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Matt O'sullivan

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
7
Latest publication
Sep 6, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Sydney Morning Herald
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Jul 21, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Matt O'Sullivan

    Bridge bungle: How German-built repair cranes for Sydney’s famed arches got stuck in storage (opens the original)

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    Two specialist cranes built in Germany for critical maintenance on the highest parts of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are gathering dust in storage in the city’s west due to major delays installing them on the famed coathanger’s arches. Even after NSW transport department officials twice flew to Germany two years ago to look at how to fit them to the bridge, the maintenance units have been left in storage near Blacktown since the first arrived in Sydney in late 2024, followed by the second about eig

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Matt O'Sullivan

    Topic | Sydney roads | The Age (opens the original)

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    Two years after sinkholes halted work, a first look inside the tunnels under Sydney’s south reveals a multibillion-dollar project of stark contrasts. The disused blocks of land straddling Parramatta Road have been languishing for years. If the government gets its way, 340 apartments will be built. The specialist maintenance units are gathering dust in sheds even after bureaucrats flew to Bavaria two years ago to work out how to install them. Sydneysiders will be able to play pickleball at a new

  3. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Matt O'Sullivan

    ‘Every millimetre counts’: Inside the beast tunnelling under Sydney Harbour (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Twenty tunnellers working on a giant boring machine are enclosed in submarine-like cramped and noisy conditions as they carve their way under the inner west and Sydney Harbour with laser-like precision. In the belly of the beast named Barangaroo is pilot Andrew Jones, whose role is critical in keeping the 137-metre-long machine within five millimetres of its course. He maintains 100 per cent focus

  4. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Matt O'Sullivan

    Tolls cut on Sydney’s motorways after billion-dollar negotiations (opens the original)

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    Tolls will be cut on four motorways in Sydney including the M7 and M2 from as early as July next year while two-way tolling will be introduced on the Eastern Distributor as part of a pricing shake-up described as a “good start” by former competition tsar Allan Fels. Under a deal between the NSW government and motorway operator Transurban, tolls on the Lane Cove Tunnel will fall by 10 per cent, while the same reduction will apply to longer journeys on the M2 motorway from July 1. The cap on dista

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Matt O'Sullivan, Daniel Lo Surdo

    Demand for toll refunds after seven-hour Sydney motorway closure causes chaos (opens the original)

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    Australia’s largest toll road operator is facing demands to refund motorists caught in hours-long delays on Wednesday morning caused by the closure of one of the M5 motorway tunnels to replace a faulty fan. Transurban kept the 25-year-old eastbound tunnel closed until shortly before noon – seven hours longer than planned – while workers replaced the fan, causing traffic to queue as far as 13 kilometres to Milperra during the morning peak. Premier Chris Minns said the closure had thrown many peop

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