How we talk about Inland Rail - Our Narrative and Key Messages

we talk about Inland Rail

Overview

This document provides a simple consistent narrative for how we talk about Inland Rail to build a positive reputation both now and as a legacy project for Australia.

How we talk about Inland Rail

And that’s how we want to be remembered by our communities and stakeholders.

Through speaking plainly, we bring optimism, enthusiasm and energy into the ways we communicate with our audiences. We are conversational, not formal, but we can be – if it’s needed. By using an active voice and a direct, conversational tone, we make sure our audiences always feel that we’re open and honest, transparent and sincere. Overall, we are positive, sincere and genuine.

At Inland Rail, we’re direct, authentic, approachable, collaborative, accessible and knowledgeable.

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Key themes

Freight transformation

Momentum for Australia

Creating opportunities

Progress through innovation

Sustainability

Inland Rail is being built now to create a new freight future for Australia

The construction of Inland Rail is already gaining momentum and connecting Australia’s freight network

Inland Rail is a catalyst for communities and businesses to unlock benefits and opportunities

Inland Rail is the largest rail infrastructure project in Australia and one of the most significant in the world, delivering innovative engineering solutions now

Inland Rail is committed to working in partnership with our stakeholders and communities to deliver long-term value, keeping sustainability at the forefront of everything we do

Snapshot

First infrastructure project to install zero-emissions concrete culverts

Program-wide ‘excellent’ Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating – achieved on N2NS (Phase 1) and P2N

Reducing truck volumes in more than 20 regional towns across Australia

Lowering emissions supply chain –750,000 fewer tonnes/year (from 2050)

90,000 reused sleepers, 46,716 timber sleepers recovered

Building our new freight future

Two-thirds of the freight that will be carried on Inland Rail by 2050 will be for domestic use

Fast, safe, reliable and connected for the bene t of all Australians

200,000 fewer trucks on the roads from 2050Moving freight from Melbourne to Brisbane in less than 24 hours

Improving east-west freight connection

Freight transformation

Delivering a world-class supply chain network

KEYTHEMES

Inland Rail is being built now to create a new freight future for Australia

Sustainability

Inland Rail is committed to working in partnership with our stakeholders and communities to deliver long-term value, keeping sustainability at the forefront of everything we do

Progress through innovation

VISION

Transforming Australia’s freight future

A more prosperous Australia with a world-class supply chain, based on a fast, safe, reliable and connected Inland Rail.

Momentum for Australia

The construction of Inland Rail is already gaining momentum and connecting Australia’s freight network

Meeting the needs of our growing population (between 37.4 and 49.2 million people by 2066)

Delivering an economic boost of more than $18 billion to GDP

Creating jobs – more than 21,500 direct and indirect at the peak of construction

National project with local bene ts – spent $128 milliion on local and First Nations businesses

Second largest freight tunnel in the southern hemisphere

Spanning 1,700km, Inland Rail is Australia’s largest infrastructure project

Inland Rail is the largest rail infrastructure project in Australia and one of the most signi cant in the world, delivering innovative engineering solutions now

Creating opportunities

Inland Rail is a catalyst for communities and businesses to unlock bene ts and opportunities

Providing exciting opportunities for business growth, local and international trade, jobs and regional development

Awarded 1,707 contracts across Australia

Delivering engineering solutions

P2N complete

CWP and RCP in progress

Unlocking new opportunities in our regions

Giving regions a boost, revitalising local economies and communities

Awarded $2.82 billion of works since program began and $8 billion in procurement

More than 3,400 people have worked on the construction of Inland Rail to date

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Key messages

FREIGHT TRANSFORMATION MOMENTUM FOR AUSTRALIA CREATING OPPORTUNITIES

PROGRESS THROUGH INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITY

NEW FREIGHT FUTURE

– Fast, safe, reliable and efficient freight network

– Connecting Melbourne and Brisbane and regional centres

– Improving east-west freight connections with North West Connection at Parkes

Globally competitive, world-class supply chain

– Competitive pricing and 98% reliability

– Four times more fuel efficient than roads

More people, more goods – population to reach 37.4 – 49.2 million (2066), 4 billion tonnes moved across Australia, 163 tonnes per person (2022)

