Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) discussions about East Coast High Speed Rail (HSR) have been going on for many years, and

(ii) under this Government there has been no meaningful action to progress East Coast HSR, and that ongoing delays raise the possibility of a proposed route being developed by other interests; and

(b) calls on the Government to immediately establish a High Speed Rail Authority in legislation to formalise discussions with state, territory and local governments, as well as industry and the community, to commence work on preserving the HSR corridor and progress other early planning, so that environmental and social impact studies can commence in 2015.

Question agreed to.