 Across Asia: Australia
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-24 07:35 Protests on gas price hikes Truck drivers angry about rising fuel prices clogged Australia's busiest highway yesterday for the second time this month to protest against the high cost of diesel and repairs. About 100 trucks staged a "go-slow" convoy protest on the Hume Highway, a major route into Australia's biggest city of Sydney, blocking one lane and disrupting peak-hour morning traffic in the city's west. The drivers want more government help to counter rising maintenance costs and fuel prices which have risen around 50 percent since January, due to higher world oil prices. They said drivers may be risking lives by cutting maintenance on their trucks to save costs. (China Daily 07/24/2008 page11) |