Two-thirds for domestic use (2040)

Freight demand increase by third (2040) Congestion on roads to cost $50 billion by 2031 (CEDA)

– Reduced travel distance. Brisbane to Perth or Adelaide, 500km; Brisbane to Melbourne 200km

GAINING MOMENTUM

– National project, local benefits

– Jobs and economic opportunities for regions

– Deliver economic boost of more than $18 billion to GDP during construction and first 50 years of operation

Create 21,500 direct and indirect jobs

90% of 16,000 jobs based in regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland

– 3,400 people worked on Inland Rail

1,282 locals, 320 First Nations

Spent $219 million with 202 local businesses (17 First Nations)

– Awarded $2.82 billion of works

– Over 578 live contracts valued at $1.97 billion in progress

UNLOCKING BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES

– Maximising long-term benefits through connections to national freight network

Delivering sustainable employment to regional areas

Supporting local jobs, communities and regional economies

– Catalyst for new ideas and industries (grain storage, food processing, logistics hubs, regional airports)

Maximising community benefits through Inland Rail Skills Academy

– Community, industry and government working together

– Working with landowners and communities to manage and mitigate impacts, sensitively and fairly

Value local knowledge to inform decisions 98 community events, 9,625 individual consultations, 17 CCC meetings, 33 industry briefings

– Engage with Traditional Owners along alignment

– Proactive, transparent and available

– Built safely to rigorous Australian design standards

– Route decided by almost 20 years of planning, commissioned by all levels of government

DELIVERING EXCELLENCE

– Spanning 1,700km, largest freight rail infrastructure project in Australia

– 6km freight tunnel through Great Dividing Range, second longest in southern hemisphere

– G2H includes 13 viaducts, tallest same shipping height of Sydney Harbour Bridge

Scale and complexity attracted world’s top rail and engineering experts

– Delivering engineering solutions to cross Condamine and Macintyre rivers and other floodplains

Community confidence in analysis, engineering and science

Construction is well underway

First section complete and in operation, 103km, P2N (Sept 2020)

– Opened first 29km of N2NS SP1

– PPP preferred proponent appointed

– CWP Development Phase initiated

RCP preferred proponent appointed

EISs underway (N2N, B2G, C2K, G2H, H2C). Environment Report (T2A)

– Completed EIS Summary of Findings (G2H, C2K, H2C, N2N, NS2B, B2G)

– Sleepers, rail and turnouts contracts awarded

PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS

– Committed to building a sustainable future for host communities, freight users and supply chain

Reduction in truck volume and local air pollution in more than 20 regional towns Freight on to rail will see 750,000 tonnes of carbon emissions cut per year by 2050

– Incentivise contractors to use local suppliers for goods and services

– Program-wide ‘excellent’ Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating – achieved on N2NS (Phase 1) and P2N

Freight transformation

We need a fast, reliable and efficient freight network to keep up with the demands of our growing population

– Inland Rail will connect Melbourne and Brisbane, through regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland

– Inland Rail is needed to keep pace with the increasing freight demands of our growing population

We need Inland Rail to keep pace with the increasing needs of our growing population

– Our population is predicted to reach between 37.4 and 49.2 million people by 2066 (ABS Population Projections), which means more people will be buying, using and moving more goods

Inland Rail is being built now to create a new freight future for Australia

– Inland Rail will cut rail freight travel time between Melbourne and Brisbane by almost a third, from 33 hours to less than 24 hours, making it time-competitive with road

– It will deliver competitive pricing and 98% reliability

– It will enable faster, safer, more reliable delivery of freight and reduce supply chain costs

– As sections of Inland Rail come online, Australians are experiencing the much-needed benefits of a reliable and future-proof network

