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1: The 'Shit' About What Is Wrong With The Woolworth's DA

Why Mullumbimby Community Action Network, MCAN, rejects and objects to the Woolworths application to modify the Woolworths application to modify their original Development application for their Supermarket and bottle shop. The main reasons are sewage, traffic, flood...
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Posted: 24Jul2008 23:50   81 page-views Similar items

2: The Most Outrageous Aspect Of The S96 Amendments To The Woolworths Proposal Is Their Sewage Plan.

The most outrageous aspect of the S96 Amendments to the Woolworths proposal is their sewage plan. The flowchart calculations for their 2500 m2 supermarket are based on a single bedroom dwelling! Furthermore the storage and irrigation area is underneath the carpark and...
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Posted: 15Jul2008 00:38   61 page-views Similar items

3: ACCC Rejects A Supermarket Acquisition By Woolworths In Favour Of An Independent

In an Historic Victory Over the Woolworths-Coles Duopoly. The ACCC has rejected a Supermarket Acquisition by Woolworths in Favour of an Independent. On the26th of June 2008, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) made an historic decision to ann...
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Posted: 28Jun2008 23:29   83 page-views Similar items

4: Traffic Chaos From The Woolworths Big Box Store In Station Street.

A major supermarket, of the size proposed in Station Street in Mullumbimby will cause serious traffic problems and have a definitive impact on the social fabric of this small town. The arrival of this imposing retail identity will bring about major change to Mullumbim...
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Posted: 9Jun2008 13:22   72 page-views Similar items

5: Frank Sartor Defends Right Of Community To Reject Supermarket Development?

Responding to a report by a pro-development lobby group, The Urban Taskforce, who claimed that planning laws were driving up food prices, NSW Planning Minister Mr. Frank Sartor said “Planning controls are about making sure that cities work, and they have to balance the ...
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Posted: 21May2008 04:16   156 page-views Similar items

6: Woolworths Is Not Sustainable, By David Maslow

Woolworths symbolizes everything that is wrong with global corporate economics and behaviour. This monster can be summed up in one word, exploitation. Woolworths exploits......
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Posted: 29Apr2008 05:22   111 page-views Similar items

7: Wal-Mart In Woolies Clothing: The Tactics Of Expansion By David Maslow

An article last month's Echo, (February 19) mentioned how Woolworths appears to be patterning its operating procedures on America’s infamous WalMart retail giant. I have just returned from spending many years in the US as a property analyst. My work included shoppi...
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Posted: 19Apr2008 23:24   101 page-views Similar items

8: Big Two Supermarket Chains 'do Over' Little Guys

In a speech to the National Press Club, John Cummings, chairman of the National Association of Retail Grocers, launched an attack on Woolworths and Coles. He accused them of having no interest in competition, of using their power to deny would-be competitors prime retai...
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Posted: 15Apr2008 23:22   103 page-views Similar items

9: Why The 'Local Multiplier Effect' Always Counts

The term 'local multiplier effect,' coined by John Keynes, refers to how many times dollars are recirculated within a local economy before leaving through purchase of an import. World Prout Assembly supports the local recirculation of money as it boosts local ...
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Posted: 31Mar2008 21:30   107 page-views Similar items