The newsroom · page 5
News · WA
Frontier Energy has moved its Waroona Renewable Energy Project from development into construction preparation, appointing Western Australian contractor Monford Group on a fixed-price EPC basis for Stage One.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
News · QLD
UGL will design, build and commission a 72 MW solar farm and 52 MW / 104 MWh battery near Mount Isa, underpinned by an energy supply deal with Evolution Mining's Ernest Henry operation to 2046.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
Eight machines, 26 kilometres of twin tunnels, and a crew of 25 living inside what is essentially a moving factory. The first one is away — here is what is happening under Melbourne's east.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · VIC
TBM Gillian broke through at Bulleen in July 2026, completing excavation of both 6.5 km tunnels on the $26 billion project. Fit-out now runs towards a 2028 opening.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NATIONAL
Transmission is a regulated asset, so the cost of building one reaches customers through network charges. There is a defined process for that — and a defined point where the regulator says no.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NATIONAL
A high risk work licence is issued by a regulator. A verification of competency is issued by your employer. Both get called “tickets” — and treating them as the same is how people do work they are not authorised for.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
Snowy 2.0 is more than 70 per cent complete and has begun building its underground power station. The contractor's revised cost is in, and Snowy Hydro is reviewing it before advising government.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
The card is recognised nationwide. The training is not. That single distinction explains most of the confusion — and it is why you have to train in the state where you live.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Innovation · VIC
Since January 2024, new Victorian public buildings and hospitals must be all-electric in design. For contractors that is a change to the trade mix, the plant room and the grid connection.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · NATIONAL
Transmission is paid off through power bills under the energy regulator's eye, while WA is funding its Alkimos desalination plant from the State budget. How four utility megaprojects are paid for.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW
NSW has approved the 110-kilometre, 500 kV line from Bayswater to Olney, with seven shortlisted tenderers across two packages and main construction set to start in 2027.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Analysis · QLD
CopperString and Borumba moved from Powerlink to the Queensland Investment Corporation. A QIC review identified $2.1 billion in savings on CopperString, including reverting the Eastern Link to 330 kilovolts.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