– Each year, our infrastructure operators, transport companies and logistics experts deliver about four billion tonnes of goods across Australia – that is 163 tonnes of freight for every person (Delivering on Freight, Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Australian Government)

– Two-thirds of the freight that will be carried on Inland Rail by 2050 will be for domestic use – including food, white goods, medical supplies and industrial equipment

We can’t keep relying on our roads to do the heavy lifting to move our goods

– By 2040, we will need to move more than 14 million tonnes of freight between our fastest growing cities, Melbourne and Brisbane – that’s almost double the freight our roads and rail network handle now (Multimodal Aggregate Freight Forecasts

2019 Update, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, Australian Government) and (Who Moves What Where Freight and Passenger Transport in Australia, National Transport Commission)

– Inland Rail will reduce congestion with 200,000 fewer trucks on our roads each year from 2050

– It will enhance the national rail freight network by reducing congestion and creating capacity for east coast and regional roads

– The track will allow for the transit of greater freight volumes by enabling the use of double-stacked, 1,800m long trains with a maximum speed of 115km/h. Each train could carry the equivalent freight volume of 110 B-double trucks

Inland Rail will keep Australia and its economy moving, future-proofing our freight network for the next 100 years

– Inland Rail will deliver a world-class supply chain based on a fast, safe, reliable, connected freight network

– Inland Rail is already improving east-west freight connections with the now-operational North West Connection at Parkes

– Our roads are increasingly congested, fuel costs are rising, and freight demand is set to increase by a third by 2040

– The Centre for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) forecasts that the cost of road congestion will be at least $30 billion to $50 billion a year by 2031

– Shifting freight from road to rail is a key part of reducing this congestion and lost economic performance

– Moving freight by rail is four times more fuel-efficient than moving freight by road

– Rail freight travel distance between Brisbane to Perth or Adelaide will be reduced by 500km and Brisbane to Melbourne by 200km

– By directly linking Queensland and the southern states, Inland Rail will make the national freight rail network less vulnerable to major disruptions

Momentum for Australia

Inland Rail is a national project with local benefits, generating jobs and economic opportunities for our regions

– Inland Rail is a nationally significant infrastructure project that will bring widespread and longterm benefits to Australia, especially our local communities, job seekers and businesses

– It will deliver an economic boost of more than $18 billion to GDP during construction and the first 50 years of operation

Inland Rail will keep Australia and its economy moving, future-proofing our freight network for the next 100 years

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The construction of Inland Rail is already gaining momentum and connecting Australia’s freight network

– Inland Rail will create more than 21,500 direct and indirect jobs during construction

– More than 90% of the 16,000 direct jobs created by the construction of Inland Rail will be based in regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland

– More than 3,400 people have worked on the construction of Inland Rail, including more than 1,282 local and 320 First Nations residents

– We’ve spent more than $218 million with 202 local businesses, including 17 First Nations businesses

– We’ve awarded $2.82 billion of works since the program began

– More than 578 live contracts valued at $1.97 billion are in progress

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Inland Rail will deliver a world-class supply chain based on a fast, safe, reliable, connected freight network

Inland Rail is already improving east-west freight connections with the now-operational North West Connection at Parkes

– Our roads are increasingly congested, fuel costs are rising, and freight demand is set to increase by a third by 2040

– The Centre for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) forecasts that the cost of road congestion will be at least $30 billion to $50 billion a year by 2031

– Shifting freight from road to rail is a key part of reducing this congestion and lost economic performance

– Moving freight by rail is four times more fuel-efficient than moving freight by road

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Cutting rail freight travel time between Melbourne and Brisbane by almost a third, from 33 hours to less than 24 hours and reducing the rail distance between Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth by 500km will make our supply chain more globally competitive

– Rail freight travel distance between Brisbane to Perth or Adelaide will be reduced by 500km and Brisbane to Melbourne by 200km

– By directly linking Queensland and the southern states, Inland Rail will make the national freight rail network less vulnerable to major disruptions

Inland Rail is a critical part of the transport supply chain and the economic development of Australia

