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Callum Godde

'Final nail': Labor taken to task for secret rail tax

The 26km eastern section of the loop is slated to cost up to $34.5 billion. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A state Labor government has been busted secretly slapping a decades-long tax on public transport commuters to raise money for a massive rail project.

A report by the Victorian Auditor-General's Office into Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop on Wednesday revealed a previously undisclosed levy was placed on all public transport fares in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

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