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’...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/26/victoria-suburban-rail-loop-srl-public-transport-fare-levy-increase)