INLAND RAIL - productivity impacts and modelling

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Status: Answered

Asked by: Senator the Hon. Matthew Canavan

Committee: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Agency: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Round: 2026-27 Budget estimates

Question No: SQ26-000986

Asked: 8 June 2026

Answer due: 16 July 2026

Question

Who has modelled the productivity cost to regional Australia of not delivering Inland Rail from Melbourne to Brisbane as originally promised? What road freight cost remains because rail is not delivered? What is the impact on farmgate prices, export logistics and regional manufacturing? Was the productivity loss modelled before funding was halted or reprofiled?

Answer

Please see attached PDF.

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