• Wallan Derailment

    From rgth17@yahoo.com.au@rgth17@yahoo.com.au to aus.rail on Thu Feb 20 04:50:33 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic) resulting in two fatalities.
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment-melbourne-wallan/11986230
    Two people die after passenger train derails near Wallan north of Melbourne Updated 19 minutes ago
    Key points:
    Two people have died after the Sydney to Melbourne XPT service derailed with about 160 on board
    Five passenger cars derailed, with the train locomotive on its side
    A passenger said there was a sudden stop and it was a "scary experience"
    A Transport for NSW spokesperson confirmed the train had come off the rails near the town of Wallan, 45 kilometres north of the Victorian capital.
    The train was the Sydney to Melbourne XPT service with around 160 passengers on board.
    Five passenger cars were derailed, with the locomotive turned on its side.
    A Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokesman said there were signs of significant damage to the train tracks and three medical helicopters were at the scene.
    A train carriage lies on its side, a man stands nearby looking down the tracks. Emergency services were called about 7:45pm.
    An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were treating a number of people after the incident and one person was being airlifted to Melbourne.
    One person was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition, while eight people were taken to the Northern Hospital with minor injuries.
    Three were admitted to Kilmore Hospital with minor injuries.
    'People started moving around, luggage went flying'
    Dr Scott Rickard was in the second carriage of the train and said it was a scary experience.
    "All of sudden, we just seemed to be slowing to a very fast stop," she said. "Stuff flew off our tables, people started moving around, luggage went flying, that kind of thing.
    "Our carriage finished on an angle."
    A train lies on its side, a man with his hands on his hips looks at the carriage on its side.
    Dr Rickard said she was stuck on the train for about 10 minutes after it derailed.
    "There were people lying all over the place and we had to kind of make sure people weren't injured," she said.
    She said people in her carriage only appeared to suffer minor injuries.
    "Most of the carriage was fine rCo there were a lot of older people on the carriage so that was really reassuring to see that they've come out fine."
    "It was maybe about 10 minutes before we got off but that was because we were just being very careful and making sure everybody was safe."
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.rail on Fri Feb 21 10:41:55 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic) resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment-melbourne-wallan/11986230

    Two people die after passenger train derails near Wallan north of Melbourne Updated 19 minutes ago

    Key points:
    Two people have died after the Sydney to Melbourne XPT service derailed with about 160 on board
    Five passenger cars derailed, with the train locomotive on its side
    A passenger said there was a sudden stop and it was a "scary experience"
    A Transport for NSW spokesperson confirmed the train had come off the rails near the town of Wallan, 45 kilometres north of the Victorian capital.

    The train was the Sydney to Melbourne XPT service with around 160 passengers on board.

    Five passenger cars were derailed, with the locomotive turned on its side.

    A Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokesman said there were signs of significant damage to the train tracks and three medical helicopters were at the scene.

    A train carriage lies on its side, a man stands nearby looking down the tracks. Emergency services were called about 7:45pm.

    An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were treating a number of people after the incident and one person was being airlifted to Melbourne.

    One person was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition, while eight people were taken to the Northern Hospital with minor injuries.

    Three were admitted to Kilmore Hospital with minor injuries.

    'People started moving around, luggage went flying'
    Dr Scott Rickard was in the second carriage of the train and said it was a scary experience.

    "All of sudden, we just seemed to be slowing to a very fast stop," she said.

    "Stuff flew off our tables, people started moving around, luggage went flying, that kind of thing.

    "Our carriage finished on an angle."

    A train lies on its side, a man with his hands on his hips looks at the carriage on its side.

    Dr Rickard said she was stuck on the train for about 10 minutes after it derailed.

    "There were people lying all over the place and we had to kind of make sure people weren't injured," she said.

    She said people in her carriage only appeared to suffer minor injuries.

    "Most of the carriage was fine rCo there were a lot of older people on the carriage so that was really reassuring to see that they've come out fine."

    "It was maybe about 10 minutes before we got off but that was because we were just being very careful and making sure everybody was safe."


