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I understand Mr Scales is being appointed as a board member of the HSRA

https://www.miragenews.com/all-aboard-high-speed-rail-authority-1019944/

The Australian Government has announced the appointments to the Board of the High Speed Rail Authority which will formally commence operations on 13 June 2023.

The board of the High Speed Rail Authority will be chaired by Ms Jill Rossouw.

The four other board members will be:

Ms Gillian Brown
Ms Dyan Crowther OBE
Mr Ian Hunt
Mr Neil Scales OBE

https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1665527706035929088

I think Diane's name is spelled Dyane. And she's the CEO of HS1 UK.

National Faster Rail Agency thread --->

https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=13815.0  (now locked)

You would think you would have someone from say Japan, France, Germany?  Uk doing ok but I feel way way behind Europe, etc.

Quote from: #Metro on June 05, 2023, 11:09:36 AMI think Diane's name is spelled Dyane. And she's the CEO of HS1 UK.

Correct almost " Ms Dyan Crowther OBE is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) "

https://www.miragenews.com/all-aboard-high-speed-rail-authority-1019944/

High Speed Rail Authority – Biographies

Ms Jill Rossouw is an accomplished Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair, with multi-sector Board experience across privatised transport infrastructure entities, social infrastructure and public healthcare. She is currently Executive Director, Infrastructure at IFM Investors and a Board member of the Port of Brisbane. She is a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds multiple qualifications in the finance sector including a Master of Philosophy in Finance (University of Cambridge, UK).

Ms Dyan Crowther OBE is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of High Speed One (HS1) Ltd, responsible for owning, operating and maintaining the HS1 high-speed railway in the United Kingdom (UK). She has extensive Board experience has a Masters in Transport and Logistics from Salford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Ms Gillian Brown is an experienced non-executive director with expertise in transport, infrastructure and fund management. She is current a director of Ausgrid and a non-executive director of Queensland Investment Corporation). She has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Ian Hunt is a former infrastructure CEO with over 30 years' experience in engineering and project management. His business management experience includes leadership of major project delivery and engineering services organisations and he was CEO of Moorebank Intermodal Company, a Commonwealth government business enterprise. Mr Hunt is currently a non-executive director of Canberra Light Rail and the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.

Mr Neil Scales OBE is an experienced infrastructure leader and was most recently the Director-General of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. He was formerly the CEO of Translink and the Director-General of Merseytravel in the UK. He has held numerous board positions and is currently chair of Austroads, a commissioner of the National Transport Commission and a member of the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council.

QuoteYou would think you would have someone from say Japan, France, Germany?  Uk doing ok but I feel way way behind Europe, etc.

There seems to be a UK/Anglophone bias. But that might be because they post the job ad in English and don't really look that hard...

Shepparton News --> High-speed rail appointments to put major plan on track

QuoteFast trains connecting Sydney to Newcastle and Melbourne to Brisbane will be the responsibility of a new authority as the federal government announces key board appointments.

Jill Rossouw will chair the board of the high-speed rail authority, which will formally begin operating on June 13.

Ms Roussow is currently the infrastructure executive director at IFM Investors and a board member of the Port of Brisbane. ...

Media Release

5th June 2023

The Hon Catherine King MP
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

All aboard High Speed Rail Authority

The Australian Government has announced the appointments to the Board of the High Speed Rail Authority which will formally commence operations on 13 June 2023.

The board of the High Speed Rail Authority will be chaired by Ms Jill Rossouw.

The four other board members will be:

Ms Gillian Brown
Ms Diane Dyan Crowther OBE
Mr Ian Hunt
Mr Neil Scales OBE

A merit-based process was recently completed to select the Board members of the High Speed Rail Authority, including the Chair.

This process has resulted in a Board comprising the appropriate skills, qualifications, knowledge and experience to best bring high-speed rail to reality.

The High Speed Rail Authority will oversee the development of the high-speed rail network along the east coast of Australia.

High speed rail will revolutionise interstate travel on the east coast, providing a fast alternative for people to move between cities and regional centres, promoting sustainable settlement patterns and creating broad economic benefits for regional centres.

This is a transformational project that has the ability to touch the lives of all Australians, particularly in our regions.

The network could allow passengers to travel between major cities and regional centres at speeds exceeding 250 kilometres per hour.

The first priority of the Authority will be planning and corridor works for the Sydney to Newcastle section of the high-speed rail network, backed by a $500 million commitment from the Australian Government.

High Speed Rail Authority – Biographies

Ms Jill Rossouw is an accomplished Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair, with multi-sector Board experience across privatised transport infrastructure entities, social infrastructure and public healthcare. She is currently Executive Director, Infrastructure at IFM Investors and a Board member of the Port of Brisbane. She is a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds multiple qualifications in the finance sector including a Master of Philosophy in Finance (University of Cambridge, UK).

