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David Brown: China is the country with the longest, very fast train system. Spain is the next. And then, we have the great example of Japan. And now, other countries are coming onboard. Britain and America have plans to build very fast train projects.
Should Australia follow suit? To discuss this I have on the line Ken Dobinson from 10,000 Friends of Greater Sydney. Ken, thanks for your time and should Australia have its own very fast train system?
Ken Dobinson: In my view, very much yes. We’ve got huge, wide open spaces. And we need, really need better 21st century connections between our main centers. That’s like Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane. But in North Rail, if we had fast trains between these center, it would also enable our regional centers to grow like for example Albury with Lismore. And this, in turn, would reduce the stress on our major cities. So I see it as all being very, very positive.
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