
Rail bypassed as roads bear freight burden
The vast bulk of Australia’s goods are carried by more and increasingly bigger trucks while the rail network is starved of investment to make it more efficient, writes Philip Laird.
The vast bulk of Australia’s goods are carried by more and increasingly bigger trucks while the rail network is starved of investment to make it more efficient, writes Philip Laird.
Cruise ships may have disappeared from South Australian waters in the wake of COVID-19 but there is no slowing the number of container vessels gliding into our ports.
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