Ms Dyan Crowther OBE is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of High Speed One (HS1) Ltd, responsible for owning, operating and maintaining the HS1 high-speed railway in the United Kingdom (UK). She has extensive Board experience has a Masters in Transport and Logistics from Salford University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Ms Gillian Brown is an experienced non-executive director with expertise in transport, infrastructure and fund management. She is current a director of Ausgrid and a non-executive director of Queensland Investment Corporation). She has an LLB (Hons) from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Ian Hunt is a former infrastructure CEO with over 30 years' experience in engineering and project management.  His business management experience includes leadership of major project delivery and engineering services organisations and he was CEO of Moorebank Intermodal Company, a Commonwealth government business enterprise. Mr Hunt is currently a non-executive director of Canberra Light Rail and the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.

Mr Neil Scales OBE is an experienced infrastructure leader and was most recently the Director-General of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. He was formerly the CEO of Translink and the Director-General of Merseytravel in the UK. He has held numerous board positions and is currently chair of Austroads, a commissioner of the National Transport Commission and a member of the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council.

Almost everyone on the board has either worked in the UK or studied there, with the exception of Ms. Brown.

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Oh dear, they misspelled an OBE holder's name in the official government release.

 

Quote from: #Metro on June 05, 2023, 12:40:47 PMOh dear, they misspelled an OBE holder's name in the official government release.

 

Yo, that is why the media outlets are getting it wrong.

This is the sort of thing that should be correct. 

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1665553920674918400

Why doesn't Australia have high speed rail? | ABC News

The Top 10 High Speed Rail Systems in the World!

So hsr is dead in australia then??

All of TMR would be wondering about the lies they were told..
that's the measure of this man.

No return to UK either, apparently.

Quote from: HappyTrainGuy on June 05, 2023, 13:47:25 PMSo hsr is dead in australia then??

Well, it is not alive,  which is possibly a pre-requisite for being dead? 

QuoteAll of TMR would be wondering about the lies they were told..
that's the measure of this man.

No return to UK either, apparently.

Board positions are advisory and often like a contract consultant (fee for service). They may not be employees or full time. I would imagine it could be done remotely as well.

It is common to have someone on multiple boards for different companies, NGOs, and authorities simultaneously.

They did not share political parties, by PM Anthony Albanese and former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fishcher are/were (in the case of Mr Fischer) rail enthusiasts.

https://anthonyalbanese.com.au/opinion-piece-as-australia-races-to-25-million-people-its-infrastructure-must-keep-up-tuesday-7-august-2018

https://www.railexpress.com.au/tributes-pour-in-for-tireless-rail-advocate-tim-fischer

We don't have enough 24/7 power generation to support HSR in Australia. Countries with successful HSR networks have extensive sources of power generation including Nuclear.

They may get away with it in the short term  with the proposed 200km from Sydney to Newcastle but for an extensive network they will require nuclear power generation.

Nuclear power
Pros:

• Reliable and low-cost source of baseload power
• Can operate 24/7
• Does not produce greenhouse gases

Cons:

• Initial expense of building
• Produces radioactive waste
• Risk mitigation

Renewable energy
Pros:

• Clean and sustainable
• Does not produce greenhouse gases
• Becoming increasingly cost-competitive

Cons:

• Intermittent, thus requires expensive battery backup
• May require large areas of land
• May have visual impact

Quote from: verbatim9 on June 05, 2023, 18:29:59 PMWe don't have enough 24/7 power generation to support HSR in Australia. Countries with successful HSR networks have extensive sources of power generation including Nuclear.

They may get away with it in the short run  with the proposed 200km from Sydney to Newcastle but for an extensive network they will require nuclear power generation.

Umm, what?!? Of all the reasons i've heard about why Australia doesn't have HSR, that has got to be the most out there and most incorrect, and that's really saying something.

Anyway we have until 2040s when the first train is likely to be on the tracks. This gives us time to build a couple of nuclear power stations around the place to help shore up our electrical generation capacity.

I mean there was some real sh%t mentioned by you in the inland rail threads but a lack of power generation??? What utter and complete bullsh%t.

Quote from: HappyTrainGuy on June 05, 2023, 22:08:43 PMI mean there was some real sh%t mentioned by you in the inland rail threads but a lack of power generation??? What utter and complete bullsh%t.

+1

Quote from: ozbob on June 05, 2023, 13:00:06 PMhttps://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1665553920674918400

The typo has been corrected.
https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/media-release/all-aboard-high-speed-rail-authority

Quote from: ozbob on June 05, 2023, 12:56:03 PM

Quote from: #Metro on June 05, 2023, 12:40:47 PMOh dear, they misspelled an OBE holder's name in the official government release.

 

Yo, that is why the media outlets are getting it wrong.

