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Carroll scraps secret $8 billion levy on public transport fares

A day after the Victorian Auditor-General revealed the secret charge, which was introduced on January 1 last year, the new premier moved to scrap it.

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Carroll scraps secret $8 billion levy on public transport fares

A day after the Victorian Auditor-General revealed the secret charge, which was introduced on January 1 last year, the new premier moved to scrap it.

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lunedì 24 agosto 2026·afr.com
Carroll to shave $2bn from Suburban Rail Loop
The Victorian premier will eliminate station interchanges and abolish the SRL delivery body to reign in transport infrastructure spending.
lunedì 24 agosto 2026·theage.com.au
Suburban Rail Loop to find $2b in savings through station changes
Premier Ben Carroll says voters are more interested in the delivery of basic government services than big, expensive infrastructure projects.

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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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How Allan, ministers decided to hide public transport levy in secret talks

The levy to help bankroll the Suburban Rail Loop was exposed by the Victorian Auditor-General, who also warned the project was at risk of running late and over budget.

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

Labor put ‘levy on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria’ since January 2025, auditor general says

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The 'extraordinarily expensive' project reshaping a state — and drawing political battlelines

Victoria's premier has pivoted on details of the Suburban Rail Loop — reigniting debate over the contentious project's costs.

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lunedì 24 agosto 2026·

theguardian.com

Victorian premier Ben Carroll pushes ahead with rail loop plan after hinting at pause

A day after suggesting other projects were more important to Victorians, Carroll says train line will go ahead but at a slightly reduced cost

martedì 25 agosto 2026·

sbs.com.au

The 'extraordinarily expensive' project reshaping a state — and drawing political battlelines

Victoria's premier has pivoted on details of the Suburban Rail Loop — reigniting debate over the contentious project's costs.

martedì 25 agosto 2026·

afr.com

Carroll slammed for tinkering at edges of mega-project’s cost problems

The Victorian premier is under pressure from planning experts and former Labor senator Stephen Conroy to dump as much of the Suburban Rail Loop as possible.

mercoledì 26 agosto 2026·

smh.com.au

How Allan, ministers decided to hide public transport levy in secret talks

The levy to help bankroll the Suburban Rail Loop was exposed by the Victorian Auditor-General, who also warned the project was at risk of running late and over budget.

mercoledì 26 agosto 2026·

theage.com.au

Secret levy slapped on public transport fares to help pay for Suburban Rail Loop

The levy was exposed by the Victorian Auditor-General on Wednesday, which also warned the project was at risk of running late and over budget.

mercoledì 26 agosto 2026·

theguardian.com

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

mercoledì 26 agosto 2026·

afr.com

Commuters hit with $5b secret levy for Labor’s train mega project

A Victorian auditor-general’s investigation has slammed the government’s Suburban Rail Loop plans as unfunded and likely to blow out in cost and time.

mercoledì 26 agosto 2026·

theage.com.au

Millions of Victorians paying secret public transport fee, audit reveals

Millions of Victorians have been paying a hidden public transport fee for more than a year to help fund the $34.5 billion Suburban Rail Loop.

giovedì 27 agosto 2026·

theage.com.au

Carroll scraps secret $8 billion levy on public transport fares

A day after the Victorian Auditor-General revealed the secret charge, which was introduced on January 1 last year, the new premier moved to scrap it.

giovedì 27 agosto 2026·

afr.com

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.

Carroll scraps secret $8 billion levy on public transport fares

Timeline cronologica

Carroll to shave $2bn from Suburban Rail Loop

Suburban Rail Loop to find $2b in savings through station changes

Carroll scraps Victorian government’s secret public transport tax

How Allan, ministers decided to hide public transport levy in secret talks

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

The 'extraordinarily expensive' project reshaping a state — and drawing political battlelines

Victorian premier Ben Carroll pushes ahead with rail loop plan after hinting at pause

The 'extraordinarily expensive' project reshaping a state — and drawing political battlelines

Carroll slammed for tinkering at edges of mega-project’s cost problems

How Allan, ministers decided to hide public transport levy in secret talks

Secret levy slapped on public transport fares to help pay for Suburban Rail Loop

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

Commuters hit with $5b secret levy for Labor’s train mega project

Millions of Victorians paying secret public transport fee, audit reveals

Carroll scraps secret $8 billion levy on public transport fares

Carroll scraps Victorian government’s secret public transport tax