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Can the new High Speed Rail Authority deliver after 4 decades of costly studies?

  • Written by Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
Can the new High Speed Rail Authority deliver after 4 decades of costly studies?The Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan.Philip Laird, Author provided

Australia’s new High Speed Rail Authority comes into being today. Created by the Albanese government, the authority and its newly named board have been set a challenging task: “bring high-speed rail to reality”.

Nearly four decades after it was first proposed, Australia...

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