How firm linked to Labor won big

Economists have told The Courier-Mail that stringent conditions of the Palaszczuk Government plan dictating 20 new trains be built in the Labor-held seat of Maryborough – home to train builder Downer EDI – would inevitably drive up the cost of the Cross River Rail train building project, but taxpayers would likely stay in the dark on the details.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk travelled to Downer’s Maryborough factory during the October election campaign, donned a pink…



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