Earlier in the week I’d been in London, Oxford, Dublin and Brussels for a series of meetings and speaking commitments. It was a packed schedule. Paris had been booked for a weekend of croissants, impressionists and aperitifs. The Eurostar pulled in from London just after 6.30pm. I know high speed rail is not economical in Australia, but catching a train from St Pancras to Gare du Nord in just over two hours does make you dream of a post-airline world.
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Tim Wilson is Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner - tim.wilson@humanrights.gov.au
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