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    • Is the Coalition ‘stacking’ tribunals? No shortage of ideological pals getting jobs before election

    The New Daily: Scott Morrison’s government has been accused of “stacking” judicial bodies with ideological friends before the election, in a bid to create a difficult environment for, as polling suggests, an incoming Labor government.
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    Portuguese incumbent awarded public service contract

     Europe
    The government has formally awarded national passenger operator CP a public service contract running for 10 years from the start of this year, with an option to extend it by five more.

    Crossrail artists takeover Selfridges shop windows

     UK
    As part of a larger scale art programme, a number of Selfridges windows have been given over to artists working on the Crossrail project.

    Germany takes leading role in re-opening of Iron Rhine

     Europe
    At the request of Flanders, Germany is prepared to take on a leading role in the negotiations over the 3RX route of the Iron Rhine.

    New railway connection port of Zeebrugge – Dourges

     Europe
    A new rail connection between the port of Zeebrugge and Dourges in northern France will be opened on 12 February. It will connect the port to the multimodal terminal Delta 3 in the French hub.

    Runaway iron ore train derailment ends up costing BHP hundreds of millions of dollars

     Western Australian Rail News
    The deliberate derailment of a fully-laden runaway iron ore train inflicts a heavy financial blow on BHP, with the incident a major contributor to a $US600 million hit to the miner's iron ore production.

    V/LINE INFRASTRUCTURE EA DELEGATE MEETING

     Victorian Rail News
    This week, V/Line Infrastructure Delegates from across the state met to formulate and endorse our 2019 EA bargaining round log of claims for the V/Line Infrastructure agreement.

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