Senior doctors will be walking off the job in May, looking for a 12 percent pay rise. 

The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists announced a 24-hour strike would take place starting on May 1.

It could affect 4300 planned procedures or first specialist appointments - and up to 4300 radiology appointments. 

Association executive director Sarah Dalton says claims specialists make more than $300,000 dollars a year are wrong. 

"It's probably closer to $240,000 - which still sounds like a lot, right? But we have to think about what senior doctors actually do."

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Senior doctors will be walking off the job in May, looking for a 12 percent pay rise.&nbsp;
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists announced a 24-hour strike would take place starting on May 1.
It could affect 4300 planned procedures or first specialist appointments - and up to 4300 radiology appointments.&nbsp;
Association executive director Sarah Dalton says claims specialists make more than $300,000 dollars a year are wrong.&nbsp;
"It's probably closer to $240,000 - which still sounds like a lot, right? But we have to think about what senior doctors actually do."
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Sarah Dalton: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director on senior doctors planning to strike in May

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Commuters in London face more disruption as a second 24-hour Tube strike starts later this week.

No further talks have taken place to settle the dispute and drivers in the RMT union are set to continue industrial action.

UK correspondent Enda Brady says this is likely to frustrate commuters. 

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Commuters in London face more disruption as a second 24-hour Tube strike starts later this week.
No further talks have taken place to settle the dispute and drivers in the RMT union are set to continue industrial action.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says this is likely to frustrate commuters.&nbsp;
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Enda Brady: UK correspondent on the second Tube strike set to impact London commuters

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Victorian Hydrogen is proposing a $3 billion urea plant to be located 30km northeast of Invercargill.

The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes a year of urea fertiliser (using 3 million tonnes of lignite), making New Zealand's agricultural sector fully self sufficient.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.

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Victorian Hydrogen is proposing a $3 billion urea plant to be located 30km northeast of Invercargill.
The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes a year of urea fertiliser (using 3 million tonnes of lignite), making New Zealand's agricultural sector fully self sufficient.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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Jamie Mackay: The Country host on Victorian Hydrogen proposing a $3 billion urea plant in Southland

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ACT leader David Seymour says the Government should stick to a planned increase to petrol taxes, despite the Middle East conflict driving up fuel prices. 

Transport Minister Chris Bishop has claimed it's 'unlikely' the taxes will go up by the planned 12 cents per litre early next year.

David Seymour says no one knows what the fuel prices will be like by 2027 - and we shouldn't cancel the increase as a result.

"The roads do need to be built, they do need to be maintained and the National Land Transport Fund is actually not funded by taxpayers, it's exclusively funded by road user charges and the excise tax on petrol." 

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ACT leader David Seymour says the Government should stick to a planned increase to petrol taxes, despite the Middle East conflict driving up fuel prices.&nbsp;
Transport Minister Chris Bishop has claimed it's 'unlikely' the taxes will go up by the planned 12 cents per litre early next year.
David Seymour says no one knows what the fuel prices will be like by 2027 - and we shouldn't cancel the increase as a result.
"The roads do need to be built, they do need to be maintained and the National Land Transport Fund is actually not funded by taxpayers, it's exclusively funded by road user charges and the excise tax on petrol."&nbsp;
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David Seymour: ACT leader explains why planned increase in fuel taxes should go ahead

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Sarah Dalton: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director on senior doctors planning to strike in May

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