Parts of Flinders, Spencer and Collins streets could be closed to cars at peak times under a Melbourne city council proposal to reduce the number of people driving through the CBD and prioritise pedestrians.
There have been a series of public sector strikes over the public service wage cap in NSW, but fewer in Victoria, despite its cap being lower. The answer lies in politics.
The Victorian government forces companies that build state-backed renewable projects to use 60 per cent local content. Keppel Prince has won contracts on Victorian projects but the Ryan Corner project, which is not a Victoria-backed initiative, does not mandate Australian-made inputs.
The next batch of Victorian Renewable Energy auction projects will likely begin later this year, meaning Keppel Prince could be forced to stay afloat with little work for the best part of a year.
A Victorian government spokeswoman said its renewable energy program had provided Keppel Prince with work in recent years and new projects this year âwill create the next wave of jobs in the manufacturing, engineering and the operation of solar and wind farmsâ.
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