Is a Melbourne airport rail link worth spending $10 billion?

Thursday 12 April 2018

The prospect of Melbourne getting a rail link connecting the airport to the CBD just moved closer to reality, with the Turnbull Government set to allocate $5 billion towards the project in the May Budget. From The ABC:

While the funding announcement is significant, the $5 billion pledged will not be enough to cover the entire cost of the project.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.