Is Australia Still Fair?

Our politicians are letting big business and lobby groups dictate our way of life.  We’re getting taken for a ride and they’re turning a blind eye. As a nation we’re losing our sense of a fair go. Take these as examples. The price of fruit and vege So we have a natural disaster – flood or [...]

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Coles and Woolworths: The Hungry Beasts

In the past couple of months floods have destroyed huge swathes of Australian food crops. Already we’re seeing food prices jump as a result. But wait a minute! Why are retail prices prices rising so sharply? Let’s say the wholesale cost of fruit and vege goes up by 20 percent I’m betting that retail prices will [...]

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How to be an online also-ran

I’m looking for a new dishwasher and some patio furniture. It’s that time of the year when the bargains are on so I thought I’d pop into the David Jones website. What a disappointment. In this day and age where store inventory records are digitised and could easily be made available in an online environment, [...]

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