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Re: [MEDIA] Alice-Darwin rail will hit truckies, says commentator
- Subject: Re: [MEDIA] Alice-Darwin rail will hit truckies, says commentator
- From: "Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:53:57 +1000
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- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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Peter Homann <"peter.homann"@@prr.org.au> wrote in message
9a0hq8$2l4@nntpa.cb.lucent.com">news:9a0hq8$2l4@nntpa.cb.lucent.com...
| "An economic commentator says the Alice Springs trucking industry will
| be unable to compete with the heavily-subsidised Alice Springs-Darwin
| railway."
| http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/port/regport-30mar2001-3.htm
|
Surely, if road transport was truly competitive for long hauls in Central
Australia, there wouldn't be an Alice Springs trucking industry.
There would be a Port Pirie or Adelaide trucking industry running through
loads to Darwin and there wouldn't be a Tarcoola - Alice Springs railway.
Or am I missing something?
Rgds
Bill