Published on November 22, 2010 by Technology Slice
Schoolies Braw Gets Ugly – Students from Laverton and Galvin Park secondary colleges brawled at Grand Star Receptions, where both schools were celebrating the end of the school year, The Herald Sun reported. Police and paramedics were called to the Altona North function centre just after 9pm on Friday night. It is believed a 17-year-old [...]
Tags: Altona North, Braw, Ciu, Friday Night, Galvin Park Secondary College, Herald Sun, Hobsons Bay, Investigations, Laverton, Organisers, Paramedics, Receptions, School Year, Secondary Colleges, Sergeant, Stable Condition, Ugly, Vicinity, Werribee, Wounds
Posted in General
Published on November 9, 2010 by Technology Slice
Qantas Airways Still Checking A380 Engines – Qantas Airways is reviewing the way it operates its A380 planes after last week’s engine blowout, a source said on Tuesday, amid reports that it worked its Rolls-Royce engines harder than other airlines. The Australian carrier operates its A380 engines at higher thrust levels, which could result in [...]
Tags: A380 Aircraft, airline, Alan Joyce, Australian Newspaper, Blowout, Chief Executive, Emergency Landing, Engine Failure, indonesia, Investigations, Last Thursday, Lufthansa, melbourne, Oil Lines, planes, Qantas Airways, Rolls Royce, Singapore Airlines, Thrust, Vibrations
Posted in Travel
Published on August 2, 2010 by Technology Slice
Saturday Cheapest To Buy Petrol – The cheapest day of the week to fill up has changed seven times over the past 10 months. “We all got used to cheap Tuesday a couple of years ago,” said NRMA Motoring and Services president Wendy Machin. “But over the last 10 months it’s really bounced around.
Tags: 10 Months, Act, Australia, Cheap Tuesday, Federal Government, Investigations, Machin, Major Oil Companies, Motorists, Nrma, petrol prices, Prosecutions, Rational Reason, Sensible Answer, Seven Times, Watchdog, Wendy
Posted in Money
Published on July 14, 2010 by Technology Slice
Driver Error In Some Toyota Cases – In what could turn into a repeat of the infamous Audi 5000 case more than two decades ago, driver error, not the vehicle, appears to be the cause of a number of Toyota unintended acceleration cases. A government analysis of vehicle data has found people were mashing the [...]
Tags: Acceleration, Audi 5000, Decades, Driver Error, Floor Mats, Gas Pedals, Government Analysis, Hadn, Hasn, Highway Traffic Safety, Investigations, John Hanson, National Highway Traffic, National Highway Traffic Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Nhtsa, Spokesman John, Toyota, Toyota Cases, Traffic Safety Administration
Posted in Cars
Published on July 9, 2010 by Technology Slice
Victorian Ambulance Response Times Questioned – Nationals Leader Peter Ryan requested the investigation after lengthy ambulance response times were linked to at least one death. The auditor-general’s report will be tabled in Parliament in October, just weeks before the November state election.
Tags: Amalgamation, Ambulance Paramedics, Ambulance Victoria, Ambulances, Auditor General, heart attack, Independent Report, Investigations, Metropolitan Ambulance Services, Mr Brumby, Mr Ryan, Nationals, Parliament, Peter Ryan, Relevant Evidence, Response Times, Scathing Assessment, Service Provision, State Election, Time Lines
Posted in Health
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