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39 comments on A Vision Splendid or Selective Myopia: Exploiting the Australia 2020 Summit
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Yeah - I think it will be a week or two until the site appears.
Ian Dunlop is a good suggestion. Bruce Robinson is another obvious candidate.
Anyone else spring to mind ?
Maybe we should send Phil - he's pretty presentable - and the train journey from Melbourne isn't too onerous :-)
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Hmmm - are you saying there isn't a Canberra - Melbourne rail link ?
I thought there was one from Sydney - Melbourne - so presumably it doesn't go via Canberra ?
I quite like the idea of building one of those new French AGV train lines between Melbourne and the Sunshine Coast - a diabolically expensive concept perhaps, but I still find it enticing...
The 'fast' XPT to Sydney is not popular in regional Vic, its introduction has seen much cheaper all-stops services reduced.
Anyone know of plans to extend rail service to Canberra? I can't see it soon, a) it'll be a cold day in Alice Springs before politicians choose to give up Qantas Club for rail and $5 pies, & b) who else wants to go to Canberra.
Obviously I'd love to go but I doubt I'll get an invite :-)
The 'XPT' is pretty third world in terms of the express part of XPT. The line from Sydney to Brisbane is even worse. And yes it requires a bus to get to Canberra.
I'd settle for a lot less than the TGV. The current trains could travel a lot faster if the track was brought up to a slightly more modern standard.
cheers
Phil.