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After dumping Inland Rail, Australia has no plan to stop relying on diesel trucks for freight
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Australia has cancelled the northern section of the Inland Rail project and lacks an alternative strategy to reduce reliance on diesel trucks for intercity freight transport, raising environmental concerns.
After dumping Inland Rail, Australia has no plan to stop relying on diesel trucks for freight
Double stacked cargo freight trains like this were planned for the Inland Rail -- until its northern half from central NSW to near Brisbane was scrapped. Australian Rail Track Corporation
Every day, hundreds of trucks barrel along highways from Melbourne to Brisbane. Some B-triple trucks stretch to 36 metres or more, more than seven times the length of an average car.
Australia relies on those largely diesel-fuelled trucks for the vast majority of our intercity freight.
More trucks are on the w
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