SYDNEY commuters like Danielle Sherriff are set to be slugged up to an extra 30 per cent on train tickets - and possibly more if RailCorp doesn't sack bureaucracy, guards and station staff.
据2008年6月6日《每日电讯报》报道,未来四年内,悉尼火车票价有可能上涨30%,特别是周票上涨幅度最大。
The strong growth in wages reflects a booming economy. Employers are having to pay employees more and more as a national skills shortage raises the price of labour keep unemployemnt low. The jobless rate stands at just 4.2 per cent.

Highest earners:
engineering manager ($2562), general manager ($2276), research and development manager ($2172), financial dealer ($1976), anaesthetist ($1957), mining engineer ($1955), surgeon ($1953), legislator ($1950), psychiatrist ($1909), internal medicine specialist ($1897).
Lowest earners:
florist ($493), pharmacy sales assistant ($518), fast food cook ($520), livestock farmer ($523), cafe worker ($523), cook ($539), waiter ($541), mixed crop and livestock farmer ($543), checkout operator, office cashier ($546), sewing machinist ($554).
In Victoria,on average, one in 63 homes is burgled each year. This equates to one burglary every 18 minutes. A review of crime statistics in metropolitan Melbourne has identified the top 40 suburbs most at risk of a burglary.The RACV Home Security review involved an analysis of residential burglary rates of all metropolitan Melbourne suburbs, as well as a closer look at the suburbs commonly perceived as being safer in which to live.
The following table lists the top 40 postcodes across Victoria most at risk of a burglary.
For example, in Parkville, one in 15 homes is burgled each year.


这是在澳大利亚、荷兰、泰国和巴基斯坦的警方在通力合作两年之后作出的起诉。
Mark Standen原是新南威尔士州打击犯罪委员会的副主任。他通晓澳大利亚联邦警察用来探查毒贩的最新方法,而他将这些信息传给了在荷兰的一个贩毒集团。五十一岁的斯坦登被控包括有密谋阻挠司法在内的三项罪名。
澳大利亚联邦警察已经对斯坦登秘密监视了一年。他涉嫌介入了一起走私600公斤麻黄素的毒品案。这些麻黄素可以用来制造市值高达1.2亿美元的冰毒。
有十二人上周因此案在荷兰被捕,超过250名警察参与了此案的调查工作。


2003-04 110,000
2004-05 120,000
2005-06 140,000
2006-07 148,200
2007-08 152,800
2008-09 190,300

福特说,驻扎在伊南部塔利勒基地的澳大利亚军队已经开始撤离,美国部队正在接防。
澳大利亚在伊拉克及其周边地区共驻有约1500名军人,其中500多人担任作战任务。澳总理陆克文去年11月当选后表示,将在2008年从伊拉克撤出作战部队。他说,澳军队将继续帮助训练伊拉克军队,但地点将改在伊拉克以外的第三国。