The Queensland Train Manufacturing Program ballooned from $7.1B to $9.5B at contract signing. The then-Transport Minister's office removed the real $9.5B figure from draft media releases three days before the announcement. The QAO confirmed the full cost in Major Projects 2025.
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$2.4B of Australian taxpayer money was wasted at Department of Transport and Main Roads. The Queensland Train Manufacturing Program ballooned from $7.1B to $9.5B at contract signing. The then-Transport Minister's office removed the real $9.5B figure from draft media releases three days before the announcement. The QAO confirmed the full cost in Major Projects 2025.
Spread across Australia's 10.8 million households, that's roughly $222 per family — enough in total for funding roughly 20 public hospitals for a full year.
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