THE chief executive of Melbourne’s new train operator also headed a British rail company that went into administration at a huge cost to taxpayers.
Andrew Lezala, whose Metro Trains Melbourne will soon operate the city’s trains, was chief executive of the British rail maintenance company Metronet from May 2005 until it went into administration in July 2007.
theage.com.au
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Is this going to happen ? being hearing the same byline for the last 20 odd years and it still continues to go down hill. No matter who’s in Libral or Labour both manage to make a mess of it.
So excuse me if I don’t get all excited about this last announcement.
Remember back to the red rattlers, and when trams had conductors and stations had staff, at least it was safe to ride the trains and who cared if they where running a little late.
Then along came the bean counters an totally ruined a good system, not to mention Jeff and his mates who gave a whole new meaning to the word privatisation.
But then thats another story in its self, and don’t get me started on Dick Hammer.
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End of a dream: Costello’s unfulfilled ambition
But the meat in Howard’s statement was this: “He was treasurer in a government which left Australia better able to weather the financial storms of recent times than virtually any other nation in the world.
Here was the final insult, that last slap across the face as Costello walked out the door: apparently, the lowliest Howard government backbencher could take as much credit for Australia’s strong economic position as could Costello, who served for more than 11 years as treasurer.
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Indian students in Melbourne take on police officers at street cricket in a message of harmony following a spate of allegedly racist attacks on Indian students. Police in Melbourne have been accused of inaction.
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Consumer finance industry analysts have given the thumbs up to the Qantas Frequent Flyer and Woolworths loyalty program alliance, saying it has benefits for members of both programs.
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Melbourne, one of the hardest-hit by the first flu pandemic in four decades, is exporting swine flu to Asian countries, including Singapore.
Singapore today confirmed six more cases of the virus, five of whom were people returning from Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, the Singapore government said in a statement yesterday.
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THE anti-viral drug Tamiflu will be given free and without prescription to close contacts of swine flu sufferers in Victorian suburbs with a high number of H1N1 cases.
Thousands of packets of the drug have been distributed to pharmacies in Melbourne after Victorian health authorities asked the Federal Government to release supplies from the national stockpile last week.
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Tourism Victoria is using love as a marketing tool in a bid to draw Sydney women to the state by offering them a chance to win a date with one of ten eligible Victorian bachelors.
“Hands off our boys” quoted a furious Melbourne woman to the Herald Sun, while the Sun-Herald NSW uncovered a conspiracy to “lure Sydney’s women away”.
The ten Melbourne bachelors include the likes of fashion designers, art directors and chefs, and will each go on a date with one of ten Sydney women, eight of whom will be selected by the tourism board and two of whom successfully entered their dating profile and bachelor preference on the campaign’s website.
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