Rail lines could be ripped up

FORTY-FIVE rail lines across NSW, including two in metropolitan Sydney, have been earmarked as "non-operational", leaving them open to being ripped up and redeveloped under controversial legislation before Parliament.

Driver Downs Power Lines

A MAN was injured when his car struck a power pole on Maitland Road, Islington, last night.

Behind The Lines

Behind the Lines John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew

Clarke In Dark Over Skipper's Strategy

VICE-CAPTAIN Michael Clarke twice referred sticky questions relating to Australia's bowling strategy to his captain, Ricky Ponting, in an indication that communication lines between the team's leaders are not clear.

Pup Defers To Top Dog Ponting

VICE-CAPTAIN Michael Clarke twice referred sticky questions relating to Australia's bowling strategy to his captain, Ricky Ponting, in a possible indication that communication lines between Australia's on-field leaders are not clear.

Traffic Jam Builds On Transpacific Route

THE entry of Delta Air Lines on the Australia-US route is expected to reduce Qantas's share of the lucrative transpacific market, while making V Australia's road to profitability longer.

How Mr Dynamite May Have Prevented An Explosion

AS IT HAPPENED 8.30pm, SBS: In April 1968 America was ready to burn. Martin Luther King had been assassinated and in cities across the nation, vengeance-driven blacks went on a rampage, venting their tears of rage and grief with fire and fury. The soul singer James Brown, a friend but no ally of King, was scheduled to perform in Boston, a city divided along racial lines. The segregated suburb of Roxbury was the East Berlin of the metropolis: a district where, given King's association with the ...

Companies Could Cope With Four More Like It

THE country's two biggest insurers are set to escape huge dents to their bottom lines despite the storms that ravaged south-east Queensland this week.

Fine Diner

Turn the tables on the establishment in crisp, clean lines and tasteful tailored pieces.

Desal Lines Will Hit Land Values

LAND values on Melbourne's south-eastern fringe could fall by tens of millions of dollars if overhead power lines are used to connect the Wonthaggi desalination plant to the electricity grid.

Jude's Test Of Mettle

IT'S the classic prince-and-pauper clash as Wollongong's Get Up Jude lines up against English aristocrat Bauer in the $200,000 Group Three Geelong Cup (2406m) today.

Ads And Their Effects Are Equally Hard To See

Product placement and split-second publicity are blurring important lines.

Less Choice As Coles Culls Its Product Lines

COLES is to slash the number of products shoppers have to choose from by almost a third.

Families' Grand Feud

THESE two proud footy parents are used to cheering for the same side but now as their sons take the field for Sunday's NRL grand final on opposing teams the battle lines are drawn.

Punch Lines Missing

THEATRE THE STALLION OF DEATH Darlinghurst Theatre, September 27 Until October 18

Victory A Long Way Down Pilbara Track

IT HAS been more than four years since Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals first applied for the right to run its own trains down BHP Billiton's private railway lines in the Pilbara.

Fortescue Closer To Railway Rights

FORTESCUE METALS is closer than ever to accessing BHP Billiton's Mt Newman railway line in the Pilbara, and possibly other railway lines owned by BHP and Rio Tinto.

Supermarket Site

SHOPPERS in the Hunter can order groceries online for the first time from a new-look Coles website offering more than 28,000 product lines.

Afl Panel Runs Fine Lines Between Pleasure And Pain

The machinations of the review panel occur within very narrow parameters.

Unis 'put Revenue' Ahead Of Students

AUSTRALIANS believe universities are more focused on their bottom lines than teaching students, according to a study into attitudes towards higher education.