❓ A parliamentary question regarding the lease, condition, and future of the Parkeston stockyards, and the potential impact on livestock transport from the Nullarbor by rail. The Minister's response outlines the history of the lease, the current state of the yards, and the commercial considerations involved.
AnsweredQoN 1291Legislative Council
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(1) Was the lease that the Department of Agriculture had over the Parkeston stockyards between the department and the Australian National Railways Commission or the Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd? (2) What were the terms of the lease? (3) What is preventing a new lease from being drawn up with Australian Southern Railroad? (4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(2) What were the terms of the lease? (3) What is preventing a new lease from being drawn up with Australian Southern Railroad? (4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(3) What is preventing a new lease from being drawn up with Australian Southern Railroad? (4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(2) What were the terms of the lease? (3) What is preventing a new lease from being drawn up with Australian Southern Railroad? (4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(3) What is preventing a new lease from being drawn up with Australian Southern Railroad? (4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(4) What upgrading is required at the Parkeston stockyards? (5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(5) What will these measures cost? (6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(6) Will removal of the stockyard from Parkeston mean that it will not be possible to reintroduce the movement of stock from the Nullarbor by rail? (7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(7) If yes to (6), does the minister believe it is a good thing, given the unreliable nature of the trans access road? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(1) The original lease was with the Australian National Railways Commission. (2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(2) In 1987 it was $60 a year for five years. At the time of sale of the yards by the federal Government to Australian Southern Railroad a term of the lease was that it could be terminated with three months notice. (3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(3) Australian Southern Railroad would neither sell the land to the Department of Agriculture, nor extend the existing term of the lease, nor remove the three-month termination clause. (4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(4) The cattle yards at Parkeston are old, poorly designed and in very poor condition. They need to be completely rebuilt. (5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(5) The total cost of compulsory acquisition, roadworks, groundworks, utilities infrastructure and reconstruction of the cattle yards was estimated to cost $800 000. (6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(6) The Parkeston stockyards are owned by Australian Southern Railroad. The continued operation of the yards is a business decision for it. (7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
(7) No livestock has been transported by rail to the Parkeston stockyards for 12 years. If it once again becomes commercially viable, Australian Southern Railroad will be well placed to offer this service to the pastoralists on the Nullarbor.
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