The WA treasurer has used a virtual get-together with her State and Federal counterparts to continue the Cook Government’s push for a national road user charge on electric vehicles.
Charlton Hart
Flags fly at half-mast in Portugal as authorities work to identify those killed when a light-rail carriage crashed at the bottom of a steep slope.
Sergio Goncalves and Andrei Khalip
A state government may make a U-turn and revive a controversial road rule that lets motorists turn left at a red traffic light.
Fraser Barton
Hybrid and electric vehicles are closing the gap on their petrol and diesel equivalents in Australia but the race remains slow and steady.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Cycling groups say high-powered and illegally modified e-bikes are increasingly being used in Australia and stricter, national rules are needed to save lives.
Treasurers will discuss options for road user charges next week as analysis shows the Federal budget faces a black hole of hundreds of million of dollars as more drivers take on electric vehicles.
Katina Curtis
A week after another bus crash that killed 78 people, a further 25 have died after a bus veered off the road and overturned into a valley in Kabul.
Staff Writers
The illegal practices of some of our dodgiest rideshare and taxi drivers have been exposed in a secret police sting as the State Government vows to crackdown on the industry.
Joe Spagnolo
One of two new Bass Strait ferries delayed by a port stuff-up will cost $1 million per month to berth in Tasmanian waters.
Maeve Bannister and Ethan James
A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan that's killed at least 79 people, has highlighted the issue of Afghans being forcibly returned from other countries.
More pedestrians are being killed in road accidents across the nation, figures have revealed, leading calls for urgent speed limit reductions.
A road user charge targeting electric vehicle drivers is gaining widespread approval but how it will work and when it will arrive remains up for debate.
The Opposition have labelled figures showing Perth public transport patronage failing to surpass its peak of 12-years-ago despite a spend of more than $12.4 billion on Metronet projects as ‘embarrassing’.
Oliver Lane
One of two new Bass Strait ferries delayed by a port stuff-up has reached Australian waters following a lengthy journey from Scotland.
Ethan James
At least 11 people have been killed in a collision involving bus and truck in Brazil.
Record numbers of West Australians are using public transport, but patronage on new key Metronet rail lines remains well below long-term expectations, new figures show.
Tougher rules on the importation of e-bikes and e-scooters are at the top of the agenda of a meeting of State and Federal transport ministers on Monday.
Caleb Runciman and Joe Spagnolo
A council in the western suburbs has ordered the removal of hire e-scooters as they await the outcome of a parliamentary inquiry examining the devices.
Caleb Runciman
Utes that can be plugged in and vans that run on batteries have gone on show in Australia for the first time, which experts say is proof the market has moved.
Australia's most popular electric vehicles may not travel as far as promised, with on-road tests revealing five cars failed to match their lab results.
WA’s top cop has called for restricted access to high-powered electric vehicles as pressure mounts on the Federal Government to crack down on their importation.
Australian drivers have broken car sales records but some vehicle types are proving significantly more popular than others.
At least one person is dead after a bus collided with a train in Russia's northwest.
Several popular cars consume more petrol than their manufacturers promise, tests show, and hybrid vehicles are among some of the worst offenders.
