Aug 27, 2026 – 10.19amPremier Ben Carroll has scrapped a secret Labor tax on Victorian public transport users that had initially been intended to help fund the Suburban Rail Loop project.The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office on Wednesday released a scathing report on Labor’s signature infrastructure project that uncovered the Allan government introduced a 1 per cent tax on public transport fares on January 1 last year. The then-premier and senior ministers made a conscious decision to conceal the tax from Victorians.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Carroll scraps Victorian government’s secret public transport tax
Premier Ben Carroll says Victorians “deserve to know what their money is buying” in veiled criticism of his predecessor Jacinta Allan about the Suburban Rail Loop.
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