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Voters are turning away from the Labor state government. Will it sink Anthony Albanese’s re-election hopes?

The Allan key: Has the state government unlocked fortress Victoria for the Libs?

Victoria has long been Labor’s progressive citadel, an electoral stronghold across state and federal politics. But the red wall may be crumbling.

  • Shaun Carney

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The development site opposite Westfield Southland and the proposed Cheltenham SRL station.

Developer suing Suburban Rail Loop for reneging on compensation

A Highett apartments developer alleges the Victorian government is using a technicality to avoid paying millions in compensation for disrupting construction of a 12-storey housing project.

  • Rachel Eddie
Suburban Rail Loop construction under way at Clayton.

Cancelling Suburban Rail Loop likely to cost billions

Industry insiders estimate the payout could significantly exceed the $1.1 billion it cost the Andrews government to cancel the East West Link.

  • Kieran Rooney
A diagram of the Sunshine upgrades.

Sunshine stoush could set back Melton trains by a decade, Labor says

An electrified Melton railway line could be delayed by more than 10 years if a $4 billion rail upgrade around Melbourne’s west is pared back, Victoria’s transport minister says.

  • Kieran Rooney
Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Senator Bridget McKenzie at Marnong Estate winery in the Melbourne seat of Calwell, where they vowed to withdraw federal funding from the Suburban Rail Loop.

Victorians are tied to the tracks in a shameless game of chicken

Billions of dollars are being bandied about but with little agreement on how they should be spent.

  • The Age's View

Petty politics is stopping us from building a city

Readers react to Peter Dutton’s pledge to scrap funding for the Suburban Rail Loop, the debate about national service, and the election campaign.

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SRL Minister Harriet Shing, Premier Jacinta Allan, and Transport Infrastructure Minister Gabrielle Williams on Tuesday.

Cutting Sunshine hub would kill Airport Rail, says Allan

The Victorian premier responded to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s announcement that he would pull federal funding from the SRL East and Sunshine rail hub if elected.

  • Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand
A Suburban Rail Loop construction site in Clayton.

Dutton pledges to axe $2.2 billion from Suburban Rail Loop ‘hoax’

The federal opposition leader will announce on Tuesday that, if elected, he will withdraw federal funding for the rail loop, branding the project a cruel hoax.

  • Chip Le Grand, Kieran Rooney and Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference after visiting Government House to call for an election.

We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

  • The Age's View
Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin.

‘Cancel it’: Brad Battin ups the ante on Suburban Rail Loop

The opposition leader has strengthened the Coalition’s stance against the SRL following a report critical of how the state government can pay for it.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie

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