The report that regional transport minister Jenny Aitchison refused to be drawn on whether the government would buy the South Maitland railway line and turn it into a passenger line came as no real surprise ('Minister steers clear of comment on rail plans', Newcastle Herald 8/4).
The Minns government inherited a hefty bill from the previous government, much of it for infrastructure problems. Some were of questionable value and some were just plain stupid, like the closure of the railway into Newcastle and the light rail in Hunter Street.
