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Government pulls the plug on Barnaby Joyce 'pet project'

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Government pulls the plug on Barnaby Joyce 'pet project'
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A major part of a grand and costly infrastructure project in eastern Australia has today been scrapped over a $45 billion cost blowout.The fate of Inland Rail was sealed after a new independent review found construction of the link between Melbourne and Brisbane would balloon by about 450 per cent.Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King said the rail link would now end at Parkes in central NSW, about halfway to Brisbane, to save taxpayers' money.LIVE UPDATES: Trump halts 'Proj

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