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Email ABC Sunshine Coast By Alex Easton Posted December 06, 2019 10:19:07 Photo: An artist's impression of a high speed regional train. (Supplied: Victorian Coalition) Related Story: A four-hour commute blows Harris's working day out to 14 hours Related Story: The challenges stopping high-speed rail getting on track in Australia Related Story: Federal Government pledges $2b for Melbourne-Geelong fast rail Map: Landsborough 4550 The time has come for Australia to let go of its fast-train dream and instead aspire to rail services that are merely 'fast-ish', a rail expert says. Key points:Some rail commuters just 100km away from Brisbane leave home, and arrive home, in the darkA rail expert says commuters are more likely to travel by trains when the speed is faster than buses or carsFederal LNP MP Ted O'Brien says faster trains are needed across south-east Queensland due to the region's expected population growth Associate Professor Phillip Laird from the University … [Read more...] about Train expert says Australia should ditch unrealistic fast-rail dream for ‘fast…ish’ service

LUCKNOW: A team of forensic experts from Lucknow and Unnao confirmed on Friday the inflammable used to set the rape survivor ablaze was petrol after analyzing residue samples from the spot. The crime scene was also recreated. A senior scientist privy to the probe said more tests would be carried out to ascertain the exact fuel, but a quick analysis proved presence of saturated hydrocarbon, possibly petrol. The report has been handed over to Unnao police. Talking to TOI, superintendent of police, Unnao, Vikrant Vir said, preliminary forensic investigations point to use of petrol. “We also recovered a green-coloured bottle from the spot, which was similar to that recovered from the house of the accused, Shivam. This crucial piece of evidence has been sent to the forensic lab to zero in on the fuel stored. It’s easier to draw petrol from a bike than hunt for kerosene in the village. Also, tyre marks at the crime scene matched with that of bike tyres owned by accused,” … [Read more...] about Unnao case: FSL report says petrol was used to set her ablaze

        If there’s one person who knows how to go viral on social media, it has to be US President Donald Trump.This time, Trump made the internet burst into laughter after he said during a small business roundtable at the White House that “people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once.”Trump told the high-level meeting that the US government is ‘looking very strongly’ at water pressure troubles in the nation’s bathrooms.A Twitter user shared a clip of the business roundtable at the White House where Trump is heard saying: “We have a situation where we’re looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms, where you turn the faucet on in areas where there’s tremendous amount of water, where the water rushes out to sea because you could never handle it. “People are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once. They end up using more water. So EPA … [Read more...] about Donald Trump says ‘people are flushing toilets 10 to 15 times’. Twitter reacts

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Sunday held a protest over the alleged use of intemperate language by senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan against Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Congress leader Vibha Patel claimed Chouhan, while delivering a speech at a protest in Sagar over fertiliser shortage, said 'Kamal Nath kis khet ki mooli hai' (rustic way of brushing aside someone as insignificant and inconsequential). Police stopped protesting Congress workers, holding 'get well soon mama' postcards and roses, some 500 metres away from Chouhan's residence here. "During a protest on Saturday at Sagar, Chouhan used foul language saying 'Kamal Nath Kis Khet Ki Mooli Hai' (Who do you think you are Kamal Nath?) etc. This is a sign that he (Chouhan) has lost his mental balance," Patel said. However, state BJP spokesperson Rajneesh Agrawal said Sunday's protest was a bid by the Congress to divert attention from the issue of fertiliser shortage. "BJP held a big protest on Saturday at Sagar … [Read more...] about ‘Kamal Nath Kis Khet Ki Mooli Hai’ vs Get Well Soon ‘Mama’: BJP, Congress Take Wars to Next Level in MP

        As part of an initiative by the district forest department, waste plastic bottles are being recycled to plant and grow saplings at Ramanujganj nursery with help from women workers who are getting employment through this eco-friendly measure.One of the women working at the nursery, Amarlata Minj said, “We collect the bottles from cities and bring it here. The bottles are then cut and a sapling is planted by filing it with fertile soil. Other parts of the bottle are also used.”The practice was adopted after a ban was imposed on the use of plastic and hence the used bottles were introduced to preserve and grow a sapling. Chhattisgarh: Under an initiative by Divisional Forest officer Balrampur Pranay Mishra, waste plastic bottles are being used to plant & grow saplings at Ramanujganj nursery. He says "Prepared around 3000 plants. This also provides employment. We pay them on a daily basis" (07.12) pic.twitter.com/2XRkOOjo5o— ANI (@ANI) … [Read more...] about Chhattisgarh forest department comes up with innovative plastic reuse initiative, ‘good work’ says Twitter