Re: Judge doubts rail reforms

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:22:12 +1100, Bruce Greening
<bgreeni@attglobal.net> wrote:

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>Kevin Sewell wrote:
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>> Who said judges were slow on the uptake ...
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>> David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
>> vczZ5.17$Le6.747@news0.optus.net.au">news:vczZ5.17$Le6.747@news0.optus.net.au...
>> > The head of the Glenbrook inquiry, Acting Justice Peter McInerney, fears
>> > that when the safe working rules are rewritten for the rail industry they
>> > will be as bad as the old ones.
>> >
>> > http://www.smh.com.au/news/0012/13/national/national12.html
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>Well he has certainly been slow in this case. The government gagged the CEO's
>and so the only story he got on structure was the government line, which is a
>disaster for the industry. Commercialism will be a dirty word and access
>charges will go up and up. The trucking industry will be laughing.
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>Its back to the bad old days.
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>--
>Bruce L. Greening
>bgreeni@ibm.net
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Bruce , I wonder whether you could comment in whether the change from
RAC being a Govt owned Corporation to now being a Rail Infrastructure
Austhority means that the Authority doesnt have to operate with a
profit motive and whether it is still required to pay annual dividends
to the State Govt.
If this is the case , there should be some scope for a reduction in
track access charges.

MD