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 The Victorian government secretly increased public transport fares to raise money to help pay for the Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects, the state’s auditor-general has revealed. The auditor-general’s report, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, also questioned whether the first stage of the multibillion-dollar project – a 26km stretch of twin tun...

By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

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.