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Inquiry into the integration of regional rail and road networks and their interface with ports

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Report

On Monday 13 August 2007, the House Standing Committee on Transport and Regional Services tabled the report on its inquiry into the integration of regional rail and road networks and their interface with ports, The Great Freight Task: Is Australia’s transport network up to the challenge?

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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 11 chapters and 6 appendices.

The Great Freight Task: Is Australia’s transport network up to the challenge?

Preliminary pages (PDF 127KB)
Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations

Chapter 1 (PDF 47KB)
Australia’s Transport Network

Chapter 2 (PDF 306KB)
Australia’s Transport Task

Chapter 3 (PDF 625KB)
The Ports

Chapter 4 (PDF 1128KB)
Rail

Chapter 5 (PDF 1635KB)
Road Infrastructure

Chapter 6 (PDF 1389KB)
Intermodal Facilities

Chapter 7 (PDF 184KB)
Coastal Shipping

Chapter 8 (PDF 191KB)
Role of the Three Tiers of Government

Chapter 9 (PDF 100KB)
Eastern States’ Inland Rail Corridor

Chapter 10 (PDF 191KB)
Intelligent Tracking Technology

Chapter 11 (PDF 79KB)
Cross-border Issues

Appendix A (PDF 112KB)
Appendix A – List of submissions

Appendix B (PDF 95KB)
Appendix B – List of exhibits

Appendix C (PDF 106KB)
Appendix C - List of public hearings and witnesses

Appendix D (PDF 2160KB)
Appendix D - Maps of major infrastructure projects

Appendix E (PDF 172KB)
Appendix E - North-South Rail Corridor – DOTARS Study

Appendix F (PDF 262KB)
Appendix F - Port Infrastructure Matrix

Appendix G (PDF 53KB)
Appendix G -The Dalrymple Bay Coal Chain

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