Re: Hamersley and National Competition Council

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <37c22d6e.5667589@news.ozemail.com.au> telljb@OZozemail.com.au (< Tell >) writes:
>From: telljb@OZozemail.com.au (< Tell >)
>Subject: Re: Hamersley and National Competition Council
>Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 03:58:47 GMT

>arthur marsh <marsh@ties.itu.int> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, no-one seems to have posted what was the lead story in the business
>> section of the Australian newspaper for Tuesday 29th June - that North
>> has failed to gain an open access agreement for the line owned and
>> operated by Hamersley Iron.
>> 
>> For some background information, look at the National Competition
>> Council's web site at http://www.ncc.gov.au and look under "Rail".
> 

>Thanks for the info Arthur.

>I am with the World's heaviest rail carriers up there
>in the Pilbara from being bothered with the Feds and
>their Bureaucracy with "National Competition".

>Let the Federal Government sort out the "Public" and
>State Railways (NSW VIC WA) first, before meddling with
>the Pilbara Railway/Railroad heavy-weights who know how
>to run cost effective trains.

>Any would be "operator" who feels they have a "right"
>to use the Pilbara track, should negotiate with the
>owners direct....  NOT through some Government/Public
>Service inspired socialist legislation.

>----Terry Burton
><< remove OZ for Email reply.>>


Following on this thread a bit , there is quite a lot of useful info on the
Nccs web Site .
http://www.ncc.gov.au/nationalcompet/part%20iiia/rail/rail.htm

Here you will find a fair amount of stuff about the lack of any progress on 
rail reform .
It also covers the proposed Track access regime for the AP to Darwin Rail line 
plus a couple of examples as to how the access charges are calculated.
There are a number of controversial issues involved with this project.
One is the handover to the Consortium of the Tarcoola to AP existing line from
the time of the signing of contracts ,(not when the new line is completed) and 
the total lack of any mention of any passenger terminal at Darwin??
Its heavy reading so have a few beers before you tackle it.

MD