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A new report on the business case for Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop has prompted the federal government to request the state government "come forward and explain".

The Infrastructure Australia report casts doubt over the financial viability of Premier Jacinta Allan's signature project.

Victorian government ministers faced intense questioning from reporters on Saturday over the transparency of their costings for the $34.5 billion rail project.

The report by Infrastructure Australia said the advisory body had low confidence in the $34.5 billion cost estimate for stage 1 of the orbital train line to connect Box Hill to Cheltenham, with a potential cost blowout said to pose a "major risk" to the project's viability.

It also said the Victorian government's business case lacked detail and overstated the project's benefits, in part because it assessed the first two stages together when instead they will be delivered up to 18 years apart.

This just leaves me with so many unanswered questions.

If you're able to make it to the State Library on the 31st, please come and show your support. There are a lot of awful things happening to trans people and it's time we demand protection, the right to gender affirming care and an end to pink washing.

The 31st is the trans day of visibility, but we are now very visible and without protection that visibility is violence. We are done asking to be seen, we now demand to be safe.

(Mods pls remove if not allowed, I checked the guidelines and couldn't find anything disallowing it)

A teenager armed with a loaded shotgun has been charged after allegedly trying to force his way onto a Jetstar flight in Victoria before being overpowered by passengers.

The 17-year-old from Ballarat allegedly climbed through a hole in the security fencing at busy Avalon Airport before making his way on foot to the plane.

The teen tried to climb the front stairs into the cabin, but he was overpowered by three passengers who noticed him carrying the shotgun.

Police were called to the major airport, near Geelong, on Thursday afternoon following reports a male with a firearm had attempted to board a Jetstar flight.

The flight which was carrying about 150 people was bound for Sydney.