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The Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop’s fragile business case shows governments need an Evaluator-General
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The Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop’s fragile business case shows governments need an Evaluator-General

David Walker
November 24, 2021April 7, 2025
We have a broken process for evaluating costly government investments. The evolving plan for an underground railway through Melbourne's middle suburbs reminds us that we...
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The strange origins of Melbourne’s $100bn Suburban Rail Loop

David Walker
August 15, 2021September 12, 2024
[caption id="attachment_35117" align="alignleft" width="1024"] Melbourne Suburban Rail Link preliminary route[/caption] I spent some time last year planning a piece for a commercial media client about...

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