Politics
Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop: A $1 Billion Trim That’s Pleasing Nobody
Ben Carroll walked into Tuesday’s announcement looking for a win, and walked out with a fight on two fronts. The Victorian opposition called his Suburban Rail Loop cost-cutting plan ‘incredibly unimpressive,’ while his own credibility took a knock after he’d floated a pause just 24 hours earlier. Welcome to big infrastructure politics, where nothing is ever simple.


