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‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares

Premier confirms levy, which was intended to help pay for the multibillion-dollar Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, will be abolished Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates A levy secretly slapped on Victorian public transport users – designed to help pay for the Suburban Loop and other Big Build projects – will be scrapped, the state premier has announced. Ben Carroll announced on Thursday that he would move to abolish the levy “because there was no transparency…

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‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares
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