Re: [Vic/Qld/NSW] Inland railway to Brisbane

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"Tell" <telljb@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Good luck, ..........they will need it.
> Transport & Energy "corridor" to Darwin that is.
>
> As for the "energy corridor" part, Mr Comptons dream of
> using a right of way for a railway mainly to build a
> natural gas pipeline from Darwin to the East Coast from
> Darwin for the Timor Sea gas deposits has a hit a
> couple of snags.
>
> See, the East Timor mob, remember them.?  Well they
> have a couple of smart arse lawyers from the UN who
> have slapped an ambit claim on behalf of the Timorese
> over all of the Timor Sea deposits and a few other
> places as well.
>
> At the moment the Commonwealth is attempting to
> negotiate a deal.  In the mean time folks, our tax
> payer funded troops who saved these ungrateful bastards
> at great cost to you are *still* protecting them.
>
> Phillips Petroleum one of the main developers have said
> categorically, sort this out or we will withdraw from
> the project by June this year.
> BTW, Woodside and BHP are in there as well.
>
> Bye bye, timor sea gas onshore in Darwin.?
>
> ....Tell


OK, OK, enough.  We get the point.

Al