“We should bite the bullet and go for a high-speed rail connection not just through to Sydney but right through to Melbourne and then north to Brisbane,” Mr Albanese told Newcastle radio on Wednesday.
He said an initial route between Melbourne and Newcastle “would make the most sense”.
“It would be a real game changer – it is expensive,but nation-building requires vision.”
Federal Cities and Urban Infrastructure Minister Alan Tudge said Australia would one day need high-speed rail,but said it was up to the states to first acquire land for the corridor.
“High-speed rail has to be part of the landscape in the future,” Mr Tudge said.
“Corridor preservation is critical,which only state governments have the power to do."
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