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First sentence, yeah undeniable.

Second sentence entirely ignores the reality of regional Australia and it's overwhelming influence on politics to make terrible decisions that is a burden on the nation as a whole. A single marginal electorate left out of the final station decision will mean it's a nonstarter. And I can name 3 right now.

Also ignores how hard it is to build infrastructure in Australia today, the entire landscape is full of parasites. As much as I enjoy commenting about American lobbyists and it's negative outcomes, the reality is our lobbyists are infrastructure behemoths who probably do more damage to society keeping the status quo. The entir tender process is broken beyond a few million on offer.

You simply can't build big infrastructure projects in Australia anymore, the entire process has been hijacked by corporations.

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A counterpoint - the inland rail project isn't exactly small.

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But it's focused squarely in freight, not passengers.

https://inlandrail.artc.com.au/