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June 22, 2010: Queensland Rail fined the maximum amount over workplace breaches

November 19, 2009: Rail workers protest pay freeze

June 20, 2009: It's lock, stock, barrel and locos as Government takes over rail

October 22, 2008: Unions show new appetite for rail reform

October 17, 2008: Australian transport unions to join forces

October 8, 2008: Australian State to take back control of rail

July 14, 2008: Militancy brings Australian rail workers pay and conditions victory

July 14, 2008: Fortescue opens the world's heaviest haul railway in Australia

December 20, 2007: Australian workers fined thousands of dollars over rail strike

November 18, 2007: Dirty stations, slow trains: rail workers blame management

August 7, 2007: End of line for boss of train firm as Australia's PPP follows Metronet

July 16, 2007: Track workers killed by coal train

July 16, 2007: Rail privatisation 'bid to shift blame'

June 1, 2007: Train drivers make their absence felt

April 23, 2007: Top of the stops

April 16, 2007: Australian state Govt to buy back rail freight network

February 13, 2007: Stroke of luck gets trains back on line

February 5, 2007: Tasmania railworkers wildcat strike

February 4, 2007: Doubts over Connex's Australian contract

November 19, 2006: Rail crisis as train brakes fail

November 1, 2006: Victoria to buy back railway for $134m

October 10, 2006: Rail safety defended following blistering attack

October 9, 2006: Magnetic railway pedestrian gates

September 29, 2006: Government signs off on Tasmanian rail rescue package

August 29, 2006: Protesters rally in support of charged rail line workers

August 14, 2006: Health & Safety Rep sacked on Perth-Mandurah rail project

August 6, 2006: Alice Springs and Darwin rail link reaches half way stage to completion

July 24, 2006: Australia: Building workers support Western Australian colleagues

July 17, 2006: West Australia Railway Safety Rep On Mission

July 11, 2006: Militant rail union faces walkoff fines of $11.4m

June 3, 2006: Victoria's country rail network under scrutiny

June 3, 2006: Fischer urges rail upgrade after crash

June 3, 2006: Rail staff tell of close call with death

April 9, 2006: Rail passengers reassured over safety

April 8, 2006: Privatised trains on the wrong track

April 8, 2006: Public transport should be returned to public hands

February 9, 2006: QR workers vow to continue industrial action

January 12, 2006: Union backs moves to curb attacks on transport workers

January 11, 2006: Violence Against RailWorkers Update

December 21, 2005: Australia's Babock & Brown buys combined road-rail freight link across Alps

December 15, 2005: Rail Decision Will Save Lives, Jobs And Boost Tourism Says Union

December 15, 2005: Behind the train tangle

December 14, 2005: Rail head rolls as battle deepens

December 12, 2005: Tas' govt wins control of rail network

December 9, 2005: Package may save State's railways

October 16, 2005: Pacific National chief exits amid 'threats'

October 16, 2005: Push to save state railways

October 16, 2005: States 'lured' into tollways fail on rail, water

October 11, 2005: Rail union angry at threatened freight closure in Tasmania

October 11, 2005: Privatisation caused Tasmania's 'rail crisis'

August 30, 2005: Crew members take unpaid wages case to court in Australia

August 8, 2005: Union demands 12.5pc pay rise

July 27, 2005: Rail Tram & Bus Union on 'Bag Search Proposal'

July 12, 2005: Union wants staff back on stations

July 5, 2005: Workman's body in pond on railway link site

June 30, 2005: Australian union threatens delays on rail work

June 27, 2005: Australian Rail, Tram and Bus Union fights RailCorp casualisation

June 20, 2005: Australian railway workers ram home the 'right to union representation' message

June 16, 2005: Australian Rail services disrupted as workers discuss latest pay offer

June 13, 2005: Rail strike called off

June 7, 2005: Union won't rule out more rail chaos

May 14, 2005: Jail beckons for killer bosses