<p>Queensland Rail has demonstrated its commitment to a cleaner environment by winning the Australian Greenhouse Office’s Challenge Award, state transport minister Steve Bredhauer
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Top research earns award for Institute of Railway Technology
<p>Monash University’s Institute of Railway Technology has won the Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) biennial industry award for 2002.</p> <p>The award
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QR and Main Roads commit $161,000 to help connect East Timor
<p>Queensland Rail and the Queensland Department of Main Roads have committed $161,000 worth of radio equipment and resources to help rebuild the telecommunications network in East
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Tribute dinner for Gary McDonald
<p>The Australasian Railway Association is hosting a tribute dinner for West Coast Railway co-owner Gary McDonald, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.</p> <p>The dinner,
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Tranz Rail optimistic on raising operating profits
<p>Tranz Rail has told shareholders the company is on course to meet its 2003 operating profitability targets.</p> <p>After a difficult 2002 financial year, in which Tranz
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AusLink debate must not be diverted from main aims
<p>The debate on the Federal Government’s AusLink green paper must not be allowed to divert attention from the immediate action required on rail infrastructure, Pacific National
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Union campaigns against NSW track lease plan
<p>The New South Wales combined rail unions have launched a campaign to stop the state’s rural rail network being leased to the Federal Government.</p> <p>The campaign,
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Rail employees approve enterprise agreement
<p>Pacific National employees have endorsed an Enterprise Agreement (EA), which will grant a 2.5% pay increase backdated to July.</p> <p>The agreement applies to former
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Rail union officers retain roles without election
<p>The national secretary and almost all branch officers for the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) will be elected unopposed thanks to four years of privatisation and contracting out,
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Tumut-Cootamundra line reopening ‘too dear’
<p>The cost of re-opening the Tumut-Cootamundra railway line will be too expensive given the present level of contestable freight, a report has found.</p> <p>The Riverina
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