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Steel on steel : inside the battle for the future of Australia's biggest railroad / Stephen Baines ; photograph by Steffan Jannides.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Baines, Stephen, author.
Contributor:
Jannides, Steffan, photographer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Railroads--Australia--Management.
Railroads.
Railroads--Privatization--Australia--Queensland.
Railroads and state--Australia--Queensland--History.
Railroads and state.
Queensland Rail--History.
Queensland Rail.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (193 p.)
Place of Publication:
Saint Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Stephen Baines is currently advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Aurizon, formerly Queensland Rail. Prior to that, Baines was working in the QR project management office on a project to reform QR's regional freight business in Queensland.
Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Timeline; Prologue; Opting in; Last off the rank; Reform and scandal; The brothers; A freedom to roam; The Queensland Premier shocks the State; Policy battle lines are drawn; Inspiration from abroad; The policy battle; Breaking up is hard to do; We will destroy your IPO; Communication breakdown; The final putsch; Leaving the station; Going to market; Hitting the road; Black bookbuild; The elegance of Hahli; A calm determination to change; Epilogue; Endnotes; Index; Acknowledgments; Back Cover
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 17, 2015).
ISBN:
0-7022-5581-5
OCLC:
897645699

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