It was encouraging to see that the Federal Ministers for Transport and Major Projects were in discussion directly with the Victorian Government on a rail connection between Southern Cross Station and Tullamarine Airport recently. It was encouraging it was agreed, according to the media reports, that it would be completed in 10 years. What is […]
Assessment of Railway Technology
There is no doubt that railways have transformed where and how people live. A brief overview of the railway technologies and their implications is instructive in view of Australia’s population needs. Traditional rail Railways were a foundation of the industrial revolution. They took over transport from slow canals and stage-coaches in England where railways first […]
Attraction of New Cities for Settlers
Introduction The Australian population is projected to double in the next 4-5 decades to 48m. Governments are planning for the populations of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to double. They plan to superimpose the equivalent of three new cities each of 1m, totalling 3m, on the existing established inner-city and middle suburbs of populations of 3m, […]