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Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced at a Business Council of Australia dinner in Canberra on Wednesday night that road a tax for electric vehicles is on the agenda if they win the next election. IMO it’s inevitable as the government cannot afford to reduce the $15 billion revenue it receives from...

IMO the taxpayer funds should have been in return for equity, which could now have been sold given it’s a profitable business again, thus reimbursing the taxpayer. And I’m not talking about jobkeeper which went to the employees

At the F1 75 launch yesterday the FIA announced that the Monaco GP would include two compulsory pit stops to enliven the often processional race, which last year saw the first 10 qualifiers finish in exactly the same order due to the difficulty of overtaking on the street circuit.

Now Johnny Herbert has been removed from his Stewarding role, will become a Sky commentator?

Hopefully ad free during the race.

No

There was much opposition to the construction of Narita in the late 60’s to early 70’s Locals, supported by left wing groups ( and other minority groups fashionable at that time ) violently rioted with Police to hinder its construction and use, resulting in the death of three Policemen and the...

My son coming to see me off on QF41

Finding where you parked your car is useful…..but potentially frustrating when it’s in a multi-storey car park

Me too

Slightly off topic, but there seems to be a WH Smiths in every airport. These seem “stand alone” shops as the company doesn’t have local airside branches. It must be a logistical nightmare flying out books magazines and detritus from the UK.

JAL appear to have opened up F award availability on JL 52 SYD-HND today. Seats available on most days till March 30th.

Alpine have announced that Colapinto will be their reserve driver for the 2025 season. Williams have temporarily released him for this position, but he still has a multi year contact with them. This puts pressure on Doohan who’s pairing up with Gasly as the Alpines drivers, with a rumour that...

IAG is registered in Spain but it’s headquartered in the UK. Traded on both the London and Spanish stock exchanges Qatar airlines owns 25% with a further 59% in the hands of retail investors. In 2023 54% of its revenue was generated by BA and 22% by Iberia.

Isack Hadjar, the French F2 driver tipped to replace Lawson as Tsunoda’s partner. https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/cq5ljdx2d43o

By loosing the constructors championship and coming third, the team has a already lost $18m in prize money.

VER already has one .

Be aware that UK age pensions drawn in Australia are frozen at the rate that they are first drawn. There is no increase in the amount paid, which with inflation diminishes the real value of the pension.

There is discomfort amongst the existing teams that the new Cadillac entrant does not have to abide by the spending cap or wind tunnel time that the existing teams are bound by. I wonder if the FIA will introduce some kind of budget cap for new teams too ?

In Sydney, apparently not