âMoving Bankstown Line services to the new standalone metro system removes an existing bottleneck and frees up capacity to deliver more services on other lines where itâs needed,â he said.
âOne billion dollars in funding ensures weâre future-proofing the existing rail network to keep pace with demand.â
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While patronage has recently pushed close to 70 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, the network spent much of 2020 operating at or below 50 per cent.
âThe vaccine is going to change things and people are going to get their confidence back,â Mr Constance said.
âThe vaccine is going to change things and people are going to get their confidence back.â
Tougher laws needed for drug and alcohol driving in NSW
By Nicholas John Cruz|21 February 2021
Last year four young children walking on the footpath in Oatley in NSW were on their way to buy ice cream, and were tragically struck and killed by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was both high on drugs and alcohol, writes Nicholas John Cruz.
In response to this tragedy, NSW will introduce tougher penalties for high-range and mid-range alcohol and drug driving offences. An offence of “high range” alcohol and drug driving will face a maximum penalty of $5,500 or two-year term of imprisonment or both (first offence); or $11,000 or two-year term of imprisonment or both (second or subsequent offence).
Sydney news: Black Hawk down in Sydney park, fight against powerlines in Kosciuszko
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The NSW Parliament s four key Independents have urged the state government to reject Transgrid s plans to build overhead transmission lines through Kosciuszko National Park.
Independent MPs Greg Piper, Alex Greenwich and Joe McGirr have been joined by NSW Upper House MLC Justin Field in opposing the move.
Transgrid s plans show transmission lines on large steel lattice towers up to 75 metres high through the world-renowned Kosciuszko Park.
State government agencies at war over logging forests ruined by fire
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Pressure to maintain wood supply contracts set before bushfires swept through the stateâs forests is behind new tensions between the state-owned logger and the environmental watchdog, internal documents suggest.
On Wednesday the Environment Protection Authority revealed Forestry Corp had notified that it intended to resume logging in the South Coast forests under the same rules that existed before the fires, breaking an agreement between the two agencies to abide by new conditions after the fires.
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