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Enjoying the Overland Train plus interesting events on the way

Snuffle Nose
August 25, 2025
5

I checked my luggage in for storage in PCO3 to Adelaide. And went to platform 2.

Leidos wins $35m Defence contract for air command and control

Guest authors
August 25, 2025
0

Under the contract, Leidos will provide on-site sustainment services to Defence’s Joint Systems Division, Joint C4 Systems branch. This will include operational support, engineering services and training.

How Many Boeing 777-300ERs Were Built?

Guest authors
August 25, 2025
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A total of 831 Boeing 777-300ERs were delivered, with the final example likely delivered in 2024 ahead of the 777-9’s expected launch in 2026.

How a quiet rail closure could swamp western suburbs with trucks

Bardy Bigglesworth
August 25, 2025
6

But efforts to boost rail freight have so far been fruitless. The 20-year, $183 million Port Rail Shuttle project has yet to move a single container.

Pro-Palestine crowd marches in Melbourne

Helen Carrie
August 25, 2025
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The demonstration was the 97th consecutive pro-Palestine rally in Melbourne.

V/Line has major issues Seymour Line and it was seemly covered up as the advice was vague….

Snuffle Nose
August 25, 2025
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This is by no means the first time V/Line has suffered such an incident on the Network.

Train losing carriage closes lines between Seymour and Southern Cross Station

Brian Evans
August 25, 2025
1

A carriage detaching from a V/Line train has closed two lines between Seymour and Southern Cross station, sparking major delays.

V/Line passenger train comes apart between Seymour and Tallarook

Bardy Bigglesworth
August 25, 2025
5

The issue has caused major delays on the Seymour and Shepparton Lines.

Qatar Airways turns to High Court over strip-search case

Guest authors
August 25, 2025
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The Gulf carrier has applied for leave to appeal to Australia’s highest court after the Full Federal Court overturned a lower court’s ruling that it could not be sued by five Australian women over their ordeal, which took place at Hamad International A…

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Emergency location service to launch in Bangkok

Guest authors
August 25, 2025
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Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, is to launch the country’s first-ever 191 Emergency Location Service (ELS), a strategic collaboration between the Patrol and Special Operations Division of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, leading mobile operator A…