Months before possible job losses in the hundreds,the government-owned organisation responsible for the failing Inland Rail project was planning a luxury leaders retreat to the Barossa Valley.
Hundreds of workers,most of them in Brisbane,could soon be made redundant because of Queensland project delays and executive-level blunders.
Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation about the future of the long-awaited rail line,confirming a temporary halt on the $13 billion project.
Interstate freight terminals in Melbourne would get thousands of trucks off the road,but no new money has been budgeted for them as the industry calls on the Commonwealth for progress.
Kyra Dulguime,16,died after becoming trapped under a Sydney light rail carriage.
Police say the driver was lucky to emerge relatively unscathed after their van hit a train with more than 100 passengers aboard in regional Victoria.
In 1993,Victoria’s latest people-mover,the new high-speed country commuter train — dubbed the Sprinter — was running around the state’s railway tracks... full of sandbags.
Inland Rail and high-speed rail,two great Australian ambitions regularly manifest as magnificent promises. But will they ever make it to Queensland?
Adages put to work.
The former ministers responsible for Inland Rail rejected ARTC board candidates with vital skill sets and instead handpicked a Liberal Party fundraiser,a former Nationals VP and a corporate lawyer,according to a report.
Kerry Schott’s detailed investigation of the calamitous Inland Rail megaproject has thrust into public view what observers have warned for years.