– The outbreak of COVID-19 and the impact of adverse weather events on communities has highlighted the essential nature of the freight industry, and the importance of a reliable freight network in the everyday lives of Australians that is resulting in growing support for Inland Rail

– Inland Rail will help future proof Australia for the impacts of climate change by cutting carbon emissions by 750,000 tonnes per year from 2050 (December 2021)

Creating opportunities

Inland Rail is a catalyst for communities and businesses to unlock benefits and opportunities

Investing in our future through Inland Rail

– The Federal Government’s $44 million Inland Rail Interface Improvement Program is helping local communities, industry and government identify and assess projects that could potentially increase and maximise the long-term benefit of Inland Rail’s connections to the national freight rail network

– Our focus is on delivering sustainable employment to regional areas, there is a great opportunity for regional Australia to reap the rewards

– Supporting local jobs, communities and regional economies is embedded in our procurement process

– Inland Rail will be a catalyst for new ideas and industries along the alignment, including grain storage, food processing, logistics hubs and expanded regional airports

Inland Rail is giving regions a boost, revitalising local economies and communities

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We’re identifying and creating opportunities to maximise community benefits during project delivery and beyond. These include investments in employment and education via the Inland Rail Skills Academy

– To date, the Academy has:

– awarded 23 scholarships to undergraduate students

– provided more than 266 grants (over 12 rounds) to community groups in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland worth more than $852,000

– trained 120 people in civil construction competencies

– delivered sustainability mentoring for businesses and initiated the business capability webinar series, upskilling more than 200 local businesses

– increased First Nations participation through business capability workshops, access to tenders and cultural heritage tours

– provided individual construction skills training programs (plant machinery operations) conducted in communities along the alignment in which participation has been 40% First Nations people

– We have also launched partnerships with Grand Opportunities, Mates in Construction and the Clontarf Foundation

We encourage everyone to participate – community, industry and government working together

– Inland Rail will be a catalyst for new ideas and industries along the alignment, including grain storage, food processing, logistics hubs and expanded regional airports

– With three eastern state governments and the Australian Government signed up for Inland Rail, the private sector has the certainty it needs to invest in Inland Rail and the associated new supply chain infrastructure it will enable

– Regional centres, such as Parkes, Moree, Toowoomba, Gilgandra and Narromine are paving the way for how government and business can work together to unlock the benefits of Inland Rail

A project of this scope and scale is complex and we acknowledge its impacts on people, their properties and communities

– We’re working with landowners and communities to manage impacts as sensitively and as fairly as possible

– We’re proactive, transparent, and available when it comes to engagement

– Inland Rail must be built safely, to rigorous Australian design standards

– The route has been decided by almost 20 years of planning, commissioned by all levels of government

Creating opportunities

Inland Rail is a catalyst for communities and businesses to unlock benefits and opportunities

Landowners, businesses and communities have and will continue to influence how Inland Rail is delivered

– Throughout the planning phase, we have engaged with landowners and stakeholders and responded to community concerns, which has helped to mitigate impacts, where possible, and improved the design of Inland Rail

– We value local knowledge to inform our decisions – it helps us mitigate impacts and identify ways to create long-term community benefit

– We have held 98 community events, undertaken 9,625 individual consultations, held 17 Community Consultative Committee meetings and 33 industry briefings

– Since December 2018, we have published 23 interactive maps, which together have attracted more than 120,000 views and 1,474 community comments

– We engage with Traditional Owners along the alignment to conduct cultural tours with project teams to enhance our understanding of Country and the benefits for First Nations peoples

– While we may not be able to deliver everything the community is asking for, we are committed to doing as much as we can to incorporate community feedback

Progress through innovation

Inland Rail is the largest rail infrastructure project in Australia and one of the most significant in the world, delivering innovative engineering solutions now

Spanning 1,700km, Inland Rail is the largest freight rail infrastructure project in Australia

– The 6km freight tunnel through the Great Dividing Range will be the second longest in the southern hemisphere

