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Youth allowance is a payment for people who could not otherwise afford to survive while studying If your parents have the desire to throw money at you, stop leeching off the taxpayer

*Self education expenses are only tax deductible if they are directly related to your work, i.e. you are learning solely for the purpose of improving your productivity in your current job. *There are specific eligibility criteria for an ABN - and you can't claim most stuff (as Lazy_Korean...

Unless you have some friends at ANU, I can't imagine it'd be that fun. There's heaps of stuff on - but its nothing like the amazing amount of fun had at colleges (getting trashed 4 nights in a row with 150 of ur new best friends)

Parramatta would be easy to build a HSL to without tunnels; there's tons of land around the main south line... problem is most businesspeople who travel interstate a lot come from the lower north shore and eastern subs

There is an underground tunnel that InterCity south coast services use to access Sydney terminal from the main Illawarra line Theres no way they would make it go down into Canberra than back up to Yass and around the mountains... if Australia does something it's done properly - the French are...

But Green Square and Mascot are slated to become massively dense residential suburbs I reckon track share with sped up East Hills express services would be the best option at the moment In the future, there are also options like forgetting the city and going to Parramatta or Strathfield...

Yeh it is absolutely a real problem... and I don't know the solution However, consider that only 15.6km would be shared, and that current express trains do this bit in 18mins (52kph)... add 9mins for the dedicated section (assume 60kph) and total Melbourne trip time -> 3:10 which is still...

No, that's average 320kph over the length of the dedicated HSL - include the Syd/Melb bits and its down to 278km. As one of the longest HSLs in the world, of course it will have one of the highest average speeds. (Not to mention that the earliest foreseeable completion date is ~2030, when...

This is getting way too specific... but there's clearly sufficient land once you get to Holsworthy Army Base on the existing line to build a dedicated HSL

If we're going to go into detail... In Sydney, the East Hills line has a dedicated set of express tracks between Revesby and Wolli Creek. A dedicated set of tracks can also easily be built between Sydnenham and Erskineville Junction (the platforms are even already there) So the problem areas...

No way, you're just pulling figures out of ur ass The Goulburn to Sydney train does Campbelltown to Central in 42mins already, with no dedicated line The true HSL would start just after East Hills (look on a map and you'll see why)... so thats 24km from Central. At 80km/h, that'd only take...

From Central to Southern Cross: Wait for train = 5mins Train to airport = 10mins Walk to check in = 5mins Check in closes 30mins pre-flight, arrive 10mins before deadline Flight = 1:20 Walk to Skybus = 5mins Wait for Skybus = 5mins Catch Skybus = 20mins Total travel time = 2:45 If you check in...

Yet you wouldn't dare speculate that that same "something on the ground" may apply to Australian airports as well...

The size of the money supply is essentially the speed at which it flows through the economy Slow down this through bank deposits (where banks are required to maintain liquidity ratios) and you decrease the amount available to lenders ... i.e. decrease the money supply and maintain the value of...

If you've ever used CDG, you'd know that the distance between the street entrance and the aircraft gate is about 50m Anyway now you're just speculating...

I could go through each of your points and find sources, but really it's a complete waste of time arguing with someone who has no basic general knowledge about planning in NSW. You have clearly not read the metropolitain strategy; seem to have no idea about discrepancies between growth...

If a French train running on 30yr old LGV over 784km is quicker than a plane, I don't see why an Australian train running on modern track over 850km/h will not have the same time advantage. What do you mean by "Eurostar only carries 9 million a year"? Doesn't that just show that our passenger...

It wouldn't be built by the government... PPP projects are usually delivered on time and on budget (e.g. the M7, AirportLink) Can I also just add to the discussion the excellent example of the LGV Mediteranee, constructed in 01 and linking Marseilles to Paris over ~800km, trip time 3:00...

1. That's a figure from the Co-operative Research Centre for Rail Innovation. Greens' estimate is a little higher at $40bn. Absolute max is $43bn. 2. The line would only have to get from Civic to Tumut, which is absolutely achievable 3. The route via Cooma is a realistic alternative, with...