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Web Resources

Summaries of websites we have come across which we believe may be of interest.

1: KENEALLY - THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU

With a display of arrogance far belying her two and a half years of ministerial experience Planning Minister Kristina Keneally surely put paid last week to any dreams or perceptions some have of her being a future leader of the NSW parliamentary Labor party. Rather t...
Read more at www.smh.com.au

2: Paying Less For Aussie Products In NZ

Craig Kelly from the Southern Sydney Retailers Association is a supermarket chains worst enemy. Hes crossed the Tasman to conduct an experiment which could have enormous ramifications for Australias highly concentrated supermarket industry. The New Zealand market is ...
Read more at au.todaytonight.yahoo.com

3: High Price To Pay For Our Architectural Ineptitude

I was a self-righteous armchair critic of Sydneys built environment until Woolworths proposed a concrete box monstrosity in my backyard recently. It is using the above process just as it did in Maleny Mullumbimby and many others. If it succeeds another attractive seasid...
Read more at www.smh.com.au

4: The More Dominant Woolworths And Coles Become In The Market The Faster The Prices Accelerate

Alan Jones Well it goes on and on. And no change in Government appears as if its going to make any difference. The Federal Government have given people 900 dollars here 2000 dollars there. Some people before Christmas got cheques of 10000 dollars. A lot of ...
Read more at www.2gb.com

5: Documentary Independent America Two Filmmakers Embark On A Two-lane Search For Mom And Pop.

In 2006 filmmakers Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes set off on a cross-country journey with an unusual goal: shunning big box outlets and chain stores the couple would only do business with mom and pop shops....
Read more at hotzone.yahoo.com

6: Woolworths To Blame For Pacific Brands Collapse

Pacific Brands core problem is the Woolworths effect. Big outfits like Woolworths and Coles use anti-competitive practices which are unlawful in many other countries around the world. And their aim is to eliminate their smaller competitors the small and independent r...
Read more at www.livenews.com.au

7: Peoples Bolckade Of Newcastle Coal Port 21 March 2009

Join thousands of people and commulity The peoples blockade of the Worlds biggest coal port Saturday 21st march 2009 Newcastle Harbour...
Read more at www.risingtide.org.au

8: Surplus Countries Key To Economic Revamp Keating

Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating says the current economic situation calls for an overhaul of the international institutions that lead economic policy. video......
Read more at www.abc.net.au

9: Truck Drivers Apply More Pressure To Woolworths

Truck drivers have gathered in Sydneys west to protest against Woolworths over the rising cost of transporting goods around the country....
Read more at www.abc.net.au

10: Welcome The Weirdos Communities Urged ABC News

Local councils are being urged to embrace weirdos into their region to ensure their communities thrive. An organisational psychologist Ian Plowman gave a keynote address at the Local Government Association of Tasmania conference this morning on the topic - Why Some T...
Read more at www.abc.net.au