RSS feed Tue, 22nd May 2012
14 October 2009
Why didn’t John Bradfield build Metro in the 1920’s and why did John Whitton build the New South Wales Railways? Victor P Taffa Ever since the development of the railways in New South Wales by John Whitton and John Bradfield in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries’ the Government of New South Wales and thus the taxpayer has [...]
Posted in Transport
02 April 2011
Victor P Taffa The Southern Thunderer was first published on Wednesday 14 October 2009 and has a range of categories where your advertising needs can appear. The Advertise Page appears on the top right hand row of Page Tabs directly above the clocks. These Categories include: Agriculture Business Community Notices Education Elections Environment Health Law & Order Legal Affairs Lifestyle Literary & Arts News Planning Politics Regional Resources Sport Tourism Transport Welfare Services Websites have ‘visits’ and ‘Page [...]
Posted in News
22 May 2012
Queensland Minister for Energy and Water Supply Mark McArdle Carbon Tax Will Cost Jobs, Raise Greenhouse Emissions Victor P Taffa Key Investor Says Carbon Tax Costs Jobs, Raises Greenhouse Emissions One of Australia’s key alumina industry investors, Russian giant Rusal, a 20% partner in Rio Tinto’s multi-billion dollar Boyne Island refinery at Gladstone, has backed criticism of the carbon [...]
Posted in Resources
22 May 2012
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman Premier Welcomes Qantas Decision Victor P Taffa Queensland Premier Campbell Newman today welcomed the decision by Qantas to consolidate its heavy maintenance facilities in Brisbane. Mr. Newman said the aviation sector was a very important industry in Queensland and that Qantas played a key part. “Qantas has already made a significant investment in aviation infrastructure at [...]
Posted in Transport
22 May 2012
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Statement On Qantas Review Of Heavy Maintenance Victor P Taffa The announcement by Qantas today that it will continue heavy maintenance operations at Avalon is welcome news however the loss of heavy maintenance at Melbourne Airport is disappointing. At the beginning of this process both Qantas heavy maintenance facilities at Melbourne and Avalon airports [...]
Posted in Transport
22 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder Victoria Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher Coalition Government Launches MYKI Visitor Pack With Tourist Discounts Victor P Taffa Discounts at Victorian tourism attractions, a specially designed wallet by Melbourne’s leading cartoonist Mark Knight, a transport map and a myki ready for travel will provide visitors to Melbourne with [...]
Posted in Transport
21 May 2012
Western Australia Minister for Transport Troy Buswell Lights To Be Switched On At Eelup Roundabout Victor P Taffa Improved safety and efficiency for 40,000 road users who use Eelup roundabout each day Upgrade completed on time and on budget Western Australia’s first signalised traffic roundabout will soon be operational, with power to the traffic lights at the Eelup roundabout expected [...]
Posted in Transport
21 May 2012
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion Black Cockatoos Take Flight With Tracking Devices Victor P Taffa Six rehabilitated Carnaby’s cockatoos released at Perry Lakes Satellite tracking devices fitted to black cockatoos for research in an Australian first Six rehabilitated Carnaby’s cockatoos have been successfully released back into their natural habitat after being fitted with satellite tracking devices to monitor [...]
Posted in Environment
21 May 2012
Tasmania Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein Giddings’ GST Con Exposed Victor P Taffa The Premier’s GST con has been exposed. The Federal Government predicted that GST growth will be modest, yet the Premier believes that Tasmania will conveniently receive a river of GST gold just in time for the next election, Shadow Treasurer Peter Gutwein said. “The Premier’s prediction that [...]
Posted in Business
21 May 2012
Tasmania Opposition Leader Will Hodgman Giddings Blows $6 Million p.a. On Interest Repayments Victor P Taffa Treasurer Giddings has repeatedly spoken out in parliament against going into net debt, but that is exactly what she has done. Giddings – “I am determined not to go back into net debt. I am determined not to be spending money that ought [...]
Posted in Business
20 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Innovation Services and Small Business Louise Asher Applications Now Open For Expanded Prestigious Science Awards Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced applications are now open for the 2012 Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation, and the 2012 Victoria Fellowships. Ms. Asher said the Victorian Coalition Government was [...]
