Accused attacker Brendan Nugent, 43, from nearby Tarrawingee, faces charges like dangerous driving causing serious injury and harm to a public official;
Cranbourne line trains were more likely to be cancelled or cut short in the first eight months of the Metro Tunnel timetable than during the same period a year earlier, according to the State Government’s operational performance statistics.
“It’s actually a looping train that will connect in at Ararat, but it will go through the Wimmera region, stop in Ararat, and then go up to Mildura,” she said.
Due for completion in 2030, Stage 1 will enable more trains, more often on the Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo lines, and pave the way for future electrification of the Melton and Wyndham Vale Lines.
Counter-terrorism authorities and ASIO are probing possible motives amid rising threats to politicians, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the act deliberate and praised the intervening bystanders as heroes.
If re-elected next month, Mr Carroll said a Labor government would introduce the $30-a-week fare cap, which would run for two years until December 2028.
