Re: Alice-Darwin and East Timor

["Ian McFadyen" <imcfadyen@ozemail.com.au>]

Very good point. One of the main reasons for developing rail connections to
the far north is to enhance our responsiveness in military and other
emergency situations. Rail is an essential tool for the rapid transport of
food, supplies, troops and in the case of attack or natural disaster,
evacuation. Perhaps one good thing that might emerge from the current
unpleasantness with Indonesia is a realisation that a rapid, heavy duty rail
line from Darwin to the southern states needs to be completed sooner rather
than later.

Ian McFadyen