Additional Content Download
Inland Rail: Optimising Australia’s Freight Rail Network and Meeting Future Economic Need
Ahead of Australia’s first Inland Rail Summit 2018 we explore this massive new project and delve into the project management and engagement strategies being utilised to deliver the masses of proposed economic and social advantages for Australian towns and cities.
Exploring Pacific National’s New $35m Intermodal Terminal at Parkes
Ahead of the Inland
Rail Summit 2018 we chat to Richard Johnstone, Business Improvement Manager at Pacific
National, and Director of the Parkes Intermodal Project. In this Q&A
Richard shares details of the new terminal and what it will mean for
Australia’s economy and further delves into the stakeholder engagement
strategies being leveraged to ensure seamless project delivery.
Supporting and Delivering Australia’s Once-in-a-Generation Inland Rail to Deliver Future Economic Growth
Ahead of the Inland Rail Summit 2018 we chat
to Melita Lanigan-King, Director of Regional and Industry Benefits for
Inland Rail at the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. Melita,
whose role as a Director in the Inland Rail and Rail Policy Division helps
develop strategic framework and motivate and lead the team to work across
governments, local communities and industry to ensure that regions, and the
people that live in them, reap the benefits of significant investment in the
Inland Rail project.
In this article Melita chats to us about the
Inland Rail project and the Australian Government’s expectations for 2018, and
further delves into the economic benefits and opportunities
the project will provide for farmers, miners and our nation’s underdeveloped
rural areas.