{"id":297588,"date":"2025-10-07T15:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=297588"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:40:19","slug":"jacqui-felgate-slams-jacinta-allans-pathetic-metro-tunnel-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=297588","title":{"rendered":"Jacqui Felgate slams Jacinta Allan\u2019s \u2018pathetic\u2019 Metro Tunnel announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced the Metro Tunnel is set to open in December, after an array of delays and cost blowouts over the past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>3AW Drive<\/em>&nbsp;host Jacqui Felgate weighed in on the state government\u2019s announcement and says it\u2019s a \u201cblatant lie\u201d to the people of Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStop with the spin, it\u2019s pathetic, it\u2019s a lie and it\u2019s totally totally dishonest,\u201d Felgate said on&nbsp;<em>3AW Drive.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to listen to Jacqui Felgate\u2019s thoughts on 3AW\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"&#039;Blatant lie&#039;: Jacqui Felgate slams Jacinta Allan&#039;s &#039;pathetic&#039; Metro Tunnel announcement\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-drive\/blatant-lie-jacqui-felgate-slams-jacinta-allans-pathetic-metro-tunnel-announcement\/embed#?secret=eZFO8Kq08X\" data-secret=\"eZFO8Kq08X\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTell us the truth, people aren\u2019t stupid and you treat them like they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not a news service premier, you\u2019re the premier of course your information is exclusive, you\u2019re the one who makes the rules, you\u2019re the government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, the arrival of the new network will be a boon for Melbourne and the way we all get around and use the network.  If anything we need more rail network built starting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?cat=8160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Suburban Rail Loop\">Suburban Rail Loop<\/a> and adding the Metro Tunnel 2 between Newport and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=clifton-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Clifton Hill\">Clifton Hill<\/a> and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Opposition Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?tag=brad-battin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Brad Battin\">Brad Battin<\/a> joined 3AW Drive and reacted to the state government\u2019s Metro Tunnel announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Press PLAY to listen to Brad Battin\u2019s reaction on 3AW<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-omny-studio wp-block-embed-omny-studio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Brad Battin reacts to state government&#039;s Metro Tunnel announcement\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/3aw-drive\/brad-battin-reacts-to-state-governments-metro-tunnel-announcement\/embed#?secret=mmCoYXmYjG\" data-secret=\"mmCoYXmYjG\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Image:&nbsp;<em>Nine News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Opposition Leader Brad Battin joined 3AW Drive and reacted to the state government\u2019s Metro Tunnel announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":297592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1168,47],"tags":[993,8],"class_list":["post-297588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-metro-tunnel","category-rail-news","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297595,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297588\/revisions\/297595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}