Spanish-built trams running on a French-operated light rail track in Newcastle, NSW, home to the world's largest coal port, half-owned by China.
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COMMENT BY GREG RAY In Newcastle, NSW, the main cancer treatment hospital has a problem with potentially hazardous mould. The private consortium that manages the hospital for the state government allegedly knew about the problem for six months but didn't fix it or even tell anybody. Immuno-compromised cancer patients plus Aspergillus mould. What could possibly go wrong? There are reports of cancer patients and their families planning class actions against the hospital, arguing that even if the hospital management couldn't be bothered fixing the problem, it should have warned the public of the danger so patients…
