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Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association. Image\/ARA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA<\/a>), Caroline Wilkie, has welcomed hundreds of delegates and exhibitors to the Gold Coast.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“I would like to thank everyone for joining us at our largest AusRAIL ever,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We have changed the format so we have two days of concurrent sessions with over 100 speakers across the days.<\/p>\n

“It was wonderful to see so many people at the women in breakfast event this morning.”<\/p>\n

Wilkie noted some of the highlights for the ARA this year which included the Harmonisation of Rail Standards Report which was released last month.<\/p>\n

The ARA has worked hard throughout 2024 to improve gender diversity in rail. It includes a partnership with Diversity Australia, released a rport, created the Champions of Change Rail Group and the Women in Rail Mentoring Program.<\/p>\n

Wilkie spoke about the organisations support for sustainability with its new strategy, The Critical Path to Decarbonise Australia’s Rail Rolling Stock report.<\/p>\n

“I was very proud of this report,” Wilkie said.<\/p>\n

“We are working with the governments to bring together the state and Commonwealth governments to support the take up of sustainable rollingstock.”<\/p>\n

This year was the biggest year of events the ARA has done. It had 9000 attendees at its events which incuded new conferences – Light Rail, Sustainability, New Zealand, and High Speed Rail.<\/p>\n

New ARA Chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo who is attending his first AusRAIL said it was an honour to be chosen for this role.<\/p>\n

He spoke about his opportunity in his previous role with Minister Jo Haylen<\/p>\n

“What Danny and Caroline have done with the ARA is absolutley amazing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We now have a body that can truly represent the best interests of the rail industry. I am seeing passenger services supported by the governments.<\/p>\n

“When I look at freight more generally, I am disappointed. There has been more effort in grabbing the bigger slice of a smaller pie instead of growing our market share of freight.”<\/p>\n

After an extensive national recruitment process, the ARA announced the endorsment of Lucio Di Bartolomeo<\/a> as the new chair of the ARA in late October<\/a> and was sworn in on the 25th of November.<\/p>\n

“I look forward to my role here and I am excited for what is ahead,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Caroline Wilkie, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association. Image\/ARA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA), Caroline Wilkie, has welcomed hundreds of delegates and exhibitors to the \u2026 <\/p>\n

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