{"id":40247,"date":"2024-05-10T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=40247"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:25:32","slug":"pm-sinks-boot-into-melbourne-airport-rail-stalemate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=40247","title":{"rendered":"PM sinks boot into Melbourne Airport rail stalemate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Prime Minister has weighed in on Melbourne\u2019s long-promised, never-delivered train line from Tullamarine airport to the city, telling the terminal owners to be better corporate citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has used a business lunch in front of hundreds of corporates to double down on threats of taking the project to Melbourne\u2019s Avalon Airport instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\u2019s state budget formally acknowledged the $10\u2009bn Melbourne Airport rail project is now at least four years delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melbourne Airport wants an underground station but the state government wants a cheaper above-ground station. The Treasurer also says the Airport wants compensation for the construction period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then Transport Infrastructure Minister, Jacinta Allan and Rail Projects Victoria chief executive Evan Tattersall spruiked a business case for the airport link in September 2022. Picture: NCA NewsWire \/ Andrew Henshaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a post-budget business lunch in Melbourne on Thursday, Mr Pallas reiterated the project with Melbourne Airport owners Australia Pacific Airports Corporation was at a stalemate, and threatened to take the project to the smaller and further away Avalon near Geelong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fact the airport is saying they expect to be compensated for the dislocation of the construction, is I think, very rich because frankly, we are building a multi-billion dollar asset to service their airport,\u201d Mr Pallas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An artist’s impression of an underground station. Source: Melbourne Airport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Melbourne Airport was not being a good corporate citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe airport should get serious about actually getting things done,\u201d Mr Albanese said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m familiar with airports. From time to time, they think they operate in a way, that forgets about their social licence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prime Minister has called on Melbourne Airport owners to get on with a major infrastructure project to make it easier for passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":38390,"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":[273,999,4450,513,163],"tags":[9031,472,5982,993,7529,7,8],"class_list":["post-40247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-australian-airports","category-melbourne-airport","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-australian","tag-canberra","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-airport","tag-transport","tag-victoria"],"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