A charge on traffic congestion is recommended by leading transport experts as the best solution to Melbourne’s growing $3 billion-a-year congestion problem writes Josh Kenworthy.

Protest at Melbourne’s Parliament House to call for the closure of the Hazelwood coal-fired power station by 2012By Jenny Jägerhorn

The campaign by environmental activists to close Hazelwood, Australia’s dirtiest power station, is set to intensify with a demonstration planned for Thursday. Jenny Jagerhorn reports. Image: simpsons fan 66