VICTORIA’S GOVERNMENT has come under fire from the state opposition for ignoring the deteriorating condition of regional roads as a major contributor to the rising road toll.

Recent figures show that although the road toll is dropping throughout the state’s cities and towns, the rural road toll is on the rise, corresponding with condition reports which [...]

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THE RUDD GOVERNMENT and State Premiers are expected to discuss the introduction of mandatory carbon emission standards at this week’s Council of Australian Governments meeting in Darwin - a move which could precipitate radical change in the local car industry.

Green-car incentives are also said to be on the agenda and, if approved, could give buyers [...]

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Not everyone has been thinking with their bums on the dual issues of high petrol prices and urban congestion.

Victorian motor body, VACC, has called on State and Federal Governments to give more support to scooter and motorcycle riders. It says that high petrol prices are fuelling the case for two-wheeled transport, and is calling on [...]

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The RACV has been successful in coercing Premier John Brumby to introduce legislation limiting the amount of passengers carried by Victorian P-plate drivers. The new law will come into effect on July 1 this year and effectively limits a P-plate driver from carrying more than one passenger aged 16 to 21, unless there are exceptional [...]

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We are not 100 percent convinced about the validity of this report but according to The Age this-morning the organizers of the Australian grand prix are secretly contemplating moving its location from Albert Park to “a famous horse racing venue” when the contract for the race expires in 2010.

According to Channel Nine, unnamed sources had [...]

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Ford Australia have cancelled plans to manufacture and export left hand drive 2008 Falcon ‘Orion’s’ in favour of the smaller Focus which will also be built locally in 2011.

The Australian Government very publicly invested $AU100 million into the new Falcon left-hand-drive-program in early 2006, to assist Ford Australia in cracking the US and Middle Eastern [...]

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