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Signal from bush: maintain the rail
21 Jun 2004
The NSW Treasurer is under pressure to put more money into the state's country rail services after NSW Country Labor's conference passed a motion yesterday calling for the reinstatement of the Casino-to-Murwillumbah line. Conference delegates also supported a motion for no further cuts to country rail services.
The Government's decision to scrap the Casino-to-Murwillumbah line in its recent mini-Budget has prompted strong protests from local residents and businesses.
NSW Treasurer Michael Egan denied yesterday also that the Government would sell softwood plantation forests to fund NSW's ailing rail system. Instead, the funds would come from borrowings of Railcorp, the private company that runs NSW's trains, he stated.
The Australian, 21/6/04.
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