Murray Rail Project mired in debt and corruption*

by Chris McCormack

Murray Basin Rail Project could cost double the budgeted $440 million
Rail upgrades essential but gauge standardisation questionable
Auditor-General says project “not yet achieving the outcomes expected”

The Murray Basin Rail Project (MBRP), which aims to upgrade and standardise 1,055 kilometres of rail lines in Victoria’s northwest, linking freight trains to the ports of Geelong and Portland, has been variously described as a “monumen…

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