NOT SO FAST
There is no doubt the train journey between Coffs Harbour and Sydney is one of the loveliest in NSW. But as a commute between the north coast and Sydney, it s an absolute embarrassment. It takes about nine hours, if it s on time, for the 608 kilometre-trip in rail stock nearly 40 years old on tracks put down in the 19th century. There are also several layovers as you wait for a passing train on the single line track. A trip roughly the same distance in Japan takes 2 hours 15 minutes; South Korea, about 2 hours and 50 minutes; and from Paris to Lyon in France, 1 hour 50 minutes. Our approach, or lack of one, to high speed rail in Australia is a national disgrace.
Selfish people who will always flout the rules
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January 14, 2021 10.30pm
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PROTECTING AUSTRALIA
Selfish people who will always flout the rules
Your editorial (The Age, 14/1) is critical of the government and says it ‘‘apparently does not trust thousands of Victorians who are now stuck on the wrong side of the state’s closed borders to return safely and quarantine for 14 days at home’’. It is right to be cautious.
of a woman in the river or a person in the river. it was not clear if that related to the specific attack. it appears it may. again, wolf, we re still trying to put together a picture of what happened. we have another eyewitness, allen perry, joining us right now. i understand you witnessed the attack. what did you see? in the house of lords, i was on my way to check into security and on the opposite sides of parliament, unfortunately for me and it might have been part of that incident and an eyewitness to it. i was walking around amidst a crowd of people when suddenly i had this enormous crash and band and looked across the pavement and saw this four by four vehicle that had clearly crashed into the railings that separated the pavement to the houses of parliament with the damaged and
may take awhile to get service back on track the medical examiner just confirmed the death of a 59 year-old driver of the dump truck but none of the passengers treated seriously injured but a lot of people are rattled . concrete chunks are strewn everywhere around the side collision between a train in a dump truck. the northwest line hettick for the city and passengers felt the sudden jolt the 840 this morning and i looked out the window and i saw pretty much know we hit the truck and we were shocked at and in the car was filled with smoke them we had no idea what was going to happen we were sure to show something that blew up so it was very good to see every reacting calmly. . the gates were activated and down in the war allies were in fact on there is a no left turn signal in ournctioned properly . sending in these photos just moments after the crash killing the truck driver and injuring a number of people on the train. many seem the flames with the most frightening p
street. the family was asleep and this was clearly a disaster waiting to happen and at 2:00 this morning it did. in front of this burned home there is a pile of charred belongings that now belong to no one. three people died when fire and smoke trapped them in a bedroom. we found all three. we did not find working smoke detectors. this electrical cord is believed to be the cause of the fire. the people living upstairs had pour cut off and had tapped into electricity of a downstairs unit. the numerous extension cords used to tie into it appear to have caused the fire. neighbors week to crackling and loud screams. i could see smoke and fire inside from the windows. and that were just people screaming. a fourth member of the family, a seven-year-old girl made it out alive and according to neighbors that s because of the efforts of the man living with the mother and two daughters who went in to make another rescue and never came out. the man on the bottom went inside