Hyperloop: high-speed rail network that could come to Australia
According to Hyperloop One, a technological company invested in the development of a new high-speed rail network, a route between Sydney and Melbourne could serve as a possible testing ground for lightning-fast travel over long […] Read More »
PN starts the blame game
Last Wednesday & Thursday we met with PN management in an attempt to negotiate your new agreement. With next to no progress, after around nine or 10 meeting days, the only thing that has been agreed is that there […] Read More »
Secretary’s wrap
“In short, the very wealthy have too much power in our country and ordinary Australians – working people – do not have enough.” That’s how ACTU Secretary Sally McManus summed up today’s Australia at her Press […] Read More »
We stand up, we fight back: Sally McManus
ACTU Secretary Sally McManus called for an historic $45-a-week increase to the minimum wage during a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday. She also reiterated her belief that when laws are unjust, she doesn’t see […] Read More »
Commuters will have months of pain, but Gladys Berejiklian never asked if it was worth it
Commuters will have months of pain, but Gladys Berejiklian never asked if it was worth it, writes Jacob Saulwick, City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald. “What was never explored was whether Berejiklian could simply have built […] Read More »
Built in NSW and still going strong
Comeng got it right, all those years ago… Read More »
Delays, congestion ahead during Epping-Chatswood link closure
SEVENTY-FOUR extra buses between 8 and 9am on already congested roads. MORE than 5000 people boarding buses at Macquarie University Station in the evening peak hour. FIFTY-EIGHT extra buses on Waterloo Rd, Macquarie Park, between 8 […] Read More »
Push for new XPT assembly in Orange
Member for Orange Phil Donato is pushing for NSW’s replacement XPT fleet to be assembled in Orange, after the NSW Government announced earlier this month that it would aim for the trains to be assembled in […] Read More »
Kangy Angy before and after the rain
Kangy Angy might look like an ok spot to build the New Intercity Fleet (NIF) maintenance centre on a good day: But here’s how it looked after recent heavy rain: This is not a one-off […] Read More »
Vic PN Rural & Bulk to commence industrial action
The Victorian Locomotive Division has advised PN Rural and Bulk (R&B Victoria) that Victorian Locomotive Division members employed by PN R&B (in Victoria) will commence protected industrial action against Pacific National R&B from Wednesday 22nd […] Read More »