Woolies denies sending spy after farmers oust employee A Woolworths employee has been removed from a farming conference after being accused of spying on producers. AAP · Jul 24, 2024
Australia’s major food companies failing nature, report finds Targets to halt environmental damage ‘severely lacking’, Australian Conservation Foundation says, urging food industry to ‘step up to the plate’ The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2024
Canberra airport, shops running smoothly amid scam warnings Canberra gets back to normal after IT collapse. The Canberra Times · Jul 20, 2024
Microsoft IT outage: Australian airlines, banks and supermarkets begin return to normal operations IT support staff need to implement the fix in person, one computer at a time, experts have said The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2024
Global tech outage delays ease amid questions over cost Delays at Australian airports after the global IT outage have eased but questions remain as to the cost to the economy and possible compensation. AAP · Jul 19, 2024
Hunter stores, trains, airport affected by global tech outage The details of this report are developing. It may be updated. Newcastle Herald · Jul 19, 2024
Microsoft outage: how Australian airports, banks and supermarkets were affected by major IT meltdown Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says outage would take ‘some time to resolve’ following problems caused by a CrowdStrike cybersecurity software update The Guardian - AU · Jul 19, 2024
Supermarket concentration benefits stores, not shoppers. It’s time to split Foodstuffs – not make it stronger The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening? The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024
Police Are On The Hunt For A Bloke Who Allegedly Pissed All Over The Food At Sydney CBD Woolworths Police say it took workers several hours to decontaminate the area the alleged incident took place in. Pedestrian.tv · Jul 11, 2024
Price Caps On 30 Essential Items Could Be Introduced In QLD, Saving Us $1K Per Year & Thank Fk Greens MP Amy MachMahon has proposed a policy that would add a price cap to 30 essential groceries in supermarkets across the state. Pedestrian.tv · Jul 10, 2024
Greens' essential goods cap 'may lead to shortages' A Queensland Greens plan to cap prices for essential groceries is set to save households cash at the checkout but an expert has warned it may lead to shortages. AAP · Jul 9, 2024
Already jammed precinct needs car parks Letters and Short Takes: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Newcastle Herald · Jul 9, 2024
Man robbed 7-Eleven of Maltesers and dog food, hit businesses for cash Weekend robbery spree netted man snacks, dog food and $2740. Newcastle Herald · Jul 5, 2024
Egg shortage: why the avian influenza outbreak has left shoppers and farmers shell-shocked The financial impact on egg farmers, who are still paying off costs for the last high pathogenicity bird flu outbreak in 2021, could be severe The Guardian - AU · Jul 5, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024 Holly Willoughby speaks out after man convicted of plot to rape and murder her Presenter says women should not be made to ‘feel unsafe going about our daily lives’ after Gavin Plumb convicted of plan to abduct her
The Guardian - AU · Jul 3, 2024 The Coalition wants divestiture powers to fight supermarket price gouging. How would it work? Greens and Coalition back the plan, but Labor says it’s too heavy-handed. Here’s everything you need to know about the proposal
AAP · Jul 2, 2024 Supermarkets threatened with break-up for price gouging The federal opposition has called for divestiture powers to break up major supermarkets if they have been found to be anti-competitive.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024 Man accused of Holly Willoughby kidnap plot tells court he spent ‘99.9%’ of time online Gavin Plumb claims previous convictions for false imprisonment were attempt to escape a toxic relationship
AAP · Jun 27, 2024 Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm A Canberra facility is the 11th property nationally that has been affected by a bird flu outbreak, as Woolworths imposes egg limits on some customers.
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 26, 2024 Coles & Woolworths Won’t Be Forced To Break Up Their Pricey Love Affair As Senate Bill Fails Supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths won't be forced to break up as the relevant Senate bill has failed.
Newcastle Herald · Jun 24, 2024 Company behind Newcastle baths upgrade makes splash at construction awards Daracon Group took out the hotly contested category.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 24, 2024 Who is MrBeast, why is he in Australia and what do I need to know about this YouTube phenomenon? The 26-year-old American’s channel is the site’s most-subscribed, with over 288 million subscribers – and he and his cash prizes are now in Australia
The Conversation · Jun 24, 2024 Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.
Al Jazeera · Jun 24, 2024 Australia’s grocer chains face billion-dollar fines over supplier treatment Violators of industry code of conduct to be subject to fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover.
AAP · Jun 24, 2024 Cash still king as big business bails out Armaguard Some of Australia's biggest companies have put their money where their mouth is by stepping in to save cash carrier Armaguard in a $50 million deal.