Labor allegedly used threats and inflated costs to dictate Airport Rail Link
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A submission to the royal commission alleges the Labor government intentionally inflated costs and threatened to sack a senior public servant to get its preferred Airport Rail Link route over the line.
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Labor allegedly used threats and inflated costs to dictate Airport Rail Link
A submission to the royal commission alleges the Labor government intentionally inflated costs and threatened to sack a senior public servant to get its preferred Airport Rail Link route over the line.
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