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Parkes at centre of rail investment dream
29 Mar 2005
Chris Corrigan's Patrick Corp is among backers of a proposed railway infrastructure investment for an inland line that would link Melbourne and Brisbane and serve the grain and livestock belt of western NSW. Others backing the proposal are understood to include freight operator Linfox and government-owned Queensland Rail, which is renaming itself QR National ahead of a thrust into interstate markets. The federal Government has committed $1.8 billion to upgrading the interstate rail system but this project would almost certainly depend on some private financing. The mayor of Parkes hopes the town will become the country's new inland transport hub.
The Australian, 28/03/05
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