Freight rail into PoM drops again

Andrew Miller
Updated November 10 2021 - 10:55am, first published November 5 2021 - 6:30am
ROAD CONCERN: Opposition agriculture spokesman Peter Walsh says farmers fear regional roads in the north-west will continue to be "smashed" due to the failure to finish the Murray Basin Rail Project.
ROAD CONCERN: Opposition agriculture spokesman Peter Walsh says farmers fear regional roads in the north-west will continue to be "smashed" due to the failure to finish the Murray Basin Rail Project.

Rail's market share of freight containers into the Port of Melbourne has plummeted to a new low of just over six per cent, according to the latest figures from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Journalist

I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.

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