The newsroom · page 3
Projects · WA
Midland Station opened in February as the last new METRONET station, completing 72 kilometres of new rail and 23 stations, and freeing a decade of WA rail capability for what comes next.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
Works on the six-kilometre West Footscray to Albion upgrade began in February 2026. CPB Contractors and SMEC are now preferred bidder for the Sunshine Superhub, and Stage 2 to Keilor East is due in 2031.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · QLD
Ground has been broken at Flinders Substation near Hughenden, after a QIC review found up to $2.1 billion in savings from a 330 kV Eastern Link and privately funded connection assets.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
Jetstar flew the first service on 25 October. The 23-kilometre metro has its track laid and its first Siemens train on site, with services expected from 2027 and a free shuttle from St Marys meanwhile.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Adjudication is the fast statutory route to getting paid — binding, enforceable and measured in weeks, not years. How the process runs, what it costs, what it decides and what it deliberately leaves open.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
Hunter Transmission drew seven bidders by splitting the work into two packages, and the Bruce Highway program is reaching regional contractors the same way. Package size and structure are levers clients can pull.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park and Pyrmont are due to be announced during 2026 — the last major packages on a $27-29 billion line opening in 2032, with first rail already delivered.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
Australia's largest transmission project is in full construction near Wagga Wagga, with crews erecting about five towers a week and helicopters stringing conductor along the western alignment.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · QLD
The $9 billion Bruce Highway Targeted Safety Program has 18 projects complete and 52 tenders opening to panel contractors through to June 2027. It is the most accessible major road work in Queensland.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
A June 2026 agreement restarts M6 Stage One under its original contract at no extra cost to taxpayers. Around 90 per cent of tunnelling is done, with about 250 metres to go.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · WA
Australia’s longest desalination intake and outfall tunnels are complete at Alkimos, and the $2.8 billion plant now moves on to building fit-out and electrical and mechanical works.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, SA, WA, TAS, ACT
If a respondent ignores your payment claim entirely, you cannot go straight to adjudication in most states. There is a notice you have to serve first — and in Victoria it is due in 10 business days, not 20.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
