Victorian government drowns in Suburban Rail Loop lies

Thursday 6 March 2025

Recent polling undertaken by SEC Newgate Australia suggested that Victorians do not see the $200 billion Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) as a high-priority project.

The Orwellian Victorian Labor government has responded with propaganda, declaring the SRL “Australia’s largest housing project”:

The gaslighting is unbelievable. The SRL is a rail project, and not a very good one.

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.