MURRAY BASIN RAIL PROJECT
Chris McCormack’s article (News Weekly, June 27, 2020) correctly describes the Murray Basin rail network, as a “monumental stuff-up”. The fiasco began with the Victorian government’s glossy booklet, wherein it stated that the Murray Basin was in northeastern Victoria. (Weekly Times, January 4, 2017)
Today, track conversions are incomplete and over budget. With great fanfare, the last broad-gauge steam train to Wycheproof ran in 2017. Then another “last ste…
