Source: Gain Central
Construction began today on a new intermodal transport interchange on Queensland's Darling Downs that will link with the new Inland Rail Line and has potential to bring significant cost benefits to grain producers and exporters.
The InterLink SQ development west of Toowoomba is funded by 83 predominantly local families and includes a three-kilometre frontage along the existing Brisbane to Charleville rail line and the proposed route of the Melbourne to Bris...
Source: Warwick Daily News
AN $8.4bn federal government investment into the Australian Rail Track Corporation to deliver an Inland Rail link between Melbourne and Brisbane will be a boon to Queensland's south west.
The 1700km freight corridor will travel via Toowoomba, Parkes and Albury with links to other state capital cities via the existing Australian Rail Track Corporation network.
The so-called Steel Mississippi has long been a National Party priority.
It involv...
Source: Heath Aston
Farmers have cast doubt on Barnaby Joyce's claim that sharing government gas royalties could help deliver landowners "hundreds of thousands or possibly millions of dollars a year".
The Deputy Prime Minister has thrown his weight behind the concept of royalty-sharing agreements with farmers as a way to turn around fierce resistance to the coal-seam gas industry in rural and regional areas.
Under its new energy plan, the South Australian go...
Source: brisbanetimes.com.au
The next stage of a major gas project in Queensland's Surat Basin has been hailed as a win-win for gas supply and jobs in the region.
The Ruby Project, a joint venture between QGC and Shell, is set to drill 161 new gas wells in the region, starting later this year.
Queensland Natural Resources Minister Anthony Lynham said the project would have major benefits.
"This is wonderful news, especially because it's 350 new jobs in ...
Source: Amy Remeikis, Sean Nicholls, brisbanetimes.com.au
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has started dismantling Australia's sweeping ban on coal seam gas drilling, arguing a new scheme to divert a share of government royalties to farmers will overcome furious opposition in the bush.
Mr Joyce on Friday embraced a South Australian government plan to pay farmers 10 per cent of royalties in exchange for allowing gas wells on their land, saying the scheme should be ...
