High Speed Rail Authority gets $80m to fast-track business case

The government has allocated almost $80m for a business case for the Sydney to Newcastle section of a high speed rail.

31 January, 2024

High speed rail boss to present business case

The business case for the Sydney to Newcastle stage of the High Speed Rail is expected to be complete by the end of the year.

21 January, 2024

Delivering high speed train won’t be quick, cheap or easy: rail boss

The head of the high speed rail agency says a range of key issues still have to be resolved before an east coast high speed rail can become a reality.

15 November, 2023

High Speed Rail Authority set to start work as board announced

The new HSRA, tasked with overseeing development of the high-speed east coast rail network, will start work on June 13.

5 June, 2023

Research finds $140b case for high-speed rail

A high-speed rail network could bring many benefits, including creating value uplift and increasing liveability.

21 February, 2022

Labor calls for infrastructure-led COVID recovery

Labor says investment in nation-building infrastructure is needed to resurrect the national economy.

11 May, 2020

Premier decrees mandatory e-planning

E-planning will become mandatory for all all metropolitan NSW councils from next year.

28 November, 2019

Planning the ticket to good public transport infrastructure

Collaboration and connectivity.

7 June, 2016

High Speed Rail? We’re digging a new Sydney Metro harbour crossing now, says Constance

Political Value Capture.

13 April, 2016

Is the Very Fast Train back on the Federal agenda?

Outgoing Andrew Robb revives huge project push.

29 February, 2016

Truss leaves High Speed Rail door open

By Julian Bajkowski The prospect of Australia finally building a high speed passenger rail line along the East Coast of the continent has been softly revived by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss, during a key speech to the influential Australasian Rail Association’s AusRail Plus conference in Sydney. Following […]

29 November, 2013

Rudd steers High Speed Rail pledge at Coalition

By Paul Hemsley Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made an ambitious bid to get Labor’s trailing electoral fortunes back on track on the East Coast by pitching the big-picture infrastructure vision of High Speed Rail against Tony Abbott’s smaller target Paid Parental Leave scheme as a better use of taxpayers money. Mr Rudd yesterday committed […]

27 August, 2013

Regional councils want High Speed Rail re-routed

By Paul Hemsley The Gippsland Local Government Network (GLGN) has mounted a concerted push for the Victorian and federal governments to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of a high speed rail route through its local government areas in addition to the presently preferred Hume region, arguing that the railway could be more economically beneficial if built […]

26 July, 2013