Publications and reports

The Australian Government response to the Inland Rail independent review accepts all 19 recommendations in full or in-principle.

In October 2022, the Australian Government announced the appointment of Dr Kerry Schott AO to undertake an independent review to assess the governance and delivery of the Inland Rail program.

This report presents the outcomes of the review of ARTC flood models and reference designs by the Independent International Panel of Experts for Flood Studies of Inland Rail in Queensland.

The Inland Rail CSIRO Supply Chain Mapping Project: Reference Case Modelling provides a detailed summary of the approach, research methodology and supporting analysis for the Inland Rail CSIRO Supply Chain Mapping Project.

The Inland Rail Supply Chain Mapping Project undertaken by the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has found that existing road-based supply chains switching to Inland Rail could see an average saving of $80.77 per payload tonne.

In July 2020 the Department commissioned GTA Consultants (GTA) to review the methodologies used by Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) in the comparative assessment of alternate alignment options for the Border to Gowrie (B2G) section of Inland Rail.

This independent review provides an opinion as to whether the comparative assessment is reasonable and can be considered as a like-for-like comparison.

This research report found that Inland Rail could sustain another 590 full-time jobs for the areas between Brisbane and the New South Wales border by its 10th year of operation. 

Overall, Inland Rail can deliver a $3.1 billion increase to southern Queensland’s gross regional product over its first 50 years of operation.
 
This builds on the jobs and uplift from construction and operation in the 2015 business case for the infrastructure project. 

This economic study found Inland Rail can support a further 670 full-time jobs by the 10th year of its operation and a total $3.8 billion boost to gross regional product over its first 50 years for areas between Narromine and the Victorian border.

It’s a boost that builds on the construction jobs and uplift identified in Inland Rail’s 2015 business case.

The Regional Intelligence report for Victoria found Inland Rail can sustain another 940 full-time jobs by the rail line’s 10th year of operation for areas alongside the rail line between Melbourne and the New South Wales border.

Altogether, Inland Rail is capable of a $4.6 billion boost to gross regional product for the 49 local government areas covered in this research over a 50-year period. Those outcomes build on the jobs and economic uplift from construction and operation outlined in the 2015 business case for Inland Rail.

The Northern New South Wales Regional Intelligence report found Inland Rail can support another 310 full-time jobs for the area from Goondiwindi to just below Narromine by the rail line’s 10th year of operation.