Not even Sodium Cyanide goes through Fremantle! As a former freight train-locomotive driver I have vast experience in the logistics of the transport of dangerous goods, and the danger posed to the local community through the lack of monitoring by a 'rail regulator'. Not only this, but privatized railways have been allowed to get away with murder since there inception in this country. Capitalism and privatization are not wrong, the companies just need to be policed like anyone else, and they are not 'above the law' like some people want them to be, or paid to make them be.
I guess the railways who have had made massive breaches have not been fined. I reported Australian Railroad Group for a flange that was totally broken (it was so sharp and it was being used on mainline 110 km/hr dangerous goods trains) to the 'rail regulator', but the only action taken was a 24 hour order to measure their flanges.
The problem is like anything else, we are being too soft. If we had sufficient deterrents in place this kind of absolute negligence would not happen.
I have also written to the Labor Politicians concerning the approach to tail lights on trains by the same company, yet these 'Politicians' do not wish to do anything unless they are 'forced' to. Unfortunately most Politicians are University qualified and have no idea what really goes on.
Lead needs to be transported in pellet form (like Nickel) and should not be allowed to be moved in a powdered form. Of course, you can trust Labor to put people's lives at risk, especially on the day when the Liberal Party has their most dark and dramatic day in history in WA.
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