– The Gowrie to Helidon (G2H) section includes 13 viaducts, the tallest the same as the shipping height of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

– Inland Rail’s sheer scale and complexity has attracted some of world’s top rail engineering and infrastructure delivery experts

– We’re delivering engineering solutions to cross the Condamine and Macintyre rivers and other floodplains

The community can have confidence in the analysis, engineering and science that is delivering Inland Rail

– ARTC has made a commitment to deliver and operate a fast, safe, reliable and connected Inland Rail for the benefit of all Australians

– This Inland Rail route is well-considered, informed by 20 years of rigorous analysis, engineering design and business case development

– Throughout the planning phase, we have engaged with landowners and stakeholders and responded to community concerns, which has helped to mitigate impacts, where possible, and improve the design of Inland Rail

Construction of Inland Rail is well underway

– The first of the 13 sections, the 103km Parkes to Narromine (P2N) section, was commissioned in September 2020 and is already in operation

– Construction on the Narrabri to North Star Phase 1 (N2NS) section in northern New South Wales began in April 2021, while the remaining sections are in various reference design and approval phases. We saw the first grain train being loaded in Moree, on time and schedule – delivering on our commitment to farmers. We received an excellent design rating from the Infrastructure Sustainability Council for N2NS SP1

– The 126km section from Gowrie to Kagaru (G2K) in Queensland, including large-scale tunnelling, will be delivered through a Public Private Partnership (PPP). A competitive tender process is underway to select a suitably qualified consortium to deliver the PPP. A contract is expected to be awarded in 2022

– We have submitted draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for Narromine to Narrabri (N2N), Border to Gowrie (B2G), Calvert to Kagaru (C2K), Gowrie to Helidon (G2H), Helidon to Calvert (H2C) and an Environment Report for Tottenham to Albury (T2A). We have completed EIS Summary of Findings for G2H, C2K, H2C, N2N, NS2B and B2G

– We have also commenced mobilisation for three civil works packages, initiated the Development Phase with Northern, Central and Southern Civil Works Programs, selected a Rail Corridor Package preferred proponent, awarded contracts for sleepers, rail and turnouts, and awarded Early Design Activities (EDA) contract with McConnell Dowell for T2A Stage One

Sustainability

Inland Rail, its people, and private sector partners are committed to building a sustainable future for our host communities, as well as freight users and supply chains

– Inland Rail will reduce truck volumes in more than 20 regional towns across Australia, cutting localised air pollution

– The modal shift from road to Inland Rail will reduce the carbon emissions of Australia’s freight industry

Inland Rail is committed to working in partnership with our stakeholders and communities to deliver long-term value, keeping sustainability at the forefront of everything we do

– Freight transported by rail will see 750,000 tonnes of carbon emissions cut per year from 2050 by Inland Rail

– Inland Rail incentivises contractors to use local suppliers of goods and services with shorter transport distances and emissions

– Inland Rail is committed to achieving a program-wide ‘excellent’ Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating. This has already been achieved by the Narrabri to North Star (Phase 1) project and the Parkes to Narromine project

Parkes to Narromine (P2N)

– First rail infrastructure project to install carbon neutral concrete culverts that reduced carbon emissions by more than 7,250t CO2-e, the equivalent to removing approximately 1,350 vehicles from the road for a year (Inland Rail 2020–2021 Annual Sustainability Report, p51)

– 90,000 steel sleepers to be reused by ARTC on the wider freight network along with 46,716 timber sleepers recovered (Inland Rail 2019–2020 Annual Sustainability Report, p94)

– 100% spoil reused and diverted from landfill on the project (Inland Rail 2019–2020 Annual Sustainability Report, p87)

– 297,000m3 of blended ballast and ash reincorporated into Inland Rail formation works which reduced emissions associated with hauling materials (Inland Rail 2019–2020 Annual Sustainability Report, p92–93)

Narrabri to North Star (N2NS)

