Victorian Treasurer, Tim Pallas has defended the cost of the Suburban Rail Loop, telling Tom Elliott, if he asks silly questions, \u201che\u2019ll get silly answers\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He denies the reported cost of the loop will be $216 billion, claiming the first stage will cost between $30-34 billion dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe do things in stages \u2026 as a government we remain committed to build it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He denies the reported cost of the loop will be $216 billion, claiming the first stage will cost between $30-34 billion dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":38115,"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":[273,999,513,163,8160],"tags":[8634,993,8750,7,8,8832],"class_list":["post-38114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-melbourne-airport","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-suburban-rail-loop","tag-jacinta-allan","tag-melbourne","tag-tim-pallas","tag-transport","tag-victoria","tag-victorian-budget-2024"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t