Grattan Institute destroys High Speed Rail

Tuesday 12 March 2019

Hot on the heels of Judith Sloan’s demolition job last week, the Grattan Institute has joined the growing conga-line of analysts shredding Anthony Albanese’s brain fart to build a High Speed Rail (HSR) line linking the east coast capitals. From The ABC:

In 2013 the Rudd government put the cost of a Brisbane to Melbourne via Sydney and Canberra route at an eye-watering $114 billion.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.