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Savannah Meacham

Calls to complete Inland Rail to Queensland

Progress is slow on the Inland Rail project which was supposed to connect Brisbane and Melbourne. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Tensions are flaring between the state and federal government over the completion of a major freight line following major cost blow outs and approval delays which have slowed its progress.

Inland Rail is a 1700km rail line intended to link Melbourne and Brisbane via the regions to reduce truck volumes, highway congestion, carbon emissions and to better connect farmers to businesses.

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