Premier Roger Cook has brushed off revelations of empty rail cars on the new rail line to Yanchep, likening low passenger numbers to a country road that ‘has no cars on it’.
Matt Mckenzie
Technology that will let drivers use their electric vehicles as giant household batteries is launching in Australia, although its reach is limited.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has defended the billions spent on the Metronet project amid new patronage figures showing stations in Perth’s far-north are falling below expectations.
Dylan Caporn
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has refused to directly answer further questions about the State Government’s Metronet rail program and instead turned her fire on the Opposition.
Ask Rita Saffioti about Metronet, and you will likely get a glowing response.
Peak-hour ghost trains to Yanchep will haunt Rita Saffioti as the price tag for Metronet nears $14 billion.
A new round-the-clock control room monitoring WA’s expanding rail-lines will ‘improve’ responses to delays and incidents across the network, the Transport Minister says.
Caleb Runciman
More drivers are getting behind the wheel of a new car but preferences are changing, with hybrids speeding up and petrol cars slowing down.
Carmakers who fail to meet environmental standards will not be penalised under proposed changes expected during the election campaign.
A tax concession for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles has come to the end of the road and experts say it could affect future car sales and emissions.
Rita Saffioti has condemned ‘shocking’ language of high school boys who allegedly discussed plans to sexually assault girls while travelling on public transport.
Bethany Hiatt
The federal treasurer won't budget a "big number" to fill a funding hole in a massive rail line project, but the state's premier vows to push on regardless.
Rachael Ward and Callum Godde
It is large, futuristic and not ready to drive on Australian roads but Tesla's Cybertruck will be the centrepiece of the first Melbourne motor show in 15 years.
Cruise ships are returning to the tourist magnet Santorini after thousands of small earthquakes created a state of emergency on the Greek island.
Angelos Tsatsis and Stelios Misnas
The ATSB on Monday confirmed transport safety investigators from Brisbane and Melbourne had visited the crash site and completed its on-site investigation on Sunday.
Jessica Evensen
Two trains — both understood to be from the new C-series — stalled, with one stuck in the Perth Underground tunnel and another at Whitfords Station on the Yanchep line on Sunday afternoon.
WA’s new locally made C-series trains have caused more travel headaches and delays, this time for Fremantle’s season opener at home with fans left stranded at stations across the city on Sunday.
Perth residents believe public transport upgrades are the key to helping with a booming population according to a survey as concerns remain over the resilience of Western Australia’s infrastructure.
Oliver Lane
Mineral Resources has lowered the bar to be hired as an Onslow haul road truck driver, despite a spate of truck rollovers caused by ‘operator error’ along the issue-ridden road.
Adrian Rauso
Australia's peak motoring body will encourage its 9.5 million members to challenge federal election candidates on road safety, amid calls for more transparency.
Mineral Resources has hit another financial pothole by pulling all iron ore trucks off its trouble-plagued $2.6 billion Onslow haul road after notching half a dozen rollovers on the crucial transport link.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
High transport costs have been hurting household budgets, but there are signs of relief after months of rising prices.
Jack Gramenz
Raleigh Finlayson has lauded re-elected Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti for helping him shift a rail terminal in Leonora to make way for his new gold mine.
Simone Grogan
Hybrids are among few vehicles to withstand a continuing slowdown in new vehicles sales, with one model racing into the top ten.
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