    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Fri Feb 21 18:21:26 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic) resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment-melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it
    --
    Petzl
    Australia will never be destroyed from the outside.
    If we falter and lose our freedoms,
    it will be because we were destroyed from the rot within
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  • From johnsuth@johnsuth@nospam.com.au to aus.rail on Fri Feb 21 22:32:17 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    In <hb8jq3Fqu2mU1@mid.individual.net>, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> writes:
    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic) resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment-melbourne-wallan/11986230

    Two people die after passenger train derails near Wallan north of Melbourne >> Updated 19 minutes ago

    Key points:
    Two people have died after the Sydney to Melbourne XPT service derailed with about 160 on board
    Five passenger cars derailed, with the train locomotive on its side
    A passenger said there was a sudden stop and it was a "scary experience"
    A Transport for NSW spokesperson confirmed the train had come off the rails near the town of Wallan, 45 kilometres north of the Victorian capital.

    The train was the Sydney to Melbourne XPT service with around 160 passengers on board.

    Five passenger cars were derailed, with the locomotive turned on its side. >>
    A Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokesman said there were signs of significant damage to the train tracks and three medical helicopters were at the scene.

    A train carriage lies on its side, a man stands nearby looking down the tracks. Emergency services were called about 7:45pm.

    An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were treating a number of people after the incident and one person was being airlifted to Melbourne.

    One person was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition, while eight people were taken to the Northern Hospital with minor injuries.

    Three were admitted to Kilmore Hospital with minor injuries.

    'People started moving around, luggage went flying'
    Dr Scott Rickard was in the second carriage of the train and said it was a scary experience.

    "All of sudden, we just seemed to be slowing to a very fast stop," she said. >>
    "Stuff flew off our tables, people started moving around, luggage went flying, that kind of thing.

    "Our carriage finished on an angle."

    A train lies on its side, a man with his hands on his hips looks at the carriage on its side.

    Dr Rickard said she was stuck on the train for about 10 minutes after it derailed.

    "There were people lying all over the place and we had to kind of make sure people weren't injured," she said.

    She said people in her carriage only appeared to suffer minor injuries.

    "Most of the carriage was fine rCo there were a lot of older people on the carriage so that was really reassuring to see that they've come out fine."

    "It was maybe about 10 minutes before we got off but that was because we were just being very careful and making sure everybody was safe."


    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.


    The driver was described as very experienced, and he had a Victorian pilot alongside him, and the TV pictures suggested the track was straight. Journalists' suggestions of speeding to make up time were probably speculation to fill their pages.

    The damning evidence was the rail lying transversly across the track under the middle of the train, and that the train was apparently on a passing loop, and that the track under the loco and first car was intact.

    Wot, no comment on people escaping from the locked train and standing about on the track?

    Was the train wrongly signalled onto a loop which was not rated for the trains speed?

    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the path of a
    wheel?




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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Fri Feb 21 23:45:46 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic)
    resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment- melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it

    Well, you voted for the mob that privatised it all and didn't start
    kicking arse when it was obvious that they were going to run it all down.

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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Sat Feb 22 20:17:37 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:45:46 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic)
    resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment- >melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it

    Well, you voted for the mob that privatised it all and didn't start
    kicking arse when it was obvious that they were going to run it all down.

    I have NEVER voted Labor or Coalition for over 40 years
    Both are corrupt scum that need hanging
    --
    Petzl
    ALWAYS Vote oligarchies Coalition, Labor, "Greens"
    *LAST*, Federal State and Council!
    Or you are voting for Multiculturalism. Globalisation,Islam, Sharia.
    All complete lying Charlatans!

    No Australian should be fearful of proclaiming
    four of the most glorious words of our civilisation:
    I am a Christian
    - Mark Latham --
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Sat Feb 22 20:46:32 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the
    path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one.
    ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management.

    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe. https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-investigation-of-xpt-derailment-continues/5563edfe-449b-48d6-8326-506fb9f9e1b1
    https://is.gd/muTBx0
    --
    Petzl
    Australia will never be destroyed from the outside.
    If we falter and lose our freedoms,
    it will be because we were destroyed from the rot within
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.rail on Sun Feb 23 13:18:46 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 22/02/2020 8:46 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the
    path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one.
    ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management.

    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe. https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-investigation-of-xpt-derailment-continues/5563edfe-449b-48d6-8326-506fb9f9e1b1
    https://is.gd/muTBx0


    Who are "they"?

    The ATSB doesn't attribute blame, and it's much to early in the
    investigation for anyone else to either.

