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Re: QR freight changes blasted
- Subject: Re: QR freight changes blasted
- From: "John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:12:48 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Customer of Telstra Big Pond Direct
- References: <K%hl6.33$vT.1293@news0.optus.net.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:32276
Interesting counter to the RSPCA viewpoint.
They were on the ABC last March/April, bagging QR for still sending
livestock by rail, and saying that they stopped livestock traffic in other
states.
...funny, i thought they would have stopped it for financial reasons....
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John McCandless
Cloncurry Qld Au
David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
K%hl6.33$vT.1293@news0.optus.net.au">news:K%hl6.33$vT.1293@news0.optus.net.au...
> Pig producers claim changes enforced this week by Queensland Rail to stop
> transporting pigs from Gympie to north Queensland are devastating the
> industry. Pig meat trader John Dunstan says it is three times more
> expensive to transport pigs by road compared to rail.
>
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/state/qld/archive/metqld-23feb2001-4.htm