Uncertain trade levels and, consequently, freight volumes have led to an interim report from Australia’s Freight Reform Panel to advise the cutting of government support for a new container facility at Port Kembla.
The Freight Reform Panel, which consists of Dr Kerry Schott AO, Lucio Di Bartolomeo, and Dr Hermione Parsons, published Freight Policy Reform: Interim Directions, this week, and advised Canberra to take a wait-and-see approach to port upgrades.
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