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Labor Allegedly Used Threats and Inflated Costs to Dictate Airport Rail Link

Confidential submissions say 3.5 kilometres of extra tunnelling added up to $4.6 billion to make the Sunshine route look cheaper.

Summary by ABC Australia
A reported submission to the royal commission alleges the Labor government intentionally inflated costs and threatened to sack a senior public servant to get its preferred Melbourne Airport Rail Link route over the line.

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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
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