Blame us.
Well, we voted the twerps in that gave away the Sydney and Melbourne monopoly, now how do we get some sort of resolution? Because of that it is now a state issue, not a federal one.
Easy, put the Sydney rail connection on the normal network pricing, and watch the passenger traffic increase. You can only charge high fees if you have dedicated rolling stock. Bite the bullet and show SACL you mean business.
Melbourne is a different animal, no rail link and a lot of lobby groups against one. If the new liberal government wants to win the next election now, then start the rail link, and again keep it at suburban pricing. After all this is state infrastructure, in olden days it would just be built, now there has to be a multitude of reasons.
And thats just to start.