Re: Latest news on Speedrail

["Peter Dwyer" <peter.dwyer@qr.com.au>]

Chris <chrisc@fl.net.au> wrote in message 39c9cb4c$1@fl.net.au">news:39c9cb4c$1@fl.net.au...
> Leighton are 47% (maybe 49% now) owned by the large German construction
> company Hotichef. I recall they have quite a presence on Leighton's board.
> Hotichef are the largest shareholder in Leighton Holdings (I think they
also
> have a 51% share holding in Leighton Asia) are because of they they really
> control the company.  John Holland, Thiess, Simon Eng. plus others are
also
> part of the Leighton Group. Leighton have been trying to get into large
> infastructure projects for years, but they still earn most of their money
> from contract mining & civil engineering  in Australia.

Well, better not tell Leighton that they're building the Brisbane busways,
or the inner city bypass road then.