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Jacinta Allan dismisses rail loop concerns as Labor awaits outcome of massive swing in Werribee

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Jacinta Allan has dismissed concerns that the Suburban Rail Loop project should be halted after Labor took a battering in the Werribee byelection.

Counting resumed in the outer western Melbourne seat on Monday and both major parties expect if postal votes follow the pattern of those already counted.

Labor ’s once-comfortable margin in the seat has shrunk from 10.9% at the 2022 state election to a razor-thin 0.6% , with first -preference votes also dropping from 45% to 28.7% .