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Qld diesel bus route slammed over quarter-billion-dollar cost

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A quarter-billion-dollar mistake? Queensland’s diesel bus route slammed
Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg says Queensland depots lack charging gear, but EV leaders warn buying 630 diesel buses could cost taxpayers more in the long run.
brisbanetimes.com.au
A quarter-billion-dollar mistake? Queensland’s diesel bus route slammed
Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg says Queensland depots lack charging gear, but EV leaders warn buying 630 diesel buses could cost taxpayers more in the long run.
brisbanetimes.com.au
Driving offence charges, Andergrove
Police have charged a Mackay man with multiple driving offences following a hit-and-run traffic crash in Andergrove yesterday, 3 September. Around 3:45pm, police were called to the intersection of Fernleigh and Banksia Avenues following reports of a single-vehicle motorbike crash.
mypolice.qld.gov.au
‘Men shouldn’t have all the fun’: Women are flocking to the fairways
From mum-and-bubs clinics to girls' golf trips, increasingly more women are getting into a traditionally male-dominated sport.
brisbanetimes.com.au
Feminist activist and writer Gloria Steinem dead at 92
Steinem was a leading activist for the second-wave feminism movement in the late 1960s and 70s.
brisbanetimes.com.au

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