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Australian jockey Anthony Bannister to face death penalty in China

2015-06-17 10:36:57| Airlines - Topix.net

Beijing: A former Australian jockey will appear in a Chinese court on Thursday to hear if he will receive the death penalty, after being charged with attempting to smuggle a commercial quantity of crystal methamphetamine to Australia. Anthony Roger Bannister, 43, was stopped from boarding a China Southern flight to Sydney on March 11 last year after customs officers detected the drugs, also known as ice, stuffed in eight ladies' handbags packed in his luggage.

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Raw deal: Australian railways face funding slash

2015-06-16 01:00:00| Railway Technology

Australias railways have pulled the short straw in the latest round of government infrastructure funding, which heavily prioritises roads over public networks. Eva Grey looks at the surviving railway schemes and the sustainability threat of railway

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China Eastern will boost Australian flights if Qantas JV approved

2015-06-15 12:23:33| Airlines - Topix.net

China Eastern has committed to doubling the number of flights between its Shanghai hub and Sydney and Melbourne by November on the condition its proposed alliance with Qantas Airways is approved, in a move meant to alleviate concerns from the competition regulator. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in March issued a surprise draft determination proposing to reject the proposed joint venture on the basis that they would have an incentive to raise prices or cut services on the Sydney-Shanghai route, where they are the dominant operators.

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