Re: National Rail Taskforce

["Darren Yates" <dyates@pnc.com.au>]

The Fin Review is planning a special feature on Rail sometime later this
year.
Should also be well worth a read...

Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
>The final report of the National Rail Taskforce establised by the PM under
the
>chairmanship of Mr Jack Smorgan to make recomendations as to how and what
>should be done to enhance rails competitiveness is available fro DOTs
>Website .
>http://www.dot.gov.au/land/rail/RailProjTask/index.htm
>
>For most readers of this group there is nothing new in this report as its
all
>common sense , unfortunately that the pollies cant see it though.
>
>One of the more interesting recommendations is that all future Federal
Funding
>for Rail must be conditional on State cooperation ,(here I wouldnt hold my
>breath) and also that the States totally get out of running their own
freight
>trains .
>
>Its worth a read
>
>MD
>