    Sylvia.
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Sun Feb 23 14:48:27 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:18:46 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 22/02/2020 8:46 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the
    path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one.
    ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management.

    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe.
    https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-investigation-of-xpt-derailment-continues/5563edfe-449b-48d6-8326-506fb9f9e1b1
    https://is.gd/muTBx0


    Who are "they"?

    The ATSB doesn't attribute blame, and it's much to early in the >investigation for anyone else to either.

    Sylvia.

    "They" are "Australian Rail Track Corporation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Rail_Track_Corporation
    https://is.gd/SjAc42
    he Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a Government of
    Australia owned statutory corporation, established in July 1998, that
    manages most of Australia's interstate rail network.[
    --
    Petzl
    Australia will never be destroyed from the outside.
    If we falter and lose our freedoms,
    it will be because we were destroyed from the rot within
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.rail on Sun Feb 23 15:59:06 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 23/02/2020 2:48 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:18:46 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 22/02/2020 8:46 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the >>>>> path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one. >>>> ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management. >>>
    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe.
    https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-investigation-of-xpt-derailment-continues/5563edfe-449b-48d6-8326-506fb9f9e1b1
    https://is.gd/muTBx0


    Who are "they"?

    The ATSB doesn't attribute blame, and it's much to early in the
    investigation for anyone else to either.

    Sylvia.

    "They" are "Australian Rail Track Corporation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Rail_Track_Corporation
    https://is.gd/SjAc42
    he Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a Government of
    Australia owned statutory corporation, established in July 1998, that
    manages most of Australia's interstate rail network.[


    From the article you cited:

    "Asked about the claims, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
    said it was unable to provide comment while the Australian Transport
    Safety Bureau and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator
    conduct their investigations."

    Which is the proper position for them to take.

    If, as seems possible based on what we've heard so far, the train
    derailed at points that were diverting it onto an adjacent track, then
    the train was certainly going too fast for that to work, but there are
    many possible reasons for that, most of which are not attributable to
    the driver.

    Sylvia.
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Sun Feb 23 17:41:37 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 15:59:06 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 23/02/2020 2:48 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:18:46 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 22/02/2020 8:46 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the >>>>>> path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one. >>>>> ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management. >>>>
    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe.
    https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-news-investigation-of-xpt-derailment-continues/5563edfe-449b-48d6-8326-506fb9f9e1b1
    https://is.gd/muTBx0


    Who are "they"?

    The ATSB doesn't attribute blame, and it's much to early in the
    investigation for anyone else to either.

    Sylvia.

    "They" are "Australian Rail Track Corporation"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Rail_Track_Corporation
    https://is.gd/SjAc42
    he Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is a Government of
    Australia owned statutory corporation, established in July 1998, that
    manages most of Australia's interstate rail network.[


    From the article you cited:

    "Asked about the claims, the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
    said it was unable to provide comment while the Australian Transport
    Safety Bureau and the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator
    conduct their investigations."

    Which is the proper position for them to take.

    If, as seems possible based on what we've heard so far, the train
    derailed at points that were diverting it onto an adjacent track, then
    the train was certainly going too fast for that to work, but there are
    many possible reasons for that, most of which are not attributable to
    the driver.

    Sylvia.

    Called spin twisting and turning
    You yourself have posted here about the neglect of Australian track
    works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.
    --
    Petzl
    Australia will never be destroyed from the outside.
    If we falter and lose our freedoms,
    it will be because we were destroyed from the rot within
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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Sun Feb 23 23:12:06 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:46:32 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the
    path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one. >>ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management.

    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe.

    It is not the ederal governments job to upgrade the line.AFIK ARTC has a
    lease that requires them to maintain the line, They failed to do so.

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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Sun Feb 23 23:17:55 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:41:37 +1100, Petzl wrote:


    Called spin twisting and turning You yourself have posted here about the neglect of Australian track works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.

    In NSW, they have done that for all passenger routes, except Sydney to Mebourne. The "passenger services" now run on busses.

    This is a work in progress to shut dow freight rail.



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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Mon Feb 24 12:21:30 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:12:06 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:46:32 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:44:15 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:


    Did broken/missing fishplate bolts allow the rail to deflect into the
    path of a wheel?

    It is going to be interesting to see who they try to blme for this one. >>>ARTC will do everything they can to deflect from their poor management.

