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Road-use charge would force more to public transport - Business - Business
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Welcome to The Age. Skip directly to: Search Box. Road-use charge would force more to public transport. March 7, 2006. The idea of free trains, trams and buses is not as fanciful as it seems, writes Joshua Gans. T HE weekend's Sunday Age. This is a good idea. However, there is a far bigger problem requiring a solution: road pricing. We already have road pricing on a few freeways, including CityLink. The rationale for that is not environmental concerns but road funding. In our book, Finishing the Job.
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Greens loss means a pulp mill for Gunns - Business - Business - smh.com.au
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Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box. Greens loss means a pulp mill for Gunns. March 21, 2006. SHARES in woodchipper Gunns have been boosted by the end of fears that Tasmania would face a hung parliament or minority government. Gunns yesterday rose 8c to $3.15, continuing price increases that started in the middle of last week when the market seemed to confirm expectations that the Lennon Government would be safely re-elected. The group had threatened to take the mill to Chi...
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$151m planes a 'disaster' - National - smh.com.au
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Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box. 151m planes a 'disaster'. September 14, 2008. FRESH doubts have been thrown on Australia's most costly military project in history after aviation experts slammed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as a "disaster" that lacks power and punch. An article in Janes Defence Weekly. The F-35 is a bad deal that shows every sign of turning into a disaster," they said. Last week reported the F-35 was comprehensively beaten by the Russian Sukhois in a s...
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Toorak tractors stuck in mud as car sales boom - Ross Gittins - Opinion
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Welcome to The Age Online. Skip directly to: Search Box. Toorak tractors stuck in mud as car sales boom. August 3, 2005. Email to a friend. Global oversupply has made new cars more affordable than ever. What do you do with your money after you have moved to a bigger and better house, acquired a whopping mortgage and the price of petrol is going through the roof? Buy a new car, of course. You haven't bought one lately? Find that hard to believe? Those figures have been calculated by the Bureau of Statisti...
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Moonshadows - A Tribute to Cat Stevens - Gig previews & reviews - Music
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Welcome to The Age. Skip directly to: Search Box. GIG PREVIEWS and REVIEWS. Moonshadows - A Tribute to Cat Stevens. January 5, 2007. Darren Coggan inhabits the persona of one of his musical heroes. Darren Coggan pays tribute to Cat Stevens in. 188 Collins St, Melbourne. 5 January 2007 to 28 January 2007. Tue, 6.30pm; Wed-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 5.00pm. Matinees: Sat, 2pm; Sun, 1pm. Hailing from Wagga Wagga, the accomplished singer and actor says the first song he learned to play on guitar at the age of seven was.
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Sydney travel times on the increase - National - smh.com.au
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Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box. Sydney travel times on the increase. December 9, 2008 - 10:50AM. If you thought your travelling times on some of Sydney's busiest roads was getting longer, you're right. Average speeds on nearly all of Sydney's main roads fell during the morning commuting peak, with the speed on the M2/Lane Cove Tunnel/Gore Hill Freeway dropping to just 31kmh in 2007/08, down from 38kmh a year earlier. The report found that the start of operations of the...
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Suits you, sir - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au
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Welcome to The Age. Skip directly to: Search Box. GIG PREVIEWS and REVIEWS. Suits you, sir. February 18, 2007. The Nick Cave look has seen several incarnations, ranging from dragged through a hedge backwards, through Neo-Mod to pimp-chic, but always accessorised with his customary cool. As a style icon, Nick Cave sticks to the look he perfected two decades ago. As a musician, though, he has to keep evolving to stay fresh. He speaks with Guy Blackman. You probably won't be surprised to hear that watching ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Ask Sam
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Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. Skip directly to: Search Box. Things I wish I knew before I got married. Things I wish I knew before I got married". Last week, there was a hullabaloo over a recent study of women in their 20s. Carried out by More. Magazine, which discovered that women believe the ideal age to get married is 26. (Say what! Many women I speak to make no secret of the fact that they are on the perpetual hunt for "the one". Cries of "I just want to meet my husband! Their responses ra...
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Not a terrorist, just an angry loner starved of attention - National - www.smh.com.au
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Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. Skip directly to: Search Box. Not a terrorist, just an angry loner starved of attention. By Natasha Wallace and Joseph Kerr. April 7, 2005. Email to a friend. Zaky Mallah . found not guilty of planning a terrorist attack. The Federal Government was so sure Zaky Mallah planned a suicide attack on its offices in Sydney he was the first man in NSW charged under new counter-terrorism laws. Yesterday, he was the first acquitted. The verdict follows a speech made by Jud...
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US, Britain lose faith in 'ineffective' leader - Iraq - Features - In Depth
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Welcome to The Age Online. Skip directly to: Search Box. US, Britain lose faith in 'ineffective' leader. By Anton La Guardia. October 20, 2005. Email to a friend. Disappointing: the US and Britain have no confidence in Ibrahim al-Jaafari. THE US and Britain have lost confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and are hoping that December's elections will bring a new and more efficient government. The most intense speculation over the succession is focused on the Vice-President, Adel Abdel-Mahd...