Shadow Assistant Treasurer StephenJonesMP has reinforced Labor’s strong support for high-speed trains saying it will be key priority on the party's infrastructure agenda ahead of the next election.
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones has reinforced Labor’s strong support for high-speed trains saying it will be key priority on the party's infrastructure agenda ahead of the next election. Mr Jones said Labor leader Anthony Albanese has been “passionate about this since he came into parliament.
” “The benefit of high-speed rail is it connects our major cities and the regional towns along the way, and it means people can move out of the cities and into regional Australia," he told Sky News. “If we’ve learnt anything from the COVID pandemic, we’ve learnt that a hell of a lot of work can be done from almost anywhere.
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