The Victorian opposition announces it will cancel the Melbourne suburban rail loop project if it wins the November election

Which may be why there is a Monash U statement supporting the project, as “the best possible solution for the Monash community, our partners in the Monash Technology Precinct and broader South East community.” Or maybe not, there is no mention of why the university is offering an opinion now.

Nor is there a reference to the armoury of objections it fired at the project plan for a station to serve the Clayton campus station, which “will affect the university’s ability to operate and meet its longer term strategic goals,” (CMM January 25)