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Re: Stupid Question

Subject: Re: Stupid Question
From: "John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:29:02 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct
References: <twma5.66181$ef6.849654@news1.rdc1.ab.home.com> <396a9833.0@news.topend.com.au> <396ac222$0$11190$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:14119

 > > QR's has made no secret of the fact that it is looking to operate
> > interstate - it is predicted that eventually there will be one or 2 big
> rail
> > operators in Australia, and QR wants to be one of them.....
> Freight Corp also wanna be one of them.....but apparantly State government
> enterprice like QR and Freight Corp banned from purchasing NR and
Westrail,
> it's unlikely any of them would be the last two...unless Freight Copr and
QR
> itself gets priviatise.
>

There was a qualifier added recently for the NR sale.  Government owned
operators can now bid as part of a consortium.  I don't know if there are
similar provisions in the Westrail sale...


John

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