    "they" have already blamed the train driver instead of Federal
    governments refusal to upgrade the Melbourne/Sydney track making it
    safe.

    It is not the ederal governments job to upgrade the line.AFIK ARTC has a >lease that requires them to maintain the line, They failed to do so.

    https://www.finance.gov.au/business/government-business-enterprises/australian-rail-track-corporation-artc
    https://is.gd/cooeYe
    Commonwealth controlled for the benefit of Airports and Macquarie Bank
    --
    Petzl
    Australia will never be destroyed from the outside.
    If we falter and lose our freedoms,
    it will be because we were destroyed from the rot within
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Mon Feb 24 12:24:01 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:17:55 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:41:37 +1100, Petzl wrote:


    Called spin twisting and turning You yourself have posted here about the
    neglect of Australian track works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.

    In NSW, they have done that for all passenger routes, except Sydney to >Mebourne. The "passenger services" now run on busses.

    This is a work in progress to shut dow freight rail.


    First priority is to shut down passenger services.
    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.
    --
    Petzl
    Australia will never be destroyed from the outside.
    If we falter and lose our freedoms,
    it will be because we were destroyed from the rot within
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to aus.rail on Tue Feb 25 14:18:09 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 24/02/2020 12:24 pm, Petzl wrote:

    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.


    Any evidence of that that you can point to?

    I'd be rather surprised of empty containers are constantly being
    shuttled thousands of kilometres across Australia. To what end?

    Sylvia.

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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Tue Feb 25 21:33:01 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:18:09 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 24/02/2020 12:24 pm, Petzl wrote:

    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.


    Any evidence of that that you can point to?

    I'd be rather surprised of empty containers are constantly being
    shuttled thousands of kilometres across Australia. To what end?

    Sylvia.

    Containers from ports are full, then they become problem
    https://is.gd/Ef0WwY
    Botany container yard
    --
    Petzl
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    Great lawyers know the judge
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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Tue Feb 25 11:55:03 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:33:01 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:18:09 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 24/02/2020 12:24 pm, Petzl wrote:

    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.


    Any evidence of that that you can point to?

    I'd be rather surprised of empty containers are constantly being
    shuttled thousands of kilometres across Australia. To what end?

    Sylvia.

    Containers from ports are full, then they become problem https://is.gd/Ef0WwY Botany container yard

    Yes, more containes arrive in Australia full of goods then leave
    Australia, so they either disappear into the country as storage sheds, or catch that shiop that arrivs annually?_) to take surpus ones bck overseas.Mostly China.

    Given the amunt of unloaded waggons on block freight trains, getting them
    back to ports isn't a problem.

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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Wed Feb 26 08:57:22 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 01:28:44 +0000, johnsuth wrote:

    In <e9965fh7bag39orh4b4q3ccqe7cc0urd40@4ax.com>, Petzl
    <petzlx@gmail.com> writes:
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:17:55 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:41:37 +1100, Petzl wrote:


    Called spin twisting and turning You yourself have posted here about
    the neglect of Australian track works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.

    In NSW, they have done that for all passenger routes, except Sydney to >>>Mebourne. The "passenger services" now run on busses.

    This is a work in progress to shut dow freight rail.


    First priority is to shut down passenger services.
    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth to Parkes tracks, or else you are vision impaired.

    He ives on the other side of the gof course over a ridge in a gully,

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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Wed Feb 26 20:01:52 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 01:28:44 GMT, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    In <e9965fh7bag39orh4b4q3ccqe7cc0urd40@4ax.com>, Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> writes:
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:17:55 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:41:37 +1100, Petzl wrote:


    Called spin twisting and turning You yourself have posted here about the >>>> neglect of Australian track works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.

    In NSW, they have done that for all passenger routes, except Sydney to >>>Mebourne. The "passenger services" now run on busses.

    This is a work in progress to shut dow freight rail.


    First priority is to shut down passenger services.
    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth to Parkes
    tracks, or else you are vision impaired.


    Live near main line only travel by passenger train, most
    freight/containers trains are empty going past.

