Tyler_Durden wrote:When down King William Street I saw that they had Australian flags all the way down the street but on closer inspection, a couple of the flags were New Zealand flags. I guess they ran out of Australian flags.

Was it Anzac Day?

What is Solar Cube Technology? From today's Advertiser: Chance to invest in SA's $30m solar farm OLGA GALACHO May 15, 2007 02:15am PLANS for a private $30 million, 15-megawatt solar farm in one of the state's most arid regions are likely to be signed off today. The public will be able to invest in t...

It seems SA Water doesn't want this proposal to get up because it doesn't involve any business for them. From today's Advertiser: No land title for rainwater town GREG KELTON, STATE POLITICAL REPORTER May 15, 2007 02:15am A $10.8 million housing development on Yorke Peninsula, which will rely entire...

A bit of news from today's Advertiser: Hold-outs may stall South Rd underpass ANNA VLACH, TRANSPORT REPORTER, TOM ZED May 14, 2007 02:15am COMPULSORY acquisition negotiations could stall work on the $118 million Anzac Hwy-South Rd underpass. Project director Paul Gelston said yesterday "serious...

Great news for Eyre Peninsula after years of neglect in this quarter. From today's Advertiser: $30m rail link a win for farmers MATT WILLIAMS May 14, 2007 02:15am THE $30 million upgrade of the Eyre Peninsula rail system "provides a future" for grain growers trying to recover from the drou...

I agree that communism does not drive an economy, in fact it "punishes" those who have money. This is not what I am annoyed about at all. Those who have earned or inherited wealth - well, good luck to them. On the other hand, those who would like a slice of the pie and are prepared to work...

This is typical Liberal Party policy - everything they do is aimed at polarizing society - widenning the gap between the haves and the have nots. If you have money, you can get a higher education, land a higher-paying job than your poorer mate who is actually brighter than you but can't afford the f...

AGL wants to build a new wind farm in the Burra-Hallet district. From Friday's ABC News On-Line: AGL to provide second wind farm Australia's biggest retail energy provider AGL has bought the rights to develop another wind farm in South Australia. The 71-megawatt farm will be located just 20 kilometr...

cyber_256 wrote:Though big W for example which is out at monarto usually gets its shipping containers trucked from Pt Adelaide, i don't see whats wrong with it being sent up by train instead.

Has Big W at Monarto got a rail siding yet? Surely that is the intention, with that site right next to the rail line?

skyliner wrote: the inference concerning the enormous results of one mill on the Victorian climate and hence rain into the Murray, is astounding to say the least.

Yes, I have to agree with you there!

crawf wrote:BTW those KWS flagpoles will be relocated to Grote Street (apart of the redevelopment) - will make Grote St more of a grand entrance into the CBD and look really nice.

And when the City West loop is getting done and the tram has to go down Grote Street, where will they move the flagpoles to then?

i would rather see it built at pt stanvac, which wouldnt affect the landscape so much because the old refinery is still there. It wouldn't affect the landscape, but it would still affect the gulf, and, in turn, the fishery. The problem doesn't go away because you can't see it. My recommendation (an...

AtD wrote:rhino: Uh...?

My comment was in reply to Urban's question about a severe shortage of gas in Australia. You posted your answer while I was still typing mine.

From today's Advertiser: SA farmers confident May 10, 2007 10:10am SOUTH Australia's agriculture sector is upbeat despite the drought with 75 per cent of farmers confident about the year ahead, a survey has found. The Westpac and Charles Sturt University Agribusiness Index found optimism high enough...

Not in Australia, as far as I know. Oil companies seem to strike gas in Australia a lot more than they strike oil.