>Is it any surprise?
>When you are a government appointee, it takes an enormous amount of
>courage to hassle your political masters for funding to improve rail
>services.
>No wonder Ian Dodd (I think) of the PTC who said that reform of the
>rail system has gone as far as it can under a government run and
>controlled system. I think his words were just as appropriate to his
>political bosses as they were to the unions.
>Putting railways on an equal footing with roads must also mean a rail
>lobby every bit as powerful as the roads.
>This is one very good reason for privitization of all rail services.
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>Les Brown
Hmmmmmm....... It would be the only reason.
Cheers
----Tell
Alice Springs NT