Melbourne Metro chief executive Andrew Lezala says the 2015 AusRAIL conference and exhibition will come at “a really exciting time for rail”.
Lezala, who spoke with Rail Express a month ahead
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Baird’s council busting good for freight: ALC
The Australian Logistics Council says New South Wales Premier Mike Baird’s controversial plan to merge scores of councils following a review by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal.
ALC managing
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Sydney plan will create ‘toxic mix’: Greens
The Baird Government’s development plans along the rail line between Sydenham and Bankstown will result in overdevelopment rather than a quality transport system, according to Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi.
As
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Albo takes Badgerys battle to Telegraph
Opposition transport minister Anthony Albanese has used a very big soapbox to slam the Government’s plans to build Sydney’s second airport without a rail link.
In an op-ed in the October 15 edition
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‘Contest of ideas’ hailed with Infrastructure Victoria creation
In an echo of Mao Zedong’s “let 100 flowers bloom”, Victoria’s new infrastructure czar, Jim Miller, has talked of a “contest of ideas” in determining future priority projects for the state.
Miller
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Freight needs equal consideration
COMMENT: Malcolm Turnbull is good news for public transport, but freight rail needs love too, Michael Kilgariff writes.
Much has been written and said since Malcolm Turnbull’s
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Herbert made ARA chairman
Bob Herbert has been appointed as the chairman of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA), after serving as the interim chair during the turnover period of recent months.
Herbert took over as interim
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Time is now for Port of Melbourne fast rail solution
Logistics and development business SALTA Properties believes a rail solution to increased throughput is imperative before the nation’s largest container terminal goes under the hammer.
Salta is one of
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Albanese pitches high speed rail to Canberra
Shadow transport minister Anthony Albanese has introduced a bill to the House of Representatives to create a planning authority for a high speed rail line for Australia’s eastern seaboard.
The High
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Turnbull looking for innovative funding models
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is exploring the idea of innovative funding models for transport projects, designed to capture value from rising property prices around new infrastructure.
Turnbull made
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