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MELBOURNE'S NEW DAM

20/11/09 15:25 Filed in: My Ideas | Melbourne | Australia
There is a great location for Melbourne's new dam.

It's off the coast of Cape Otway, in Bass Strait. Read More…

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WILL THE DREAMLINER EVER FLY?

17/11/09 15:20 Filed in: Aviation | Boeing
The Boeing 787 is delayed again.

Have Boeing chosen the right path? More Flights More Often, in a plastic 767, works well if Heathrow gets a third runway, and oil is cheap.

But Heathrow will never get a third runway, and oil will go back up to $130 a barrel.
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AIRBUS MUST DO THIS

17/11/09 15:09 Filed in: Airbus
Airbus sells their products in US Dollars but builds them in Euros.

They could build the A350 in Jebel Ali, Dubai using Filipino and Indian labour, paid in USD. Read More…

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RUPERT MURDOCH NEED NOT WORRY

17/11/09 15:06 Filed in: News
Digital Newspapers Will Work

Rupert Murdoch is worried about the demise of newspapers and the proliferation of free online content. He shouldn't worry. If he designs a good online alternative to newspaper, he can arrest the decline. Read More…

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TWEETING ON A JET PLANE

07/11/09 15:02 Filed in: Air Safety
It's not hard to do your job correctly.

Two pilots have had their licences revoked for failing to keep an adequate listening watch, being out of radio contact for 91 minutes. Read More…

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SRI LANKAN ASYLUM SEEKERS

01/11/09 14:57 Filed in: Australia
On the other side of the Indian Ocean, they'd be called Pirates

78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers are sitting on an Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, 10 nautical miles off the coast of Indonesia, demanding to come to Australia. It’s a stand-off that can only end in tears for the Australian Prime Minister Read More…

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