Suburban Rail Loop: motions

The question put

That this house notes that: (1) fresh doubts surround the future of the most expensive transport infrastructure project in Victoria’s history following confirmation the federal budget contains no additional funding for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East; (2) in 2022, the Victorian Labor government stated that the $34.5 billion SRL East would be funded through three equal $11.5 billion contributions from the Victorian state government, the federal government and new taxes via ‘value capture’ initiatives; (3) to date, the federal Labor government has committed just $2.2 billion towards the project, with federal minister for infrastructure Catherine King stating that no further money will be provided until the project has been assessed by Infrastructure Australia; (4) with federal Labor now walking away from the project, the Allan Labor government faces a $20 billion funding shortfall for the SRL East as it boasts of preparing to sign all main works contracts by 2026; (5) the independent Parliamentary Budget Office has costed stages 1 and 2 of the project at $216 billion; (6) this wasteful spend means Victorians living in growth areas and regional Victoria will miss out on essential in