In his 2024–25 budget overview released on Tuesday, Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas said that the state government has a “huge amount of funding” tied up with the rail link project, and needs to be “realistic about the project and its timeline”.
BITRE figures released by the Transport Department on Friday show that the airport’s passenger numbers in March hit 159,000 – 65 per cent larger than the same month in pre-COVID 2019.
However, new research from Tourism Research Australia has revealed that despite the decrease, spending by those 8.3 million visitors hit a record $32.9 billion, driven in part by overseas students and backpackers.
It’s Day 10 of our 12 Days of Christmas, where we look back at some stats and highlights of 2025, as we prepare for another…