{"id":48913,"date":"2024-05-20T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T05:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=48913"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T05:10:32","slug":"melissa-hornes-disastrous-management-of-rail-freight-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=48913","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Horne&#8217;s disastrous management of rail freight in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;While Government turns our farmland into solar farms to reduce its carbon footprint, it leaves our farmers in the lurch with increasing transport emissions.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirteen Government water authorities, including four in Melbourne, have cut carbon emissions using green energy credits from the Kiamal solar farm at Ouyen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>However, by not reinstating the direct rail route to the Ports of Geelong and Melbourne, the Government is arguably causing increased carbon emissions due to an over-reliance on road transport.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite all the \u2018messaging\u2019 from Governments, the fact remains that the decision to not reinstate the direct rail route from one of Australia\u2019s largest food bowls to the ports has caused setbacks for local businesses, and infrastructure projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$55 million GrainCorp&#8217;s Project Regeneration suspended:<\/strong>\u00a0The aim is improve train loading at seven sites across the Murray Basin Rail region including Yelta and Murrayville, while Ouyen was to get a major investment in a 1,000 tonne per hour train loader. 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