– Upgraded the available site caravan with solar panels, batteries, and timers to achieve a 50% reduction in diesel usage, operational greenhouse gas emissions and generator maintenance costs (Inland Rail 2020–2021 Annual Sustainability Report, p21)

– 230,000 steel and 750 concrete sleepers from the project will be reused by ARTC on the wider freight network along with all sleeper anchors and plates (Inland Rail 2019–2020 Annual Sustainability Report, p94)

BRISBANE

The features and benefits of

LESS THAN 24 HOURS RAIL TRANSIT TIME

MAKING OUR PRODUCERS

COMPETITIVE

REDUCING SUPPLY CHAIN COSTS

rail freight costs by $10 per tonne

FASTER, SAFER, MORE RELIABLE FREIGHT

IMPROVING ACCESS TO AND FROM REGIONAL MARKETS

million tonnes of agricultural freight

2 million tonnes attracted from road

congestion and creating capacity for Sydney road and rail

national rail freight network

CREATING JOBS

IMPROVING LINKAGES

21,500 jobs at the peak of construction

IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY

PERTH, ADELAIDE

MELBOURNE

CONNECTING CITIES AND FARMS TO MARKETS

FEWER TONNES OF CARBON AND 1/3 OF THE FUEL OF ROAD FROM 2050

REDUCING BURDEN ON ROADS AND IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY

fewer trucks per annum from

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Contracts

More than 3,400 people have worked on the construction of Inland Rail to date

– We’ve awarded $2.82 billion of works since the program began

– More than 1,707 contracts have been awarded to suppliers in every state and territory in Australia

– More than 578 live contracts valued at $1.97 billion are in progress

– We’ve spent $128.1 million on local and First Nations businesses

– We’ve awarded two scholarships to undergraduate students

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State benefits

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Victoria

Victoria will reap the largest long-term economic benefit from Inland Rail

– Inland Rail is expected to boost potential gross state product (GSP) in Victoria by $8 billion during construction and the first 50 years of operation

– Around 1,100 jobs will be generated in Victoria at the peak of construction

– ARTC has awarded more than 75 contracts worth more than $24.2 million to Victorian companies to help plan for and build Inland Rail

– We’ve now completed the North-East Rail Line (NERL) upgrade, so north-east Victorians can look forward to faster, better passenger services once new trains come online

– Inland Rail will mean a safer Hume Highway, with the capacity to shift more goods from road onto rail

– We’re asking local communities to help with station precinct, urban design and heritage solutions

– We’re engaging with local working groups to help with station and bridge designs across 12 sites

– In Victoria, a Regional Jobs Fund is incentivising businesses with high-growth potential to create and retain existing jobs in regional Victoria

New South Wales

New South Wales is benefiting first from Inland Rail

– Inland Rail is expected to boost potential GSP in New South Wales by $3.4 billion during construction and the first 50 years of operation

– More than 7,500 direct and indirect jobs will be delivered in New South Wales at the peak of construction

– ARTC has already awarded more than 475 contracts worth about $607 million to New South Wales to help plan for and build Inland Rail

– Regional communities are already experiencing the benefits of Inland Rail though jobs and local spend with more than 760 locals helping deliver the first section from Parkes to Narromine. More than $110 million was spent with local businesses during construction

– A $30 million New South Wales Regional Investment Attraction Fund is also incentivising businesses to relocate from major cities to locations along the Inland Rail corridor

Queensland

– Inland Rail is expected to boost potential GSP in Queensland by $7.8 billion during construction and the first 50 years of operation

– ARTC has already awarded more than 708 contracts worth more than $1.83 billion to Queensland companies to help plan for and build Inland Rail

– At the peak of construction more than 11,800 direct and indirect jobs will be generated in Queensland

– Queensland will be the largest beneficiary of Inland Rail with around 60% of construction expenditure for the entire project in the state

– The Queensland Government’s $175 million Jobs and Regional Growth Fund is also stimulating private sector projects that create employment and economic growth opportunities in regional areas

Queensland will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of Inland Rail

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