{
  "id": 3639822,
  "title": "‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/no-transparency-labor-to-scrap-levy-secretly-placed-on-victorian-3639822",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T01:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/27/labor-scrap-secret-public-transport-levy-suburban-loop-melbourne-victoria"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Victorian state government has announced that it will abolish a levy on public transport fares. The levy was intended to help fund the Suburban Rail Loop and other Big Build projects.\n\nThe decision to scrap the levy was made due to a lack of transparency in its creation and implementation, according to Premier Ben Carroll.\n\nThe levy was secretly added to public transport fares.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "‘No transparency’: Labor to scrap levy secretly placed on Victorian public transport fares",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/no-transparency-labor-to-scrap-levy-secretly-placed-on-victorian",
        "published": "2026-08-27T01:38:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}