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

The Victorian government secretly raised public transport fares to help fund the Suburban Rail Loop and other major infrastructure projects, per The Guardian. The state's auditor-general reports that a levy has been applied to all metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria fares since January twenty twenty-five. The auditor-general's report also questions if the first stage of the project, a twenty-six kilometer stretch of tunnels from Cheltenham to Box Hill, can be completed on time or within budget.

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