Can a centre really be closed because of a train driver honking his horn?
ANALYSIS/OPINION. 5 June 2025.
When justifying the incoming changes to ECE regulations, Associate Education Minister David Seymour has repeatedly used a service provider having to try to mitigate train noise as an example of “arbitrary” rules services are expected
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