Bite the bullet: Japan keen to introduce its train
Adam Carey Gen Okajima is waiting for a train. He knows it will not arrive soon, not even in the next few years, but he is not feeling anxious or impatient. He says it will come once Australia is ready for it.
Light rail cheaper than high-speed
Adam Carey HIGH-SPEED rail will never be a reality in Australia unless it can be built at the ultra-low cost of $10 million a kilometre, the head of Melbourne's train operator says.
Literary journal appoints new editor
Adam Carey Meanjin will have a new editor in March, when deputy editor Zora Sanders steps up to replace current head Sally Heath.
Tribunal to investigate truck driver safety
Adam Carey Retail giants Coles and Woolworths will be among the first businesses to have their transport safety standards put under the microscope by a new industry tribunal, in response to fears that truck...
Metro accused of bullying train victim's mother
Adam Carey Campaigner Dianne Dejanovic's son Christian was killed at a St Albans level crossing.
Tunnel chaos prompts call for federal road funding
Adam Carey Transport Minister Terry Mulder urges Labor to back east-west link.
Make room: transport survey
Adam Carey Almost two-thirds of Australians believe investment in public transport is more important than investment in roads, a survey has found.
Activist: time to touch off
Adam Carey Daniel Bowen is stepping down as president of the Public Transport Users Association.
Fears new truckie pay tribunal could strangle industry with red tape
Adam Carey, Clay Lucas A new national tribunal with the power to set pay rates for truck drivers in the name of preventing crashes could instead strangle transport companies in red tape, industry watchers have warned.
Truck plan could backfire
Adam Carey and Clay Lucas A new tribunal will set pay rates to try to discourage drivers from working unduly long hours.
Union pair deny Thomson claims
Adam Carey, Geesche Jacobsen ''Sad and pathetic'' and ''absolute fiction'' was how the two union officials named in MP Craig Thomson's address to Parliament yesterday described his claims that they had conspired to destroy his...
Sympathy for shocked Norwegian community in Australia
Adam Carey and Reid Sexton Australian's flood the Norwegian embassy in Canberra with messages of sympathy after the massacre of at least 90 people at a youth camp on Utoeya island in Norway.
Tributes flow for a brilliant soldier, a great husband and mate
Adam Carey FAMILY and friends of the slain commando Sergeant Brett Wood have paid tribute to a man they say was not only a brilliant soldier but a great husband and mate.
Ex-cop prefers pork belly to Underbelly
Adam Carey Colin McLaren says he never doubted where the line between right and wrong was.
Criminal conspiracist seeks spunky siren
Adam Carey It's a cocky online mating call by a man who appears to have great confidence in his appeal to women.
Police investigate feud theory after fatal shooting
Paul Millar and Adam Carey A man shot dead after a dispute in the Melbourne suburb of Williamstown yesterday is believed to be a close associate of the Haddara family, which is involved in a bloody clan war with the rival...
