Suburban Rail Loop: Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for controversial SRL
Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates The Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to raise money to help pay for the Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, the state’s auditor general has revealed. The auditor general’s report, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, also questioned whether the first stage of the…
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