Re: NT govt may scuttle Darwin rail

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Don't worry,

The Indonesian Govt may be more interested in developing this area than
Australia, especially when they work out we can't defend it. The area is
resource rich with only three roads into it and no rail.

Australia will have to pull their finger out and get serious about the
north, or lose it all.

Maybe Australians will begin to realise this is our gateway to the rest of
the world,

Cheers :0(
John Wayman

< Tell > <telljb@OZozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:381333a8.7464022@news.ozemail.com.au...
> dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> >
> > Today's Adelaide Advertiser reports that the NT government may withdraw
> > from the Alice Springs - Darwin project (taking its $100 million with
it)
> > over a dispute with the preferred construction tenderer. Chief Minister
> > Denis Burke says the Asia Pacific Transportation Corporation is not
> > pledging enough money to the project.
>
> Have not heard anything up here, yet.
>
> > APTC is currently trying to raise $800 million of private invesement.
The
> > SA and federal oppositions are calling on the Federal government to
invest
> > moe money in the project.
>
> Yes, it would seem that the "private" Alice to Darwin
> Railway, is very much depended on tax payers money.
>
> Opposition's promising money is easy, they do not have
> to account.  Even when Labor was in power, Bob Hawke
> sent David-SRA-Hill up here many years ago, to put the
> kybosh on the Alice to Darwin rail.
>
> Funny how, when the current Labor Opposition, Federal
> and South Australian were in government they did
> absolutely *nothing* when they were in Government to
> build this line.  The Territory government was alone.
>
> Am I a cynic.?  Yes.  59 years old makes me that way.
>
> ----Terry Burton
> [clear OZ in address for email reply]