Posted in Technology
20 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge Victorians Urged To Give Generously To The Red Shield Appeal Victor P Taffa Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge is urging Victorians to give generously this weekend to The Salvation Army’s annual fundraising drive, the Red Shield Appeal. Volunteers will be door-knocking this weekend, 19 and 20 May, to help raise vital [...]
Posted in Welfare Services
20 May 2012
Queensland Minister for Education Training and Employment John-Paul Langbroek Metro Schools Celebrate State Education Week 2012 Victor P Taffa The many talents and achievements of state school students and teachers throughout the Metropolitan region will be recognised during State Education Week 2012 from Sunday 20 May. Education, Training and Employment Minister John-Paul Langbroek said schools throughout Queensland would [...]
Posted in Education
20 May 2012
Queensland Minister for Health Lawrence Springborg Queensland’s HIV Diagnosis Rates Doubled In Ten Years: Springborg Acts On Urgent Health Reform Victor P Taffa The Newman Government has moved quickly to address an alarming rise in HIV diagnosis rates across Queensland with the announcement it will create a Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS to review and redirect awareness and [...]
Posted in Health
19 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Second State-Of-The-Art Mobile Breast Screen Service Hits The Road Victor P Taffa Minister for Health David Davis today farewelled Victoria’s second state-of-the-art mobile breast cancer screening service as it took to the road on a trip around rural Victoria. Mr. Davis said BreastScreen Victoria had named the bright pink van, fitted with the [...]
Posted in Health
19 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Education Martin Dixon Extra Support For Students With Disabilities Victor P Taffa Education Minister Martin Dixon today announced all Victorian Government schools will receive a share in $37.2 Million of additional funding under the More Support for Students with Disabilities program. From next month, all Government schools and students with disabilities will benefit from the [...]
Posted in Education
19 May 2012
South Australia Deputy Leader of the Opposition Mitch Williams Government By Fundraiser Victor P Taffa It says something about the Weatherill Labor Government that the only way Keith Hospital could get a one-off grant was to attend a Labor fundraiser. Questions in Parliament didn’t get the grant Speeches in Parliament didn’t get the grant Media releases didn’t get the grant Media [...]
Posted in Politics
19 May 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Police Duncan McFetridge Crime Out Of Control, Minister What Are You Going To Do? Victor P Taffa Crime in South Australia is out of control. But what is Minister Rankine going to do about it? “The Weatherill Labor Government and Police Minister Rankine must guarantee South Australians that they will not make any [...]
Posted in Law & Order
18 May 2012
Northern Territory Shadow Minister for Central Australia Matt Conlan HOLLOW HENDERSON’S HOLIDAY HOWLER Victor P Taffa Revelations that Police Commissioner John McRoberts is missing in action in Alice Springs is a devastating blow to the Chief Minister’s integrity. Shadow Minister for Central Australia, Matt Conlan, said the Chief Minister’s tough talk about zero tolerance policing in Alice Springs were [...]
Posted in Law & Order
18 May 2012
Northern Territory Opposition Leader Terry Mills A TAX ON EVERYTHING Victor P Taffa Opposition Leader, Terry Mills, says the Country Liberals don’t support Labor’s carbon tax. “It is a tax on business, families, freight, travel, power and the Northern Territory lifestyle.” Mr. Mills said. “After guaranteeing he wouldn’t sign up to a carbon tax that left Territorians worse off, the [...]
Posted in Business
18 May 2012
Western Australia Treasurer Christian Porter Western Australia Minister for Transport Troy Buswell State Budget 2012-13: Building the State – Transport Projects Key To WA’s Future Victor P Taffa $105 Million for traffic congestion initiatives $97 Million for road safety projects $276.5 M State contribution over forward estimates for $1B Gateway WA project $5.15 Million for light rail planning over [...]
Posted in Transport
18 May 2012
Western Australia Treasurer Christian Porter State Budget 2012-13: Leadership – Government Announces $196 Million Surplus Victor P Taffa Surplus of $196 Million in 2012-13 WA’s economic growth forecast at 4.75% in 2012-13 Savings initiatives to total $4.9billion over 4 years Plans for Future Fund announced Treasurer Christian Porter today announced a surplus of $196 Million for the 2012-13 State Budget, with budget [...]
Posted in Business
© 2009
