Pacific National’s undertaking better for rail competition, says judge in tossing ACCC case

Ashurst 2019-05-16 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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Potential new entrants to a major freight terminal in Queensland will be “better protected” by a last-minute promise by the terminal’s hopeful owner, Pacific National, than if the ACCC had succeeded in blocking the rail operator’s proposed $205 million acquisition, according to the judge who dismissed the competition watchdog’s case.

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