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07/01/2009 06:21 am
Besides a six-month period and supply way beyond what we will sell, Complete Wedding Melbourne from Universal Magazines stings newsagents because of its sheer weight.  We have to pay to freight unsold product back to the distributor and cannot fit more than four copies per bundle.  This is anothe ...
07/01/2009 05:56 am
Phil Schiller delivered the keynote at MacWorld, the first after the Steve Jobs era of keynotes. Here is Engadget's live blog. The big news, predicted by many rumor sites, was the introduction of the unibody 17" MacBook Pro. As rumored, the battery is not removable, but it's claimed to ...
07/01/2009 04:20 am
Anyone who has spent a chilly half-hour waiting for a double-decker may already have doubted the existence of a deity. But for those who need further proof, a nationwide advertising campaign aimed at persuading more people to "come out" as atheists was launched today with the backing of so ...
07/01/2009 04:00 am
Wollongong taxi drivers accept the NSW Transport Ministry's decision to knock back an independent recommendation that taxi fares be increased. ...
07/01/2009 03:32 am
AP - Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday. ...
06/01/2009 11:58 pm
A CHINESE naval convoy has arrived in the Gulf of Aden on a landmark mission to protect the country's shipping from Somali pirates and has escorted its first four vessels. ...
06/01/2009 07:00 pm
Anthony Albanese - Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Transport and Regional Development, Minister for Local Government, Leader of the House - Media Statement - 06-01-2009 ...
06/01/2009 06:44 pm
Senator Ludlam: To ask the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (transferred to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence on 19 December 2008)- (1) What environmental impact studies have been conducted in relation to the planned Exercise Talisman Sab ...
06/01/2009 03:37 pm
The Australian Greens say plans to overhaul the Sydney metro could create a sustainable city for the future, but only if they are underpinned by public transport and affordable housing. "The plans reported in the media today are an example of what the federal government could achieve through it ...
06/01/2009 01:56 pm
Work tools, such as the company car and the mobile phone, can be fun and functional but when used at the same time, the combination is deadly.  According to media reports a study by the Federal Department of Transport survey of 1500 drivers has shown that  [in Victoria] about 61 per cent said th ...
06/01/2009 01:25 pm
By Madelene Pearson Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Mining areas in parts of Australia’s Queensland state may get more rain this week after recent falls closed a rail line and forced Xstrata Plc, the world ... ...
06/01/2009 12:09 pm
Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE Supplementary Budget Estimates October 2008 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Senator LUDLAM-I wonder how much of your work is in metropolitan public transport? Ms ...
06/01/2009 12:03 pm
Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE Supplementary Budget Estimates October 2008 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Senator LUDLAM - I am just trying to get a sense, I suppose, of the budget allocations ...
06/01/2009 11:53 am
Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE Supplementary Budget Estimates October 2008 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Senator Ludlam asked: What was the selection criteria used for the selection of the na ...
06/01/2009 11:45 am
Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE Supplementary Budget Estimates October 2008 Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Senator Ludlam asked: Can you outline the role, functions and expected outputs of the ...
06/01/2009 11:45 am
The New South Wales Government has denied reports it has begun planning high-rise developments around the proposed metro rail line for Sydney's inner west. ...
06/01/2009 11:00 am
HEAVY rain has affected a number of mining operations and forced the closure of key freight services in north-west Queensland. ...
06/01/2009 11:00 am
MARIA DANILOVA The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said Tuesday that Russia's Gazprom slashed natural gas shipments to Europe by about two-thirds, while Balkan nations reported a complete shut off of Russian gas, in a sharp escalation of a struggle over energy ...
06/01/2009 08:27 am
CAIRO (AFP) - The Suez Canal has opted against increasing tolls in 2009 because of uncertainty in the shipping industry caused by piracy and the global credit crunch, a canal authority official said on Monday. ...
06/01/2009 07:54 am
Seagate is now shipping its densest desktop hard drive, the Barracuda 7200.12, which offers 1TB of capacity on two disks. The drive is a 3.5-in. disk that spins at 7,200 rpm and has an areal density of 329 gigabits per square inch. Seagate said it expects to add platters using the same technology la ...
06/01/2009 05:56 am
The main Melbourne-Adelaide rail line and a major highway are closed as firefighters work to contain a spill of turpentine from a freight train in Victoria. ...
06/01/2009 05:51 am
AFP - President George W. Bush on Monday authorized the immediate use of US aircrafts to transport supplies to the international peacekeeping force in Darfur, the White House said. ...
06/01/2009 04:00 am
A Wollongong company which began work on the Maldon-Dombarton rail link almost 30 years ago is back to finish the job. ...
06/01/2009 01:00 am
DESPITE Lance Armstrong's humility surrounding his comeback ride after a three-year hiatus, Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur believes the Texan "freight train" will he hard to stop. ...
06/01/2009 12:00 am
Black Range Minerals (ASX:BLR) has announced the acquisition of a 100% interest in the advanced Jonesville Coal Project in Alaska, USA.  The project hosts JORC measured, indicated and inferred resources of 130Mt of high quality (low sulphur) thermal coal.  A revised resource/reserve statement will ...
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