Search Results: Woolworths
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 02 April 2013
8 Comments
In days past the 'consultancy' activity of former senior politicians was cloaked in respectability and not perceived as being at the hands-on end of lobbying. That pretence has now ended and Alexander Downer and Peter Costello are good examples. It is an unhealthy development with plenty of room for conflicts of interest.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 17 September 2012
5 Comments
Ahead of his Australian visit earlier this year, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak criticised the company for subjecting local consumers to 'horrible' price-gouging. Last week's release of the iPhone 5 has reinforced perceptions of Apple as an odious corporation that exploits consumers, alongside the likes of tobacco companies, big banks, McDonald's, and Coles and Woolworths.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ellena Savage
- 19 August 2011
3 Comments
On my last night in Alice, we went to the pub, and drank and danced with some locals. Patricia, for whom English was a fourth language, had moved to Alice to be with her husband. Her manner of speech was beautiful. When she invited us to her table, she said, 'Come, I'll tell you a story.'
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 16 June 2010
1 Comment
He was horribly contorted. His head was bent over his right shoulder as
if being crushed down. The angle of the head concealed the right ear and enforced a distortion of his mouth
and right eye. You don't stare at such afflicted people so I gazed elsewhere until
he was on the move.
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ENVIRONMENT
- Sarah Kanowski
- 09 March 2010
10 Comments
Throughout his 2007 election campaign Rudd pledged to address 'inflated grocery prices'. But Australians are spending less at the supermarket than ever before. Cheap food has come at a cost to
the livelihoods of Australian farmers and the environment.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 02 March 2009
3 Comments
McDonald's is increasing prices for those in lower socio-economic areas, and claiming the moral high ground at the same time. But it's rising star food chain Aldi that is showing the way with its uniform pricing policy.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kirsty Ruddock
- 25 November 2008
16 Comments
Local Moree sportspeople and indigenous community members have a fight on their hands if they're to prevent the construction of a Big W retail store on a culturally significant site. It seems history and culture have no place in the pursuit of economic growth.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 13 June 2007
2 Comments
Jigalong is a remote community in WA, best known for its association with the Rabbit Proof Fence. Remote Aboriginal communities suffer greatly from undeveloped nature of their economies, and the institutional barriers created to prevent them developing.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
The big Mobil was built in town, then Woolworths started selling discount petrol. Customers who had been coming in for years either grew to old to drive, or passed away, with few new customers taking their place.
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AUSTRALIA
- Nicholas Way
- 05 June 2006
The Federal Government abhors workers using unions to bargain collectively. But there is different thinking for small business.
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