The lure of a $42 billion stimulus package has shaken the dual transport totems of fast trains and a second Sydney airport (anywhere-but-in-Sydney) out of the closet once more, writes Ben Sandilands.
Canberra airport
Tips and rumours
I laughed out loud at your report about the Courier Mail journos at the Queens Arms Hotel, but hear that the hotel manager was very unprofessional. A number of the journalists in question are hoping to get something about it in paper.
Following SP Telemedia’s recent poor result and the sale of its television company, I’ve […]
The stoush over Canberra airport
The ambitions of Terry Snow, one of Australia’s wealthier men and owner of Canberra Airport, and those of long time opponent of an expanded Sydney Airport and NSWS Planning Minister Frank Sartor are locked in a peculiarly bitter fight over a housing estate near Queanbeyan, just over the state line from the capital.
Tips and rumours
An interesting poll. Galaxy are currently conducting a poll in Bennelong, for publication early next week (I was called last night). The two key questions relate to how much the PM’s age and (dis)honesty will influence votes.
Job cuts. Telstra sacks 250 Brisbane ‘back of house’ problem fixers this month. Over 1000 Brisbane jobs and […]
Henry Thornton: Jobs growth and workplace reform
Big and small business - 19 groups, if ABC news can be believed - have taken the unprecedented step of launching an advertising campaign to highlight “the benefits of workplace reform and the costs of turning the clock back on this key driver of future prosperity”.
Nine flicks cricket tourists to Pay TV
Crikey / Monday, 18 February 2008
For the second time in as many years Australian cricket fans have been short-changed by the Nine Network, with its decision to flick coverage of tomorrow’s match between India and Sri Lanka to Fox Sports, writes Glenn Dyer.