Re: Latest from the NSW rumour mill

[tmid@ozemail.com.au (TM)]

On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:08:56 GMT, mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie
Daly) wrote:


>Privatising Freightcorp makes sense, but not 49% of it .
>You would have to sell the lot to get a good price and you would also have to 
>sell or lease the tracks , a la Victoria.
>It needs to be done soon though before the Hunter Valley is opened for 
>competition, I beleive this is 2002.
>
>MD

If the haulage of coal in the Hunter Valley isn't open to competition
then why is Powercoal currently calling for tenders for the haulage of
coal by rail from Newstan colliery to the Kooragang and Pt Waratah
coal loaders? Wasn't National Rail a bidder on the Shell and Rio Tinto
contracts at the end of 98?