About this episode

The episode discusses the halt of the Inland Rail project, a major freight rail corridor plan between Melbourne and Brisbane.

The ambitious plan to have a major freight rail corridor stretching from Melbourne to Brisbane is all but dead with the federal government putting the brakes on the Inland Rail project.

Topics covered

• freight rail
• transportation
• government policy
• infrastructure
• Australia

Keywords

• Inland Rail
• freight corridor
• Melbourne
• Brisbane
• federal government
• transportation policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: federal government

Places: Melbourne, Brisbane

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