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Re: Melbourne to Darwin

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Melbourne to Darwin
From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)
Date: 23 Jun 1998 14:07:18 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia
References: <358F3116.6BA7F74@tierney.com.au> <6mnd9j$6mc$1@metro.usyd.edu.au> <358FA4FC.F56D4D44@ozemail.com.au>

Peter Ware (pware@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> One cynical news reporter made the observation that the route of the line seemed to
> take it through every coalition seat that was under threat from One Nation.

This is very cynical. The proposal has been around since before Pauline
got into federal parliament, and hence long before One Nation was even
created. However politicians are well known for being opportunistic, which
may be why they suddenly gave it their support.

Cheers
David

References:
- Melbourne to Darwin
  - From: Matthew Tierney <mgt@tierney.com.au>
- Re: Melbourne to Darwin
  - From: adrianw@cassius.ee.usyd.edu.au (Adrian Whichello)
- Re: Melbourne to Darwin
  - From: Peter Ware <pware@ozemail.com.au>

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