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| Kevin Rudd gets on board high-speed rail plan with $52m pledge | Kevin Rudd gets on board high-speed rail plan with $52m pledge |
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| Labor has pledged to deliver high-speed rail between Sydney and Melbourne by 2035, with the prime minister, Kevin Rudd, promising $52m to get the multibillion-dollar project started. | Labor has pledged to deliver high-speed rail between Sydney and Melbourne by 2035, with the prime minister, Kevin Rudd, promising $52m to get the multibillion-dollar project started. |
| Rudd said a Labor government would introduce legislation to preserve a 1,748km rail corridor between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and set up a new authority to oversee delivery of the project. | Rudd said a Labor government would introduce legislation to preserve a 1,748km rail corridor between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and set up a new authority to oversee delivery of the project. |
| "This is an exciting project for Australia's future," Rudd said of the rail plan, which Labor says is crucial to supporting jobs beyond the China mining boom. | "This is an exciting project for Australia's future," Rudd said of the rail plan, which Labor says is crucial to supporting jobs beyond the China mining boom. |
| The funding promise is in response to a final report of the High Speed Rail Advisory Group, which has recommended completion of a first stage between Sydney and Melbourne, via Canberra, by 2035. | The funding promise is in response to a final report of the High Speed Rail Advisory Group, which has recommended completion of a first stage between Sydney and Melbourne, via Canberra, by 2035. |
| Once completed, a train journey between the two state capitals would take two hours and 44 minutes, compared with the current travel time by rail of about 11 hours or the flying time of one hour and 30 minutes. | Once completed, a train journey between the two state capitals would take two hours and 44 minutes, compared with the current travel time by rail of about 11 hours or the flying time of one hour and 30 minutes. |
| The journey would also take in stops in the Southern Highlands, Wagga Wagga, Albury Wodonga and Shepparton. | The journey would also take in stops in the Southern Highlands, Wagga Wagga, Albury Wodonga and Shepparton. |
| Rudd said the 2035 rail plan would be cheaper than the opposition's paid parental leave scheme. | Rudd said the 2035 rail plan would be cheaper than the opposition's paid parental leave scheme. |
| "Put that into context – what is more necessary for the nation's future?" Rudd asked reporters in Sydney. | "Put that into context – what is more necessary for the nation's future?" Rudd asked reporters in Sydney. |
| "A high-speed rail network which links these vital cities along Australia's east coast, or an unaffordable, unfair paid parental leave scheme?" | "A high-speed rail network which links these vital cities along Australia's east coast, or an unaffordable, unfair paid parental leave scheme?" |
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