What we learned – Monday 15 July
That’s it for tonight. Thanks for reading. Here are today’s main stories:
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, seeks the suspension of the CFMEU’s construction division from Victorian Labor, as federal industrial relations minister Tony Burke says nothing is off the table regarding the allegations against the union.
The head of the ACTU also said there was no place whatsoever for criminal behaviour in unions, and the CFMEU said the Victorian branch will be placed into administration.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns about what he calls the “normalisation of extremism” in politics in the wake of the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump.
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla are to visit Australia and Samoa in October, Buckingham Palace says.
Traffic chaos and congestion that erupted in Sydney’s inner west after the opening of the $3.9bn Rozelle interchange was “unreasonable and unacceptable” given the amount of planning that went into it, an inquiry has found.
Bank customers will be refunded more than $28m after a crackdown by the financial regulator on banks “systemically” charging high fees to customers on low incomes.
Antarctic blast brings damaging winds and alpine blizzards to Victoria and NSW and possible snow in Queensland.
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Inquiry condemns traffic chaos created by Sydney’s $3.9bn Rozelle interchange
The traffic chaos and congestion that erupted in Sydney’s inner west after the opening of a $3.9bn “spaghetti junction” was “unreasonable and unacceptable” given the amount of planning that went into it, an inquiry has found.
In its final report, after a months-long inquiry into the Rozelle interchange, a parliamentary committee also found a “concerning lack of clarity and transparency” between the government and Transurban.
The interchange was designed and built by the New South Wales government. It forms the final stage of the sprawling $16.8bn WestConnex toll road network, which is privately operated by Transurban, the major toll road owner.
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