Stories
New articles about Melbourne infrastructure, transport, and urban change.
The West Is Changing Faster Than Melbourne's Old Infrastructure Can Keep Up
Wyndham's population is projected past 500,000, and most of those people do not live in Werribee. The metropolitan line still ends at Werribee station.
November 1, 2026
Melbourne's 60 Activity Centres: Where Higher-Density Housing Is Really Going
The activity-centre program enables more than 300,000 homes across 60 centres. The 2026 explainer names 50 of them, and a category is not a height.
November 1, 2026
Why Melbourne Keeps Building Around Railway Stations
Victoria has finalised planning controls for 60 centres around train and tram stops. The policy looks new, but it is a return to the pattern that built Melbourne's suburbs in the first place.
October 25, 2026
The Real Cost of the Suburban Rail Loop: What the Latest Audit Tells Us
The published cost of SRL East is up to $34.5 billion. The Auditor-General's August 2026 analysis puts a potential outturn above $36 billion, and the published figure excludes several costs the government has not yet funded.
October 25, 2026
West Footscray Is About to Get Much Denser - What the New Planning Rules Allow
Amendment GC270 sets discretionary height limits of 21, 27, and 34 metres in the West Footscray activity-centre core. Those limits are permission to apply. They are not buildings approved or built.
October 3, 2026
Suburban Rail Loop in 2026: What Has Actually Been Built, Approved and Funded
One tunnel boring machine is digging on SRL East. The stations contracts were still unsigned when the August 2026 audit was tabled, and the published cost is a range for that stage.
October 3, 2026