{
  "id": 3090360,
  "title": "Victorian premier Ben Carroll pushes ahead with SRL spend despite hinting at pause",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/victorian-premier-ben-carroll-pushes-ahead-with-srl-spend-despite",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T19:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/24/victorian-premier-ben-carroll-pushes-ahead-with-srl-spend-despite-hinting-at-pause"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A day after suggesting other projects were more important to Victorians, Carroll has committed to pushing ahead on train line Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Victorian premier, Ben Carroll, has made an about-face, committing to pushing ahead with the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop while promising to reduce its total cost by about 6%. Carroll will on Tuesday…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Victorian premier Ben Carroll pushes ahead with SRL spend despite hinting at pause",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/victorian-premier-ben-carroll-pushes-ahead-with-srl-spend-despite",
        "published": "2026-08-24T19:00:36.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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