Re: Qld Coalition - Transport Policy

["JohnMcCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

Garry R. Ford <coal.comms.pol@merddyn.apana.org.au> wrote in article
<357E5B40.385729DA@merddyn.apana.org.au>...
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> 8
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>              NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA (QUEENSLAND)
>          LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA (QUEENSLAND DIVISION)
>                          (the “Coalition”)
>                                  
>                          TRANSPORT POLICY

       <snip>
 > RAIL

       <snip again> 

> In  undertaking the following initiatives, a primary focus of  the
> Coalition will be to maximise the potential of existing corridors:-
 > ·     Redevelop freight distribution centres with both railway and
>    private  enterprise personnel, in strategic centres  throughout
>    Queensland.
> ·     Enable  Q-Link road transport division to become  a  private
>    sector operation.

(Gets up on soapbox)

Why is it that governments seem to be locked into the idea that 
railways have to restrict themselves to rail operations only?

Q-Link road ops make up only a fraction of their total freight task, yet	
it is the picked-on part of the business - why?

Why can't Q-link compete nose-to-nose with road transport?	

(Gets off soapbox, and shuffles away before the rotten tomatoes
start flying)


John McCandless	
johnmc@topend.com.au

CLONCURRY, NWQ