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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government launches a new campaign to recruit more women to become train drivers, saying there is no reason it should be a male-dominated field.
Topics: rail-transport, industry, transport, government-and-politics, parliament, states-and-territories, nsw
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Mining giant Glencore confirms more freight will be on the road in north Queensland after rail company Aurizon lost its contract.
Topics: rail-transport, road-transport, mining-rural, mining-industry, mount-isa-4825, hughenden-4821, townsville-4810, richmond-4822
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| UpdatedSecurity guards that patrol Melbourne's train stations and depots claim they are being underpaid for risky and dangerous work.
Topics: work, industrial-relations, rail-transport, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA new line to Ellenbrook could reduce city commuting times for residents in Perth's north-eastern corridor by up to 30 minutes, WA Labor says while spruiking its Metronet rail system.
Topics: elections, rail-transport, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, ellenbrook-6069, wa
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| UpdatedState and Federal ministers are asked to consider changing legislations after Federal Court ruling on Indigenous Land Agreements questions mining, gas, ports, infrastructure and national park legality.
Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, coal, rural, rail-transport, sea-transport, national-parks, native-title, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMember for Ferny Grove Mark Furner will be elevated to State Cabinet to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former transport minister Stirling Hinchliffe.
Topics: state-parliament, rail-transport, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, qld
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| UpdatedWorkplace rules and overtime for staff will be amended as part of the overhaul of Queensland Rail to improve train services for passengers, Acting Transport Minister Jackie Trad says.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, alp, unions, brisbane-4000, robina-4226
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| UpdatedThe Federal Transport Minister has promised to help improve the state's "slowest and most unreliable" transport services to Gippsland.
Topics: rail-transport, transport, federal-government, local-government, bairnsdale-3875, sale-3850, traralgon-3844, morwell-3840
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| UpdatedA shortage of driving instructors meant Queensland Rail staff who were supposed to be learning how to operate trains were left "sitting about" during the state's rail crisis, the drivers' union claims.
Topics: government-and-politics, unions, rail-transport, state-parliament, parliament, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedLabor says it will not use state debt to fund its $2.5 billion Metronet plan, while Deputy Premier Liza Harvey takes to the streets of Perth to sell the Big Issue.
Topics: elections, rail-transport, wa
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| UpdatedLabor's flagship $2.5 billion Metronet rail plan will be funded through a range of funding sources and will not impact net debt, Opposition Leader Mark McGowan says.
Topics: elections, rail-transport, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, ellenbrook-6069, yanchep-6035, wa
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| UpdatedTransport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe resigns in response to a damning commission of inquiry into Queensland Rail that finds complacency and "unwieldy" management led to a driver shortage and timetable failures.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWA Labor promises to spend $410 million on building railcars for the proposed expansion of Metronet if elected, using local manufacturers.
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Australia's largest rail freight operator Aurizon says it will take a $321 million hit to its accounts when it reports its half-yearly earnings, while Iluka takes a non-cash impairment of $141 million.
Topics: company-news, rail-transport, mining-industry, stockmarket, australia
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After almost 30 years in operation the Gold Coast's iconic Broadbeach monorail runs its last circuit.
Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, history, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedSA's Opposition wants to overhaul Adelaide's freight network by creating a new road and rail bypass of the city and building a 24-hour airport at Monarto.
Topics: air-transport, rail-transport, road-transport, industry, states-and-territories, business-economics-and-finance, liberals, sa, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, monarto-south-5254
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| UpdatedPost-TPP, Australian miners and service providers hope US President Donald Trump will get through another pledge — his massive infrastructure spend.
Topics: mining-rural, road-transport, rail-transport, international-aid-and-trade, trade, mining-industry, perth-6000, united-states
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| UpdatedThe WA Nationals want to use funds from their proposed state mining tax to resurrect a long-touted plan to connect Perth's passenger rail network to the regional city of Bunbury.
Topics: government-and-politics, rail-transport, bunbury-6230, mandurah-6210, wa
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| UpdatedA transport safety authority's report into a freight train derailment in Tasmania is questioned by the rail operator's CEO, who admits he has not read the report "completely".
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| UpdatedBad planning by Queensland Rail rostering managers who expected too many crews to work on rostered days off is to blame for the Christmas Day cancellation of 235 train services, Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe gives his strongest indication yet that more heads will roll at Queensland Rail over the driver shortage, saying he believes further change in management is needed.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Opposition questions the skill level of the South Australian Transport Department after Freedom of Information documents reveal the Government paid consultants to deal with train driver enterprise agreement negotiations.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, road-transport, rail-transport, transport, adelaide-5000, sa