Anthony Albanese has suggested Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s resistance towards a pair of public transport projects on either side of the country displays his inability to move away from the road-centric
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Intermodal struggles, abandoned systems overhaul lead to $321m Aurizon impairment
A challenging intermodal market and the abandonment of a systems overhaul have led Aurizon to announce a $321 million impairment will be part of its first-half results.
Challenging conditions in the intermodal
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Rail project gets $675k in Federal collab funding
The Turnbull Government has announced $675,000 in funding for a rail track stability research project to be conducted by the University of Wollongong in partnership with the private sector.
Minister for
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AusRAIL Call for Papers: 40 days remain
Rail experts from around the region have until March 10 to submit abstracts for papers to be delivered at this year’s massive AusRAIL Plus event in Brisbane.
The Australasian Railway Association’s
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KiwiRail resumes services to West Coast after ‘weather bomb’ land slip
New Zealand operator KiwiRail has cleared slips on the Midland Line and began running services, including its famous tourist service the TranzAlpine, to and from Greymouth on January 26.
A “weather bomb”
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Bombardier hits back at Russian accusations
A senior Bombardier executive has slammed a major report from Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, which suggests the Montreal-based rail and aerospace manufacturer has engaged in questionable
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Logistics council pushes for Inland Rail focus over HSR
Australian Logistics Council managing director Michael Kilgariff says the second phase of market testing for private sector involvement in Inland Rail is a key milestone for the project, and says the latest
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Plenty of life in Old King Coal
A new monthly coal export record was set in December at the Port of Newcastle, helping the port achieve an annual record for trade in the 2016 calendar year.
Newcastle handled just under 168 million tonnes
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Rio capitalises on iron ore price in 2016
Rio Tinto took advantage of a sustained improvement in the price of iron ore in 2016, shipping 327.6 million tonnes of Pilbara ore in the calendar year, up 3% on its 2015 figure.
In its production results
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WorleyParsons in class action over 2013 downgrade
A Federal Court judge has reportedly refused to intervene in the lodging of a multi-million-dollar class action lawsuit over alleged breaches of market disclosure obligations by engineering group WorleyParsons
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