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Calls for compensation over axed inland rail project

May 25, 2026

There’s calls tonight for the federal government to compensate those affected by the cancellation of the Inland Rail Project.

It comes after Labor revealed the cost to finish the 16-hundred kilometre build would exceed $45-billion… an amount it wasn’t prepared to pay.

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Mollie Matthews

Mollie Matthews is a reporter for NBN News, based in Tamworth. Mollie comes from Brisbane, where she reported for Nine Brisbane Afternoon News and Gold Coast News, and worked as a line-up producer for NBN News, before making the move to the country music capital. Mollie holds a double degree in Journalism and Arts, majoring in Political Science and English Literature.

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North West News

Calls for compensation over axed inland rail project

May 25, 2026

There’s calls tonight for the federal government to compensate those affected by the cancellation of the Inland Rail Project.

It comes after Labor revealed the cost to finish the 16-hundred kilometre build would exceed $45-billion… an amount it wasn’t prepared to pay.

text will be replaced

Mollie Matthews

Mollie Matthews is a reporter for NBN News, based in Tamworth. Mollie comes from Brisbane, where she reported for Nine Brisbane Afternoon News and Gold Coast News, and worked as a line-up producer for NBN News, before making the move to the country music capital. Mollie holds a double degree in Journalism and Arts, majoring in Political Science and English Literature.

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