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Boom and the fear factor delivered payload of cash

Tue 09/03/10 - 08:46:30 vs6
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March 10, 2010 Use interactive tool to search Defence contracts database Between 2000 and 2009, its budget grew by 62 per cent above inflation to $25.7 billion. Defence was unable to spend all the money it was given. Last decade, more than $4.4 billion of funding for new and
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Calls for commuter tax in nation"s gridlocked cities

Sat 06/03/10 - 08:13:03 vs6
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A federal government report - the State of Australian Cities - revealed today congestion cost the economy an estimated $9.4 billion in 2005, with the figure expected to balloon to $20 billion by 2020. The International Public Transport Association said that unless immediate and decisive
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