Sep 3, 2026 – 5.59pmA former long-serving senior public servant in Victoria has decried the state’s culture of government secrecy over the past decade and said Ben Carroll should have declared the hidden public transport tax after becoming premier if he wanted to herald a new era of transparency.Richard Bolt, who led the transport department from 2015 to 2018, told The Australian Financial Review that the clandestine way the Suburban Rail Loop mega-project was developed under successive Labor leaders was the “pinnacle” of a much bigger problem of government secrecy.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Ex-transport chief calls out culture of secrecy under Victorian Labor
Former Victorian transport department secretary Richard Bolt says the Suburban Rail Loop and its hidden tax are part of a much bigger problem.
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