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Virgin Blue swings from denial to raising $231m

28 July 2009

A fortnight can be a long time in business, especially the airline business, as Brett Godfrey and Richard Branson can attest... read full story

Transport Cash Goes On Leaks

16 January 2009

DESPITE scores of train cancellations this week, the Transport Department is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars that could be poured into running a better system on investigating embarrassing leaks... read full story

Travel Incentive Offered

14 January 2009

DUE to a special relationship with American Express, a Wollongong business travel firm is offering to turn any membership rewards points clients have with American Express into real travel dollars... read full story

Escape Via Foot

13 January 2009

A POLICEMAN'S foot was run over before officers began an unsuccessful chase through Newcastle suburbs early yesterday after a raid on a business at Stockland Mall, Jesmond... read full story

Wealthy Pirates Revel Amid Poverty

9 January 2009

THEY live in palatial mansions, drive luxury cars and can afford to take as many wives as they like. Piracy is big business in Somalia, a failed, war-torn state on the Horn of Africa controlled largely by Islamist militias... read full story