News: Border to Gowrie
Read news about the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section of Inland Rail.
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October 3, 2024
Get to know our NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie engagement team
Our stakeholder engagement teams are your link to understanding the 12 sections of Inland Rail. Meet the locally based team supporting our NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section.
October 3, 2024
NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie Section update – October 2024
Inland Rail continues to progress the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section. In Queensland, we’re finalising the required environmental approvals, gaining land access to conduct site surveys and investigations, and securing land required for this section.
October 3, 2024
Inland Rail brings drone technology to Yelarbon State School
Our Inland Rail team recently visited Yelarbon State School for a fun and educational morning showcasing drone technology and how these devices are used on Inland Rail.
August 19, 2024
NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie Section update – August 2024
Inland Rail is still going ahead with the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section and neighbouring sections in northern NSW.
February 27, 2024
Border to Gowrie section update February 2024
We’re busy preparing additional information to support the revised draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and planning for upcoming field surveys and investigations.
December 14, 2023
Australia’s rarest waterbird thrives at Inland Rail biodiversity offset site
Australia’s rarest breeding waterbird, the Australian Painted Snipe, had been sighted at Inland Rail’s biodiversity offset site near Yelarbon, Queensland.
December 6, 2023
Important – Fire ant emergency order
In late November, the NSW Department of Primary Industries confirmed the detection of three red imported fire ant nests in South Murwillumbah in north-eastern New South Wales, 13km south of the Queensland border.
November 22, 2023
Border to Gowrie section update November 2023
Since our last update in June, in line with the Australian Government’s Independent Review of Inland Rail recommendations, work has progressed on key areas of the NSW/Qld Border to Gowrie section’s revised draft EIS for submission to Queensland’s Coordinator-General.
September 4, 2023
Two-year survey ensures the accuracy of Inland Rail
After two years Inland Rail has completed surveying and modelling of nearly 233,000 hectares of land – equivalent to the size of the Australian Capital Territory - to upgrade Queensland’s spatial cadastre as a crucial part of delivering the Inland Rail project.
June 8, 2023
Border to Gowrie section update June 2023
In line with the Australian Government’s response to the independent review of the Inland Rail program, we are now taking a staged approach to deliver Inland Rail. The sections of Inland Rail between Beveridge in Victoria and Parkes in New South Wales have been prioritised for completion by 2027. Works to complete construction works underway on the Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 project will continue.