    Yes I now have vision problems but worked at Botany and saw 1000's of
    empty containers being delivered,
    --
    Petzl
    Good lawyers know the law
    Great lawyers know the judge
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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Mon May 4 20:21:46 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 26/2/20 12:28 pm, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:
    In <e9965fh7bag39orh4b4q3ccqe7cc0urd40@4ax.com>, Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> writes:
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:17:55 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:41:37 +1100, Petzl wrote:


    Called spin twisting and turning You yourself have posted here about the >>>> neglect of Australian track works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.

    In NSW, they have done that for all passenger routes, except Sydney to
    Mebourne. The "passenger services" now run on busses.

    This is a work in progress to shut dow freight rail.


    First priority is to shut down passenger services.
    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth to Parkes
    tracks, or else you are vision impaired.


    Certainly he lives nowhere near the Sydney-Brisbane line. In about 25
    minutes a very heavily laden freight train will be screaming its way
    slowly up the ridge out of town. It can be anything up to a kilometre
    long and fully laden with everything *but* coal. It is just one of many
    trains whose progress disturbs the silence of these hills.
    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Mon May 4 20:24:15 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 26/2/20 8:01 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 01:28:44 GMT, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    In <e9965fh7bag39orh4b4q3ccqe7cc0urd40@4ax.com>, Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> writes:
    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 23:17:55 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 17:41:37 +1100, Petzl wrote:


    Called spin twisting and turning You yourself have posted here about the >>>>> neglect of Australian track works.
    Any main track that cannot support 160 km/h needs shutting down.

    In NSW, they have done that for all passenger routes, except Sydney to >>>> Mebourne. The "passenger services" now run on busses.

    This is a work in progress to shut dow freight rail.


    First priority is to shut down passenger services.
    Most freight trains run near empty except for coal.

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth to Parkes
    tracks, or else you are vision impaired.


    Live near main line only travel by passenger train, most
    freight/containers trains are empty going past.

    Yes I now have vision problems but worked at Botany and saw 1000's of
    empty containers being delivered,

    But what did those containers have in them when they left the docks by
    rail? Hint, they weren't empty most of the time since they had arrived
    on a ship fully loaded.
    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Mon May 4 20:25:29 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 22/2/20 8:17 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:45:46 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic)
    resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment-
    melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it

    Well, you voted for the mob that privatised it all and didn't start
    kicking arse when it was obvious that they were going to run it all down.

    I have NEVER voted Labor or Coalition for over 40 years
    Both are corrupt scum that need hanging

    So you're a donkey then??
    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Mon May 4 11:50:26 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Mon, 04 May 2020 20:21:46 +1000, Xeno wrote:

    On 26/2/20 12:28 pm, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth
    to Parkes tracks, or else you are vision impaired.


    Certainly he lives nowhere near the Sydney-Brisbane line. In about 25
    minutes a very heavily laden freight train will be screaming its way
    slowly up the ridge out of town. It can be anything up to a kilometre
    long and fully laden with everything *but* coal. It is just one of many trains whose progress disturbs the silence of these hills.

    He actually lives very close to the Sydney-Melbourne line, but bviously
    is asleep when the freight trains roll into the Sydney metro area. There
    are only a few during the day due to conflct with the Metrolpolitain
    passenger trains.

    Although, his comment about empty is part true as many trains are set
    consists carrying containers as their load and the percentage of
    containers vary.

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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Mon May 4 23:14:16 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 4/5/20 9:50 pm, news18 wrote:
    On Mon, 04 May 2020 20:21:46 +1000, Xeno wrote:

    On 26/2/20 12:28 pm, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth
    to Parkes tracks, or else you are vision impaired.


    Certainly he lives nowhere near the Sydney-Brisbane line. In about 25
    minutes a very heavily laden freight train will be screaming its way
    slowly up the ridge out of town. It can be anything up to a kilometre
    long and fully laden with everything *but* coal. It is just one of many
    trains whose progress disturbs the silence of these hills.

    He actually lives very close to the Sydney-Melbourne line, but bviously
    is asleep when the freight trains roll into the Sydney metro area. There
    are only a few during the day due to conflct with the Metrolpolitain passenger trains.

    Although, his comment about empty is part true as many trains are set consists carrying containers as their load and the percentage of
    containers vary.

