Article 6AGVX ‘Astonishing’: cost of Inland Rail doubles to $30bn as review savages Coalition over project

‘Astonishing’: cost of Inland Rail doubles to $30bn as review savages Coalition over project

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Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporte
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Dr Kerry Schott warns she is not confident her assessment captures the full extent of cost blowouts and delays

The predicted price tag of the Inland Rail megaproject has almost doubled in two years to more than $30bn, as an independent review savages the former Coalition government's handling of the plan.

In her independent review of the Inland Rail, commissioned by the Albanese government last year and released on Thursday, Dr Kerry Schott also flagged further delivery delays of at least four years.

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