{{Short description|Australian infrastructure development program}} {{for|the Australian political party|One Nation}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''One Nation''' was an Australian Government program of infrastructure development carried out under the Keating Government from 1991 to 1996. Much of the program was implemented as a means of stimulating the economy in the aftermath of the early 1990s recession.

==Elements== Key elements of the One Nation program included: *the Melbourne–Adelaide railway line was converted to standard gauge in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/common/nrm_a01_index.html |title=National Railway Museum Port Adelaide - Rail History |publisher=www.natrailmuseum.org.au |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080323003951/http://www.natrailmuseum.org.au/common/nrm_a01_index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-03-23}}</ref> *the 1067mm gauge Fisherman Islands railway line to the Port of Brisbane was converted to dual 1435/1067&nbsp;mm gauge and extended in parallel with the duplicated passenger line to Dutton Park in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rag.org.au/frag/fragbook.htm |title=A Critique of the Dual Gauge Link to the Port of Brisbane. |publisher=www.rag.org.au |access-date=2008-03-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRT45DlRXCQC&dq=%22back+on+track%22+fisherman+island&pg=PA191 |title=Australia's gauge muddle and prospects |work=Back on Track: Rethinking Transport Policy in Australia and New Zealand |author=Philip Laird |publisher=UNSW Press |year=2001 |isbn=0-86840-411-X |access-date=16 August 2008 |page=191 }}</ref> *a standard gauge link was built to the port at Fremantle, Western Australia. *new standard gauge sidings were provided at Adelaide Outer Harbor. *a separate freight line was built between Macarthur and Glenfield as the first stage of what is now known as the Southern Sydney Freight Line. Its planned extension to the Chullora – Enfield freight line near Sefton was completed in 2013 by the Australian Rail Track Corporation with funds provided by the Australian Government under AusLink. *the Sydney–Brisbane railway line was upgraded with longer passing loops, the replacement of wooden trestles with concrete bridges, concrete resleepering, some minor deviations and bank stabilisation. *passing loops were extended on the North East railway line between Wodonga and Melbourne. *overhead clearances on the Adelaide–Perth railway were increased to allow for the transit of double-stacked containers.

==See also== *AusLink

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Category:Transport in Australia

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