    One of the loads I saw recently was a trainload of steel along with some
    mixed goods. Even the steel was mixed, some were in rolls, some in
    lengths, different sizes - totally variable. That's a regular consist up
    here.
    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Tue May 5 09:58:12 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Mon, 4 May 2020 20:25:29 +1000, Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
    wrote:

    On 22/2/20 8:17 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:45:46 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> >>>> wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic)
    resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment-
    melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it

    Well, you voted for the mob that privatised it all and didn't start
    kicking arse when it was obvious that they were going to run it all down. >>
    I have NEVER voted Labor or Coalition for over 40 years
    Both are corrupt scum that need hanging

    So you're a donkey then??

    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a Christian aligned party if not available.

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them
    and family,

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    If you want Chinese values vote Labor
    --
    Petzl
    Mark Latham has seen the light
    Voting Coalition, Labor or "Greens" because you hate One Nation is like eating shit because you hate spinach

    ALWAYS Vote oligarchies Coalition, Labor, "Greens"
    *LAST*, Federal State and Council!
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Tue May 5 09:59:19 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Mon, 4 May 2020 11:50:26 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Mon, 04 May 2020 20:21:46 +1000, Xeno wrote:

    On 26/2/20 12:28 pm, johnsuth@nospam.com.au wrote:

    Petzl, you obviously don't live near the Sydney to Melbourne or Perth
    to Parkes tracks, or else you are vision impaired.


    Certainly he lives nowhere near the Sydney-Brisbane line. In about 25
    minutes a very heavily laden freight train will be screaming its way
    slowly up the ridge out of town. It can be anything up to a kilometre
    long and fully laden with everything *but* coal. It is just one of many
    trains whose progress disturbs the silence of these hills.

    He actually lives very close to the Sydney-Melbourne line, but bviously
    is asleep when the freight trains roll into the Sydney metro area. There
    are only a few during the day due to conflct with the Metrolpolitain >passenger trains.

    Although, his comment about empty is part true as many trains are set >consists carrying containers as their load and the percentage of
    containers vary.

    I agree
    --
    Petzl
    Mark Latham has seen the light
    Voting Coalition, Labor or "Greens" because you hate One Nation is like eating shit because you hate spinach

    ALWAYS Vote oligarchies Coalition, Labor, "Greens"
    *LAST*, Federal State and Council!
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  • From news18@news18@woa.com.au to aus.rail on Tue May 5 00:53:02 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Tue, 05 May 2020 09:58:12 +1000, Petzl wrote:


    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a Christian aligned party if not available.

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them and family,

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    Nope, it was his tendancy to sprout fruit loop ideas that made conspiracy
    nuts sound rational. he dug his own grave and jumped right it.
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  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Tue May 5 12:39:24 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Tue, 5 May 2020 00:53:02 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Tue, 05 May 2020 09:58:12 +1000, Petzl wrote:


    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a
    Christian aligned party if not available.

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them and
    family,

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    Nope, it was his tendancy to sprout fruit loop ideas that made conspiracy >nuts sound rational. he dug his own grave and jumped right it.

    Your brain has been frazzled by being "Murdoched", "Fairfaxed" and
    "ABC'ed",
    Most like you Vote oligarchies Coalition, Labor, "Greens" instead of
    thinking
    --
    Petzl
    Well, itAs [the media] run by Godless Communists
    who fear the religious more than anything,
    as we donAt put the entirety of our faith in
    hapless politicians & the state
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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Tue May 5 18:01:42 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 5/5/20 9:58 am, Petzl wrote:
    On Mon, 4 May 2020 20:25:29 +1000, Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
    wrote:

    On 22/2/20 8:17 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:45:46 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> >>>>> wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic) >>>>>>> resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment- >>>> melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it >>>>
    Well, you voted for the mob that privatised it all and didn't start
    kicking arse when it was obvious that they were going to run it all down. >>>
    I have NEVER voted Labor or Coalition for over 40 years
    Both are corrupt scum that need hanging

    So you're a donkey then??

    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a Christian aligned party if not available.

    I prefer religion to be kept out of politics. It has no place there.

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them
    and family,

    You might want to better define Christian values because, as I see it,
    most of those who profess Christian values don't live by them.

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    Latham went rogue, that was his problem, nothing else.

    If you want Chinese values vote Labor

    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Tue May 5 18:02:24 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 5/5/20 10:53 am, news18 wrote:
    On Tue, 05 May 2020 09:58:12 +1000, Petzl wrote:


    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a
    Christian aligned party if not available.

