Suburban Rail Loop: Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to help pay for controversial SRL

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Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor-general says 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. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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