This is the sort of thing that should be correct. 

" ... The first priority of the Authority will be planning and corridor works for the Sydney to Newcastle section of the high-speed rail network, backed by a $500 million commitment from the Australian Government. ... "

I think this will turn out to be fast rail (up to ~ 200km/h as opposed to high speed rail > 250km/h).

Frankly, I don't hold any real hope for true high speed rail (> 250km/h) in Australia. We need to focus on fast rail (up to 200km/h) to link places like Sydney to Newcastle, Sydney to Canberra, Brisbane to Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, and Toowoomba.

Victoria has the basics of regional fast rail network in place.

#justsaying

They can build it to 300 kilometres per hour to Future Proof it, and run 200km per hour initially to these intermediate destinations

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1665830421194498048

I see it as solving 3 problems

-Makes more of regional Australia a viable place to live.
Grafton, Coffs, Port Mac, Taree, Newcastle, Bowral, Canberra, Wagga, Albury and Shepparton could all grow to 150k.
All these places would be less than 90 mins from a capital city.

-Greatly reduce the need for domestic aviation...See what france is doing.

-Improves shorter distance regional services. In the same way the RRL track pair helped Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo, The HSR track pair would have capacity for  express commmuter services.

It might sound "unfair" but it probably makes sense to build 1 good line and improve services to those 10 regional centres "on the way", and then get the other two benefits.

Rather than spreading money thinly and trying to get faster rail to say Mildura or Dubbo.

Agreed Gazza.

https://twitter.com/CatherineKingMP/status/1668399347242000384

https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/c-king/media-release/high-speed-rail-authority-ready-roll

High Speed Rail Authority is ready to roll

13th June 2023

Today marks a historic first day of operation for Australia's new High Speed Rail Authority.

This follows the Australian Government's recent announcement of the Authority's Board, to be chaired by Ms Jill Rossouw and supported Ms Gillian Brown, Ms Dyan Crowther OBE, Mr Ian Hunt, and Mr Neil Scales OBE.

The High Speed Rail Authority is responsible for overseeing the development of a high-speed rail network along the east coast of Australia, delivering on an election commiment of the Albanese government. High speed rail will revolutionise interstate travel on the east coast, providing a fast alternative for people to move between cities and regional centres, promoting sustainable settlement patterns and creating broad economic benefits for regional centres.

A priority of the Authority will be planning and corridor works for the Sydney to Newcastle section of the high-speed rail network, backed by a $500 million commitment from the Australian Government

The board will identify and appoint an inaugural Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to oversee the day to day operations of the new organisation. The CEO will work closely with the Board to establish the Authority as a new Corporate Commonwealth Entity and to commence development of high-speed rail in Australia. The selection of the CEO will follow a merit-based and publicly advertised recruitment campaign.

In the interim, the Board has appointed Mr Andrew Hyles as acting CEO, to steward the organisation whilst the long-term CEO recruitment progresses. Mr Hyles is an experienced Senior Executive in the Australian Public Service.

Quotes attributable to Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King:

"High speed rail will revolutionise interstate travel on the east coast, providing a fast alternative for people to move between cities and regional centres, promoting sustainable settlement patterns and creating broad economic benefits for regional centres.

"This is a transformational project that has the ability to touch the lives of all Australians, particularly in our regions.

"The network could allow passengers to travel between major cities and regional centres at speeds exceeding 250 kilometres per hour."

Quotes attributable to High Speed Rail Authority Board Chair Jill Rossouw:

"The first stop for the High Speed Rail Authority Board will be to begin, in earnest, the search for the Authority's long-term CEO, with the position to be advertised in the near future.

"I look forward to working with my Board colleagues to progress this important work as we move forward with implementing this vision and making high-speed rail a reality for Australia."

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Can the new High Speed Rail Authority deliver after four decades of costly studies?

> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-13/will-new-high-speed-rail-authority-deliver-fast-train/102472736

QuoteAustralia's new High Speed Rail Authority has come into being on Tuesday. Created by the Albanese government, the authority and its newly named board have been set a challenging task: "bring high-speed rail to reality".

Nearly four decades after it was first proposed, Australia must surely hold the world record for high-speed rail studies with no construction. I estimate the cost of all these studies to date to be about $150 million (both public and private money, in 2023 dollars). Yet not one kilometre of a land corridor for a high-speed rail track has been reserved.

The challenge for the Albanese government is to go further than yet more studies and start construction. ...

Well they managed to build the NBN last time around. They also did a lot more work on the Pacific highway than any previous government.
Even at this point, getting a good, significant stretch of fast line up and running is enough to prove the concept in Australia.

To take meaningful action on climate change we will need to significantly reduce air travel (which cannot easily be electrified).

A 100 years from now I would expect that we would have HSR between major cities so we will need to start somewhere.

^^Yes in a 100 years.