What we learned today, Sunday 7 April
And that’s where we’ll leave you this evening. Here’s a wrap of what we learned today:
Cleanup is expected to get under way in parts of Sydney subject to moderate flooding overnight as more than 300 homes still subject to evacuation orders.
Federal industry minister, Ed Husic, says the killing of Gaza aid workers reflects “systematic failure” of IDF.
The federal government has announced disaster relief for those affected by the floods.
Illegal waste dumping is likely source of asbestos debris found in Melbourne Park.
Shadow foreign affairs minister, Simon Birmingham, has refused to avoid criticising Israeli government over death of Gaza aid workers.
A missing asylum seeker in far north Western Australia has been found.
A gas pipeline has ruptured off the coast of Victoria, prompting demands for more stringent regulations and greater transparency.
Thank you for staying with us, we will be back first thing tomorrow with all the latest.
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Metro tunnel’s turn-up-and-go system to rival world’s best
Turn-up-and-go train services to rival the world’s best public transport systems are gearing up to launch for the first time in Victoria, AAP reports.
Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel is set to open in 2025, a year ahead of schedule, and will create capacity for trains to run constantly from the Cranbourne/Pakenham lines through to the Sunbury line.
The premier, Jacinta Allan, and transport infrastructure minister, Danny Pearson, visited State Library station on Sunday to share that crews successfully ran test trains two minutes apart between West Footscray and Hawksburn stations.
Crews have clocked over 16,500km running through the tunnels since July – paving the way to begin trial operations with drivers and station staff by year’s end.
The Metro Tunnel will connect the busy Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines through a new tunnel under the city, creating an end-to-end rail line from the north-west to the south-east – freeing up space in the City Loop and creating capacity to run more trains more often.
Allan told reporters on Sunday that the turn-up-and-go services was an exciting prospect.
Test trains are now running on new signalling tech, and we’re getting ready to deliver turn-up-and-go transport services that will change the way our city moves for ever.
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