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Senator Chisholm made the comment to
The Observer following an Inland Rail round table meeting last week in Gladstone. The meeting was also attended by Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher, Gladstone Mayor Matt Burnett, CQUniversity Chancellor John Abbott and local economic groups. Mr O Dowd accused Senator Chisholm of playing politics over the issue. Senator Chisholm needs to stop playing politics with the people of Gladstone, he said. This is a very broad presumption and comment to make and simply not correct. Mr O Dowd said he had been a strong advocate for the Inland Rail project to be linked to the port city.
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FOR longtime Peak Crossing residents Jim and Maureen Barrow, Inland Rail has been a constant headache theyâve been fighting for the past 14 years.
As it stands, Mr Barrow says the $1.2 billion Calvert to Kagaru section of the rail line will go right through the cattle yards on their property.
He admits he is feeling âvery depressedâ as he heads into 2021.
âIt will go right through our loading ramp and cattle crush as well as taking out the trees,â he said. Inland Rail Calvert to Kagaru section.
âIt really cuts us off from 75 to 80 per cent of our property.