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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.
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Labor allegedly used threats and inflated costs to dictate Airport Rail Link
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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Airport rail study doctored to ‘bake-in’ Sunshine as preferred route, commission told
State Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has urged the Big Build royal commission to fully investigate allegations that former premier Jacinta Allan coerced public servants to back her government’s plans for the Melbourne Airport Rail Project.
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Total News Sources6
Leaning Left4Leaning Right0Center1Last Updated80% Left
Bias Distribution
- 80% of the sources lean Left
80% Left
L 80%
C 20%
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