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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Michael McGowan

Sydney rail union dispute could go into 2023 under ‘worst-case scenario’, NSW transport minister says

NSW transport minister David Elliott speaking to the media in February.
NSW transport minister David Elliott says a ‘best-case scenario’ could see the rail dispute wrapped up within days, but warned that it depended on the union agreeing to bargain ‘in good faith’. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The New South Wales transport minister, David Elliott, has warned that industrial action that has crippled Sydney’s rail network could continue for another six months under a “worst-case scenario”.

Appearing before a budget estimates hearing on Friday, Elliott also conceded there was “no way in the world” the government would meet a commitment made by his predecessor, Andrew Constance, to replace the state’s entire bus fleet with electric vehicles by 2030.

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