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them and
    family,

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    Nope, it was his tendancy to sprout fruit loop ideas that made conspiracy nuts sound rational. he dug his own grave and jumped right it.

    Yeah, fruit loop ideas, that covers it well. LOL
    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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  • From Xeno@xenolith@optusnet.com.au to aus.rail on Tue May 5 18:03:48 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On 5/5/20 12:39 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Tue, 5 May 2020 00:53:02 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Tue, 05 May 2020 09:58:12 +1000, Petzl wrote:


    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a
    Christian aligned party if not available.

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them and
    family,

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    Nope, it was his tendancy to sprout fruit loop ideas that made conspiracy
    nuts sound rational. he dug his own grave and jumped right it.

    Your brain has been frazzled by being "Murdoched", "Fairfaxed" and
    "ABC'ed",
    Most like you Vote oligarchies Coalition, Labor, "Greens" instead of
    thinking

    Even though I am ostensibly green, I find it difficult to vote for the
    Green Party. The reason, lots of green ideas but nothing for the
    holistic view.
    --

    Xeno


    Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
    (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
    --- Synchronet 3.21d-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Petzl@petzlx@gmail.com to aus.rail on Wed May 6 09:36:13 2020
    From Newsgroup: aus.rail

    On Tue, 5 May 2020 18:01:42 +1000, Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
    wrote:

    On 5/5/20 9:58 am, Petzl wrote:
    On Mon, 4 May 2020 20:25:29 +1000, Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
    wrote:

    On 22/2/20 8:17 pm, Petzl wrote:
    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:45:46 -0000 (UTC), news18 <news18@woa.com.au>
    wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:21:26 +1100, Petzl wrote:

    On Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:41:55 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> >>>>>> wrote:

    On 20/02/2020 11:50 pm, rgth17@yahoo.com.au wrote:
    ABC reporting this evening of the XPT derailment in Wallan (Vic) >>>>>>>> resulting in two fatalities.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/two-dead-in-train-derailment- >>>>> melbourne-wallan/11986230
    https://is.gd/jRIj5T

    Probably would have been prevented if ATP had been installed.

    Sylvia.

    Very sad. the Sydney to Melbourne track badly needs money spent on it >>>>>
    Well, you voted for the mob that privatised it all and didn't start
    kicking arse when it was obvious that they were going to run it all down. >>>>
    I have NEVER voted Labor or Coalition for over 40 years
    Both are corrupt scum that need hanging

    So you're a donkey then??

    If you must know I have always voted "Christian Democratic Party" or a
    Christian aligned party if not available.

    I prefer religion to be kept out of politics. It has no place there.

    Australia has only one Constitutionally legal Religion, that's
    Anglican and probably Catholicism.
    Islam, Hindu, Sikh, Hindu are not recognized and need banning
    To change this our Christian Commonwealth needs a referendum
    Without a "Christian Commonwealth" guarantee the Colonists at the time Federation would of been still born
    Secularists jeered in the last session when the majority of delegates
    voted to honor God. They then allowed other cults to set up as tax
    dodges to destroy Christianity.

    When did these words start being called a preamble? http://foundingdocs.gov.au/scan-sid-103.html
    They are embedded LAW (never in a preamble)
    Australia has NEVER had a "Preamble" that is a con by these same
    secularists!
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia#Preamble>
    https://is.gd/2ocMIX

    Exception was For Mark Latham for NSW's Senate.
    He used to be a nieghbour of mine, know him well, while not devout
    Christian he has Australian Christian values and stands up for them
    and family,

    You might want to better define Christian values because, as I see it,
    most of those who profess Christian values don't live by them.

    That's why Labor turned on him was because of his Australian Values.

    Latham went rogue, that was his problem, nothing else.

    Did not, He was a good Labor man, that "our" media did not want.


    If you want Chinese values vote Labor

    --
    Petzl
    The Christian belief and fact is Moslems are deceived.
    Like Schizophrenics, they need therapy;
    Not confirmation of their delusions.
    The recognized place of worship in a Christian Nation is a Christian Church. Mosques are the recognized place of worship only in Moslem countries Australia's only legally defined God is our Christian God whose compound redemptive name is Lord Jesus Christ
    Something as simple as denying Moslems a place to pray is all it takes to make them leave voluntarily and peacefully.
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