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Queensland Rail

January 2023

Trains at Southern Cross station in Melbourne.

National cabinet seeks to end scourge of multiple rail systems

Government leaders have declared they want an end to the lack of interoperability between Australia’s 29 highly fragmented rail networks.

  • Tom Burton

May 2020

Presien chief technology officer Nathan Kirchner and Presien chief executive officer Kieran MacKenzie founded an AI led company that uses new technology to develop safer automated systems for use in construction and mining.

Construction giant spins out AI start-up to tackle workplace accidents

CSIRO's Main Sequence Ventures fund has invested $4 million in Presien, a tech company that began as a project inside Laing O'Rourke to test AI vision.

  • Natasha Gillezeau

February 2020

Andrew Harding says competition for Queensland coal haulage customers will become tougher.

Aurizon sharpens up for G&W's arrival in Queensland

Competition is getting tougher in Aurizon's core Queensland coal haulage market.

  • Jenny Wiggins

November 2019

Aurizon is challenging G&W's attempts to sell its Australian rail business to the Macquarie Group in court.

Aurizon was offered G&W rail assets for $627m

The Queensland rail company claims Macquarie was offered better terms to buy Genesee & Wyoming's Australian rail business.

  • Jenny Wiggins

August 2019

Analysts are worried that Aurizon will have to reprice coal haulage contracts at lower prices, hurting earnings.

Aurizon takes the safe track

Aurizon investors will benefit from stock buybacks but competition is hurting pricing in its coal haulage business.

  • Jenny Wiggins

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