Fw: Mon.20.4.26 daily digest, austerity issue

[Roderick Smith]

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Roderick

Mon.20.4.26 Metro X
Buses replace trains between Newport and Werribee until 5.00 Saturday 25 April (works).  https://tinyurl.com/wezkk9wf
Lilydale/Belgrave/Alamein lines: Buses replace trains between Parliament and  Camberwell from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works), also Tues. & Wed.  https://tinyurl.com/yyupd4a4
Buses replace trains between Parliament and Glen Waverley from 20.30 until the last train (maintenance and renewal works), also Tues. & Wed.  https://tinyurl.com/yyupd4a4
21.29 Lilydale/Belgrave lines:  Delays clearing after a police action in the Ringwood area.  Trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/imported-bus-drivers-risk-modern-slavery-union-warns/ar-AA21dOCO

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/boy-12-dragged-along-road-by-bus-during-morning-school-commute-20260420-p5zpgw.html

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/driver-fired-after-schoolboy-becomes-trapped-in-bus-doors-dragged-down-road/ar-AA21gny3

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/schoolboy-dragged-350-metres-after-backpack-arm-trapped-in-bus-door-in-wheelers-hill/news-story/c776236402a0ffc20d89fc343f66ba2b

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victorian-commuters-face-months-of-overcrowding-with-additional-train-services-delayed/news-story/6458d5f75f93db9dccd16f9dfe9d9a26

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9227998/chris-steel-reveals-new-woden-interchange-now-open

https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/tasmanian-bus-services-face-peak-hour-disruption-as-kinetic-drivers-strike/news-story/7e325ae10a7ba6462c8b0c8a6381d3f1

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-trains-delayed-after-signalling-fault-at-carseldine-station/news-story/779c5670a43a949fcd66f79f650cd0a8

https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2026/vote-on-ways-we-could-improve-sydney/index.html

https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/credit-rating-risk-warning-on-vic-labor-s-free-transport-handouts-20260420-p5zpha