Focus Inland Rail Senate 2019 Inquiry and NSW Manufacturing Strategy to support the National Rail Freight Strategy

NSW Rail About 87% of all National freight goes through NSW. Rail freight needs not just but importantly, Regional NSW support. . The Inland Rail and the opportunity to have NSW Regions and towns like Parkes, Moree, Freight in Tamworth, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, Narrandera, Griffith, Shepparton, Mildura, be inter-modal ports with distribution centres, will also demand manufacturing, maintenance, repair, emergency response, and context of the sustainment services. National The NSW Manufacturing Sector has reflected the National decrease in manufacturing employment. However, with the exit of the automotive vehicle manufacturers, there are NSW firms being affected. It means another Freight sector needs identified and supported to fill the gap and mitigate a manufacturing 'Valley of Death' (Department of Defence - Navy Shipbuilding). Strategy - and The NSW 'Jobs First' and recently released NSW Government Defence Strategy Paper (2017) will have an Implementation Plan developed to support NSW manufacturing firms to participate in the maintenance and opportunity for sustainment opportunities this sector is planned to deliver, similar to the Victorian Defence Supplier Development $50m support. revitalising rail One sector is the rail sector which has much in the way of manufacturing, maintenance and repair demands across the freight network for such operators like , Downer EDI, UGL, RPC Technologies. The NSW sector Transport Plan identified NSW has sufficient sea- side capacity in its three main Ports, but insufficient land-side capacity. manufacturing, The Western Sydney Airport / Mary-Bird Walton Airport and Inter-modal ports there and in Moorebank, Cooks River and Enfield have known road and rail constraints and least of all access to local and regional maintenance manufacturing support. There are opportunities to link Mary-Bird Walton Airport to the Inland Rail and relieve the land-side capacity constraints already identified in Port Kembla, Newcastle and Port Botany, least of all is and repair having a dual track - standard gauge - double stack NSW, Inland Rail and National Freight Rail Network. With the Victorian Government flagging a 50 year horizon for moving Webb Dock to Truganina / Geelong, it may transpire that the Inland Rail could go be the node to Gladstone QLD instead of Acacia Ridge, Queensland. This is opportune for NSW as the previous 2009 NSW Manufacturing Council research by the IMIA / Australian Graduate School of Leadership for NSW Industry and Investment Chaired by Dr Roy Green UTS / Port of Newcastle Chairman. identified 3 growth industries to generate growth and hence jobs - Rail, Clean Energy and Sustainable Buildings.

Strategy Inland Rail and NSW Freight Rail Infrastructure Strategies

Actions NSW Rail sector How to get there: The rail equipment manufacturing companies have delivered continued growth, healthy order 1. Consider Truganina to Gladstone Inland Route as the Acacia Ridge QLD is yet to have the Business Case proven and books and profitability. Austrade the node is in within the inner city suburb of current rail freight Dynon depot. "https://www.austrade.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/2814/Heavy-Haul-Intermodal-and-Freight- 2. Revise the 2040 Freight Rail Technology Roadmap Rail-2013-10.pdf.aspx". 3. Work with the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Innovation Business Growth services and Inland Rail Skills The Australian and New Zealand Market as being subject to cyclical government tenders and Academy to help Australian rail sector suppliers: contracts, peak and troughs in mining sector rail demand, seasonal freight and commuter rail - achieve AS/NZS ISO 9001:2016 and higher-level IRIS ISO TS 22136:2917 Rail Quality System; and AS/NZS 55001:2014 fluctuations and the perennial lack of standardisation in rail gauge and associated train sets, Asset Management Accredited Certification wagons etc. - achieve ISO 44001:2017 Collaborative Business Relationship certification Australian niche rail manufacturers can struggle to compete in the global market place due to for more resilient Rail Supply Chains – consider ISO 28001:2007 Security management systems for the supply chain and ISO price (Australian is a major influencer) and delivery. The research identified in the rail sector 22316:2917 Security and resilience that the major reason was the absence of local volume to create level demand and economies of -expand local rail sectors to work with international rail suppliers and secure more local content as does defence sectors scale. “Australian Industry Capability” requirement It is within NSW’s capability indeed even with the companies showcased, that NSW could be the 4. Consider more renewable and infrastructure to be built along Inland Rail corridors Rail Transport Manufacturing centre of excellence for