Industry bid for QR a stunt says treasurer

A FIERCE debate over the future of Queensland’s bulk haulage tracks intensified at the weekend with the state’s treasurer, Andrew Fraser, accusing the coal industry of undermining the controversial infrastructure sell-off.

On Monday, as the coal industry prepared to meet with union representatives on details of the plan to privatise parts of QR, there were also reports that mining companies were preparing to table a bid that would trump the...

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