Peter Dutton could have made a virtue of his big increase in defence spending. Instead, the announcement turned into farce, symbolising everything wrong with his campaign.

THERE. NO. YOU’RE RIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE CRASHES ALONG THIS LINE HERE IN CANTON IN JUST THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. THIS, THOUGH, IT WAS THE MOST SERIOUS, DESTROYING THAT TRUCK AND TAKING OUT ...

NOW? TONIGHT, THE MBTA DOES SAY THAT THE WARNING SIGNALS HERE WERE WORKING TODAY JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE SAW A TEST TRAIN RUN THROUGH HERE. THE COMMUTER RAIL NOW SAYS THIS LINE HAS REOPENED, SO ...

But higher car prices won’t increase public transit ridership in areas with little or no mass transit options. For transit to be a viable alternative to driving, localities, states and the ...