Newspaper clipping from The Age, 22/8/2007 titled "Trains, trams to stay privately run" about the extension of the existing contracts for a further year. Quotes Connex CEO Bruce Hughes, Yarra Trams - Dennis Cliche, Premier Brumby, Opposition spokesman Terry Mulder, PTUA Daniel Bowen and Union secretary Trevor Dobbyn.trams, tramways, franchising, yarra trams, connex, ptua, contracts, public transport

Collection of items donated by Barry Jenkins, key personality in the community and in the Fire Brigade. Fires were a regular occurrence in the timber buildings in times gone by, so was a welcome addition to the community services.Volunteer Fire Brigade was and still is an important asset to the community.Collection of various items, documents and photos including the 'Country Fire Authority Act 1958' and copies of newspaper articles about various fires attended by the Peterborough Fire Brigade. Photographs include different fire trucks and of members of the brigade over the years.cfa, peterborough, fires, peterborough cfa, country fire authority act 1958, bruce fennell, barry jenkins, terry mulder, ronald irvine, gavin delaney, castle fimmel, gordon cumming, kathy burl, tups ryan, lorna bourke, bill saunders, frnak hughes, don bradshaw, john irvine, graham bourke, mick schroeter, ned ryan

Newspaper clipping from The Age, 24/10/2007, titled "Latest tram crash triggers inquiry" with sub heading "Six in hospital after two tram North Melbourne smash". Reports on the collision between Z3 134 and B2 2080 in Flemington Road the previous day. Reports on various recent tram accidents. Quotes Dennis Cliche, John Brumby, Terry Mulder and Minister Lynne Kosky. Article by Stephen Moyninan and Grietta Guerrera with photo by Andrew De La Rue.trams, tramways, accidents, flemington road, b class, z3 class, tram 134, tram 2080

Newspaper clipping from The Age, dated 25-6-2008 1 - Editorial titled "Propping up private operators won't help public transport" - looks at the history of privatisation or franchising, the consolidation of operators, growth in transport demand the lack of oversight, public interest and the lack of penalties on poor performance. 2 - Article by Clay Lucas, Analysis & Debate - The Fine Print" about the issue of new tender documents that had been leaked, issues of over crowding, potential bidders, fines for poor performance, fare evasion. Quotes John Brumby, Lynne Kosky, Terry Mulder and Greg Barber.trams, tramways, franchising, yarra trams, tenders, public transport, railways, privatisation

Newspaper clipping - from The Age, 22/10/2004 about the tender for a new ticketing system to replace Metcard by 2007, for which the tender expires March 2007. Looks at some of the likely companies, ERG, Cubic, OneLink, Wayfarer. Notes some of the problems, particularly for trams. Quotes PTUA Secretary Tony Morton and opposition Transport Spokesman, Terry Mulder.trams, tramways, ticket, myki, metcard