The circuit layout and event dates for the Newcastle 500 Supercars round in 2017 were confirmed today, and some how they have managed to make the track even worse than what was proposed. It’s a victory for pretty TV pictures and the ability for commentators to say “beachside circuit” over developing an event that produces […]
The Newcastle Supercars street circuit is changing. Of course
The first of the most obvious things to occur in the design of the Newcastle Supercars street circuit has happened. They’re changing the circuit layout. Reported by The Newcastle Herald on Thursday, the track will no longer bisect Pacific Park, in Newcastle’s east end. The reason given, according to Supercars spokesman Nick Johnston, was that […]
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The Newcastle Supercars circuit is a bad idea
NSW Premier Mike Baird and Virgin Australia Supercars Championship (VASC) CEO James Warburton today confirmed that Newcastle would be hosting the final race of the domestic touring car season for at least five years starting in 2017. Messers Baird and Warburton also confirmed that they intend the race to be run on a street circuit […]
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Newcastle’s V8 Supercar race is in the wrong spot
It would seem the story that has been kicking around for as long as I can remember is finally going to come to a head: Newcastle will be getting a (V8) Supercar race, starting in 2017. Though not confirmed yet, talk is strong that Australia’s premier motor racing series will arrive in the Steel City following […]
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Unpaid internships can fuck right off
If you want people to come and work for you, paying them for that work should really go without saying. Unpaid internships — occasionally billed as “work experience” or “an opportunity for exposure, or other similar words — are a cancer that needs to be removed from the Australian work landscape. It’s really quite simple. […]
