Long Distance Travel & Freight

Qantas ignores passengers in union-busting tactics

Blog Post | Blog of Sarah Hanson-Young
Tuesday 1st November 2011, 7:56am
by ParisLord in

For years Qantas has marketed itself to the world with the Peter Allen song, "I still call Australia home."

Greens Leader’s statement on the Canberra convoy

Media Release | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Sunday 21st August 2011, 3:52pm
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"Some might call the predicted thousands of trucks descending on Canberra ending up as hundreds (ABC, 21/8/11) a ‘flop', but these Australians have every right to a peaceful presence on the parliamentary lawns," Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.


"It seems like the prime qualification to be there is to be angry about something - these are Abbott's angry people," Senator Brown said.


"But it seems their views on some issues are fairly shorted sighted, very ‘me-now'."


"The number of angry people in Canberra tomorrow will increase much more than the numbers of truckers arriving in town," Senator Brown predicted.


 


 

High speed rail on the 7pm Project

Greens TV | Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP
Friday 5th August 2011, 10:40am
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Adam Bandt joins the 7PM Project on the day the Government releases a $20 million study into high speed rail. The study was a precondition of the Greens and Adam supporing the Government.

Infrastructure and Transport

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Tuesday 31st May 2011, 9:14pm
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Rural and Regional Affairs Committee   Thrusday 26 May 2011

Senator LUDLAM: I was expecting to put some of these to Infrastructure Australia, so you might want to help with a bit of traffic management and I can boot some of them off to Mr Deegan on notice.


Mr Mrdak: Certainly. What were the questions in relation to?

National freight strategy vital but climate and peak oil absent

Media Release | Spokesperson Christine Milne, Scott Ludlam
Tuesday 22nd February 2011, 2:17pm
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The Australian Greens today welcomed Infrastructure Australia's first steps towards a coordinated national approach to freight planning, but called for a major shift in focus to take account of climate change and peak oil.

"Now that we are finally starting a process of coordinated national freight planning, surely that work has to focus on climate change and peak oil, with proper planning for a more efficient, low emissions future," Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said.

"There is a long history of messy, ad hoc transport and freight development in Australia and the Greens have long called for a national approach.

"However, this first report still seems to see the main avenues for increasing productivity in avoiding the bottlenecks in the old means of transport.

Western Australian Government robs rail to pay for roads

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Thursday 20th January 2011, 4:01pm
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The Greens have urged the State Government to prioritise rail and light rail development in Western Australia.

The Greens' federal spokesperson for transport, Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam, said the Barnett government needed to take a comprehensive approach to solving the state's transport problems.

Greens Road Safety strategy will save lives

Media Release | Spokesperson Christine Milne
Tuesday 3rd August 2010, 12:07pm
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For too long, the Commonwealth government has placed the responsibility of reducing road deaths and injuries firmly in the laps of state and local governments, says Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Christine Milne.

"Today, the Greens will address the needless deaths on our roads with the launch of our ‘Towards Zero' national road safety strategy.

"Our strategy aims to radically reduce road deaths through joint, cooperative actions between all government tiers, advocacy groups and road users.

Greens Support Northern Rail Freight Bypass

Media Release | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Friday 30th July 2010, 12:10pm
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The Australian Greens support the campaign for the Northern Rail Freight Bypass, and immediate action to relieve pressure on communities in the Adelaide Hills, according to Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.


Senator Hanson-Young says issues of noise, inconvenience and bushfire risk emphasise the need to re-route freight trains.


"When the Belair railway line was built in 1883, no one could have known we would have freight trains more than a kilometre long regularly using the track,'' Senator Hanson-Young said.

Removal of Casino to Murwillumbah Rail line

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Wednesday 3rd February 2010, 12:00am
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Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Question No.: IA 06
Division/Agency: Infrastructure Australia
Hansard Page: 24 (20/10/09)

Senator Ludlam asked:
Senator LUDLAM-Right. So there is a rail corridor there. The communities in that part of the country actually were created along that rail line. The New South Wales government is now looking at going further than taking the service off the line and taking the line out all together. I realise that your role is mainly about provision of infrastructure, but what role would you play if a government was considering taking out a key piece of infrastructure?

WA Grain Lines

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Wednesday 3rd February 2010, 12:00am
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Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Question No.: NB-II 03

Division/Agency: Nation Building - Infrastructure Investment
Hansard Page: 24 (20/10/09)

Senator Ludlam asked:

Senator LUDLAM-I might be able to provide you with some material as well. It seems that you are in discussions with some of those groups, and I realise that it is quite a politically charged issue. Moving across the country to Western Australia, can you tell us the status of your thinking on the grain line? Again, there is a proposal to basically eliminate quite a bit of the rail track in WA.