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News, projects and guides about victoria.
Projects · TAS, VIC
Project Marinus held its sod turn on 2 October 2026, a week after Marinus Link won Australia's first offshore transmission licence. Stage One is 750 MW, due in 2030.
· 5 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 · 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
Projects · NSW, VIC, NATIONAL
New South Wales alone has 11.4 gigawatts of data centres in development. None of it shows up in the public infrastructure numbers, and all of it competes for the same trades.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT, NATIONAL
Queensland leads a run of big state capital programs, with a record $119 billion over four years. Here is where the infrastructure work sits in every state and territory in 2026.
· 7 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · VIC
Act No. 43/2025 repealed excluded amounts, claimable variations and adjudication review from 15 April 2026 — and the new rules reach contracts signed years earlier.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Every security of payment deadline that matters, by jurisdiction — payment schedules, adjudication windows and claim periods — verified against the consolidated Acts. Diarise in business days, in the right state.
· 2 min read · Construction Australia
