Kieran Rooney

Melbourne

State Politics Reporter at The Age

State politics reporter at the The Age. 2002 Best and Fairest for Padua College Year 6 E-Grade cricket. [email protected]

Articles

Pay dirt: Landfills fight for lucrative soil contracts

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Kieran Rooney

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Pay dirt: Landfills fight for lucrative soil contracts

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rising landfill levies and a slowdown in construction have sparked instability within Victoria’s waste industry as insiders warn of aggressive tactics with operators fighting over contracts. Competition over shrinking contracts is now so intense that some landfill businesses are touting truck drivers at the gates of their competitors and undercutting their opponents.
Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Any future government seeking to cancel the Suburban Rail Loop would have to shell out billions of dollars to compensate builders for missed profits, overheads and the time and money invested in the project, contract documents show. Victoria could also suspend the project with limited compensation to builders if the state proves it is headed for major blowouts.
Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else’s electorate

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney |Rachel Eddie

By Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie April 13, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Victoria wants to burn an extra 500,000 tonnes of rubbish a year to avoid creating new landfills, but the projects are facing community and regulatory barriers, jeopardising the state’s increasing reliance on incinerators.
Sunshine Station stoush could set back Melton trains by a decade, Labor says

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An electrified Melton railway line could be delayed by more than 10 years if a $4 billion rail upgrade around Melbourne’s west is pared back, Victoria’s transport minister says.
Premier Jacinta Allan met with Daniel Andrews ahead of crunch policy move

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Liam Mannix |Kishor Napier-Raman |Kieran Rooney

By Liam Mannix, Kishor Napier-Raman and Kieran Rooney April 11, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Retirement is easy. But for some, it’s the staying retired that can be hard. Despite keeping a relatively low profile in his post-politics existence, former premier Daniel Andrews just can’t seem to stay too far away from a big announcement – and from his successor, Jacinta Allan.
Victorian government truck trade-in scheme fails to spend a cent, gets just two failed applications

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney

Truck trade-in scheme fails to spend a cent, receives just two failed applications, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A $15 million truck trade-in scheme that promised to reduce pollution in Melbourne’s inner west has not paid a single grant in 18 months of existence, with the only two applications to the program rejected.
Four-year delay in transferring power from police to paramedics for mental health callouts

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Rachel Eddie |Kieran Rooney

Four-year delay in transferring power from police to paramedics for mental health calloutsBy Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney April 7, 2025 — 7.48pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A key royal commission recommendation for paramedics to take over mental health callouts from police has been delayed to 2027, four years later than the Victorian government promised.
Gas use in Victoria has fallen as manufacturers close. Some warn this spells economic trouble

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Kieran Rooney |Hannah Kennelly

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Gas use in Victoria has fallen as manufacturers close. Some warn this spells economic trouble

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Kieran Rooney |Hannah Kennelly

By Kieran Rooney and Hannah Kennelly April 6, 2025 — 7.55pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The closures of large gas-reliant manufacturers have reduced Victoria’s gas consumption and helped spare the state from shortages – but some are concerned it spells a potential industrial decline and economic trouble.