Campaign News

Keep Our Railway Together

Rail Towns Win Jobs Reprieve   -  21 March 2003
The Carr Government has moved to reassure rural communities that it has not entered a secret deal to hand over control of the state’s freight rail tracks to the Commonwealth.
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Report Derails Freight Plan  -  05 March 2003
A plan to transfer control of the state’s regional freight lines to the Commonwealth would compromise safety, degrade the rail network and cost jobs, according to a damning independent report.
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Privatised Track Money Is Fools Gold  -  10 February 2003
The NSW Labor Council today warned that a proposal to give the Howard Government control over the state’s freight rail tracks would lead to job losses.
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Engineers’ Report Confirms Rail Track Fears  -  17 December 2002
Fears that safety standards will be severely compromised if the State’s freight rail tracks are handing over to the Howard Government have vindicated a union campaign against the proposal.
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Full Steam Ahead  -  04 December 2002
After two weeks of rallies around the state, rural Rail Towns are making a stand for jobs and safety. Jim Marr reports.
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Southern Jobs In Rail Firing Line  -  20 November 2002
Southern NSW Rail Towns are fighting wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance.
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Dubbo Jobs In Rail Firing Line  -  19 November 2002
Dubbo workers are fighting wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance.
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Central West Jobs In Rail Firing Line  -  18 November 2002
Central West workers are fighting wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance.
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Maitland Jobs In Rail Firing Line  -  15 November 2002
Maitland rail workers are fighting wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance.
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North West Jobs In Rail Firing Line  -  14 November 2002
North West rail workers are fighting wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance.
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North Coast Jobs In Rail Firing Line  -  12 November 2002
North Coast rail workers are fighting wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance.
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Rail Carve Up Threatens Grafton Jobs  -  11 November 2002
Grafton area rail workers face wholesale job cuts as the Howard Government moves to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance, unions have warned.
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Rail Carve Up Threatens Newcastle Jobs  -  11 November 2002
The Hunter Coal Network looms as one of the casualties of by the Howard Government to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance, unions have warned.
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Rail Carve-Up Threatens Local Jobs And Safety  -  05 November 2002
Workers in the Rail Towns across NSW are fighting plans by the Howard Government to take over the state’s rural rail track and contract out track maintenance at the expense of jobs and public safety.
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