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Dick Smith

2012-08-14T12:22:00.001+10:00

Dick Smith is again fighting for the Australian food industry. He is fighting the Murdoch press machine who refuses to run his inserts in their Newspapers. How Un-Australian is this, here is a man who is promoting our basic needs Australian made food, this is paramount to censoring, as Dick puts it, and I agree with him. We should protest against this to the Murdoch group by emailing

Government Spending on the Credit Card

2012-07-14T03:44:00.001+10:00

Received an email this morning containing the following statement. How true is it, these people run with their credit card to pay for things that we the payers cannot afford trying to make themselves look good. Our poor bloody Australia is going rapidly down the gurgler!!! Fancy us borrowing money to give Aid to a country which is run by a bunch of Lunatics who have Nuclear bombs

Quirk, why I won't vote for you

2012-04-26T09:53:00.001+10:00

Graham Quirk, It is good that you have committed $20 Million to save our Pier. However, as previously advised I told you that I would be keeping a close eye on what you say in the future. As a consequence I am forced to again set the records straight. Your comment in this article that “From day one I have said I would protect this important piece of Community infrastructure” is not

Open Letter to Graham Quirk

2012-04-12T07:16:00.000+10:00

The Bluewater Festival is one of the great activities enjoyed by our community, and it was good to see you there as Lord Mayor, to open the festivities officially. It was a great day enjoyed by everyone who attended. Now for the reason for this letter, I would like to correct a few misnomers regarding comments that were made and reported in the newspapers. I gathered that you seem to be of the

The Diary - Our Pier & The Totalitarian Quirk

2012-04-03T05:19:00.005+10:00

6/4/2012 Finally, on Good Friday Graham Quirk publicly stated that he would try and repair Our Pier to it’s original state or design. Incredible he finally realised that the Protect the Shorncliffe Pier group was there to protect our 141 year old Pier. Pity he did not listen to us originally, all of this hassle would not have occurred. We will be watching what he does in coming months, as we

Team Quirk - Arrogance Not Wanted

2012-04-01T08:30:00.002+10:00

Myself and TEAM QUIRK I will get this straight from the beginning, for those in the LNP who may think I am a Labor Person. Since I was eligible to vote, I have been voting for conservative parties with the exception of two occasions, both times was to rid ourselves of inept, ineffectual and/or arrogant Government. So that fixes that counter argument. Next, I am 64 so you can guess how long I have

Julia Gillard & Bob Brown’s Carbon Tax – Inflicting pain on the Consumer

2012-03-30T03:56:00.001+10:00

After reading an article in the Courier Mail this morning, I decided to update mine that I wrote last year on the Future Cost of Living Increases that we would be subjected to under the Carbon Tax. As time has progressed we find that many Countries may be introducing a Carbon Tax at much lower rates, in fact as little as $3 per tonne and because Bob Brown and his Green Party have Julia Gillard by

Coles Pointing the Finger -

2012-03-29T06:24:00.000+10:00

This article appeared in the Business Spectator. I find this rather odd coming from Coles as manufacturers are efficient. They have to be in today’s climate, what Coles and Woolworths don’t tell you is what pressures they put on their suppliers, with their various settlement discounts, shelf placement fees, ullage, promotions charges etc and in the end, the supplier who would in normal

THE BEAUTY OF BEING A SWINGING VOTER & COUNCIL ELECTIONS

2012-03-28T14:46:00.001+10:00

One of the advantages of being a swinging voter I find is that you can examine the performance of a Government body and the opposition, and judge them on that performance, voting accordingly. The State Election Looking at the previous Qld ALP Government performance, I could not but decide to vote for the LNP. The ALP had increased taxes and costs across the board that affect the consumer, such

WW & Coles - Holding a gun to the head of their suppliers

2012-03-28T03:51:00.000+10:00

This article from Food Magazine describes to a tee what Coles and Woolworths do to their suppliers, a story of blackmail and bullying. These people have so much market power that in the view of their suppliers if you don’t do what we want we will remove you from our shelves and we don’t care. This is just the tip of the Iceberg. Fear campaign damaging Supermarket Senate Inquiry22 March, 2012

WW & Coles Ripping the Consumer off

2012-03-27T11:20:00.000+10:00

This article taken from the ABC typifies the misuse of buying power of the major supermarkets. They are only interested in making as much money as they can, and do not give any regard for Australian Suppliers or Growers in their pursuit of the holy dollar. They constantly bombard us with their Specials and glossy brochures, but for their suppliers to continue selling their products through the

TELSTRA SENDS BILLS TO DEAD LADY

2012-02-26T06:49:00.001+10:00

I moved into a Unit where the previous tenant had an account with Telstra. Sadly she passed away August/September 2011. I obtained the unit at the end of September and obviously moved in early October. Mail arrived from ANZ and Telstra for the deceased so I addressed both letters back to the sender noting that the lady was deceased. ANZ ceased sending any mail. Here is what

Politics and Facebook!

2012-01-13T08:36:00.000+10:00