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Callum Godde

Auditor to run the rule over $2.2b federal rail pledge

Labor's $2.2 billion election commitment to a Victorian rail project will go under the microscope. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

The Victorian government has shrugged off the threat of a probe into federal funding set aside for its contentious Suburban Rail Loop.

The federal auditor-general will review processes that preceded then-opposition leader Anthony Albanese's $2.2 billion pledge to the project before Labor won the 2022 federal election.

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