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Oct 2023
43m 23s

Australia's $125 BILLION New Railway - #...

The B1M
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This week, Luke is ill so Fred & Liam are covering The B1M's latest video: "Australia is Building a $125BN Mega-Railway". Melbourne's metro upgrade is on a scale we’ve never seen before.


Later in the episode, we cover:



Don't forget to JOIN US in Sydney on 2nd November for a special Get Construction Talking event: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/get-construction-talking-australian-launch-tickets-704163992457


We end the show with two emails from Benjamin Ryan and Liam Spinks.


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