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Is high speed rail our national boondoggle?

By Alan Davies - posted Wednesday, 13 April 2016


Jim: What? Can we just move this thing forward? (Speaks indistinctly)

Tony:If you opened your mouth, I might…

Jim: Until the election.

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Tony: Oh! Sorry. Oh. I get it. Alright… Yes! I haven't said anything yet.

Jim: Just being supportive.

Tony: We announce that we're going to set up an authority.

Jim: An authority!

Tony: The Federal High-Speed Rail Authority, the FHSR.

Jim: The FHSR. What do they do?

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Tony: Well, what we're doing, but over a longer time frame.

Jim: And they'll be within your…

Tony: They'll be within yours! I can supply some staff – they won't last long – but it'll be a stand-alone authority, and they do a targeted study.

Jim: Brilliant.

Tony: And they have to look at acquiring the pieces of land that will secure the rail corridor, but over a long time frame, so it's virtually meaningless.

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Dr Alan Davies is a principal of Melbourne-based economic and planning consultancy, Pollard Davies Pty Ltd (davipoll@bigpond.net.au) and is the editor of the The Urbanist blog.

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