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Re: Federal Budget- Nothing for the Nation's Railways!

On Thu, 24 May 2001 14:08:23 +1000, "Grahame Ferguson"
<grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote:

>There is no interstate commission, but there is constitutional power
>available to the Commonwealth if it wanted to do so.  In fact the
>Constitution gives the Commonwealth powers in respect to trade and commerce
>in reference to railways, but it never has been used.

The Interstate Commission is now the Productivity Commission. The
Productivity Commission was vested with the powers of the Interstate
Commission.

Dave