourne’s EastLink owner kicks off $1.7 billion stake sale
A deal could value the entire toll road business at as much as $7 billion including debt.
- by Harry Brumpton
Family mourns death of teenage cyclist, as state road toll surges
Friends and family of physiotherapy student Gazi Azraf Ezaz, 18, have described his death as a “tragic loss”.
- by Carla Jaeger and Roy Ward
Two-year-old girl dies following Halls Gap car crash
The toddler died at Royal Children’s Hospital after the vehicle she was in crashed into a tree at the Grampians on Thursday.
- by Carla Jaeger