Opportunities for Moree workers and businesses to share in Inland Rail benefits

The first sod of soil was turned on Friday, marking the beginning of construction of the Narrabri to North Star section of the Inland, so now is the time for Moree suppliers and job seekers to find out how they can get involved in the $693 million project.

Inland Rail Project

The first Inland Rail works around Forbes could go out to tender within 12 months.

This 100-year-old rail line could connect Canberra to the coast

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The future of the office in the work from home era

Letters to the Editor

In these troubled times, there is one constant and that is whenever new offices are planned, or transport upgrades announced, a chorus of voices will cry out together that it’s not needed any more. We’re working from home now, so why waste money on this they say.

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Treasurer couples himself to electric trains to Wyndham Vale within a decade

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Electric trains will run to Wyndham Vale within five to 10 years, Treasurer Tim Pallas has confirmed amid fears the desperately needed rail upgrade for the booming west had been put on the backburner.

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