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Aurizon gets bigger for rail and port expansion

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But he and senior executive Clay McDonald, who runs Aurizon’s mass transit operations, will be in Adelaide on Monday to meet with the One Rail workforce. This is the first time the couple has had to tell staff about the plans since the deal was announced in October. Nine months after the rail group announced its plans to buy One Rail from Macquarie Asset Management and the Netherlands’ PGGM Infrastructure Fund, it can finally begin to incorporate mass haul operations. Some investors were confused when Aurizon announced the deal because the transaction would initially increase the company’s exposure to thermal coal (which is used to make electricity and is also the most polluting type of coal). Jewel in the crown But the jewel at the pinnacle of One Rail’s business for Aurizon is the operation of the 2,200-kilometer Tarcoola to Darwin Railway, which runs from South Australia to the Northern Territory straight to Darwin Harbour. One Rail is the only freight company that uses rail lines.

Ammy-Clare Singleton: A sensational twist in the case of substitute teacher Port Augusta

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A young aid teacher accused of caring for a teenage boy may have been charged against him, a court has heard. Ammy-Clara Singleton, from Port Augusta in South Australia, was arrested in December and charged with communicating with a child under 17 to ‘engage in, or be subject to, sexual activity’. Snapchat messages are understood to be at the center of the police allegations. The 28-year-old was supported by her lawyer when she arrived at the local court on Wednesday morning wearing a cross around her neck, hiding her face with a black mask and sunglasses. Singleton sat in the witness box as the public prosecutor told Judge David McLeod that his case – which made headlines across the country – was being reviewed by prosecutors and was ‘unable to proceed’. Relief guru Ammy-Clare Singleton appeared at Port Augusta Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning (pictured) where the court heard prosecutors were considering dropping charges Ammy Singleton’s case was adjourned unt