Airport rail study was doctored to ensure Sunshine ‘won’ shortlist of routes, commission told

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A whistleblower told a royal commission that officials inflated the estimated cost of an airport rail route through Maribyrnong to favor a politically preferred option that included Sunshine station. The allegation concerns the integrity of route-selection and infrastructure planning for the rail project.

A whistleblower has told the Big Build royal commission that a working group inflated the price of the route for airport rail through Maribyrnong to ensure the government’s politically favoured outcome including Sunshine station came out on top.