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Picard (2015) argues that a high-speed rail network is still too expensive for a population as small as Australia. In addition, the amount of environmental damage caused by construction would be extremely high during the estimated 20 years it would take to link Sydney and Melbourne. Lee (2019) further adds that in order to recoup the cost of construction and maintenance, ticket prices for the high-speed train would be prohibitively high for most travellers. Therefore, most of the population is unlikely to choose the high-speed rail option when airfares are considerably lower. On the other hand, the cost of building and maintaining a high-speed rail network could be offset by a carbon tax on air travel which may also go towards subsidising the price of rail tickets (Subinur, 2020). Moreover, Patel (2016) and Subinur (2020) maintain that the current transport infrastructure in Australia will not be able to keep up with the population growth, therefore the cost of upgrading it is unavoidable. Finally, Patel posits that the environmental impact of expanding the air travel industry is much greater than any temporary problems caused by rail construction, making a high-speed rail network a more environmentally sustainable option than air travel.

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