“Just a thought,” considers Warren Menteith of Bali. “Woolworths and Coles have about 52 per cent of the Australian grocery market. Peter Dutton has signalled he’d force them to sell off stores if it could be shown they used their dominance to manipulate the market. The ALP and the LNP have an absolute electoral monopoly. Each has a ‘market’ share greater than either Woolworths or Coles. They use their market dominance to manipulate their sales - votes. What if they were forced to divest a ‘store’ and not run in an electorate?”
“I was a resident of Broke (C8) for about 10 years,” says John Hudson of Bangalow. “Whilst I was living there, I considered starting a finance company. I registered a business name, and received the Business Name Certificate. Unfortunately, the ‘Broke Finance Co’ never got off the ground.” While several of you may see this as just a cheap gag, John says he can supply the Business Name Certification, if required.
Don White of Frenchs Forest writes: “Mention of the Highway Patrol car in the bushes at Collector (C8), made we wonder, if it was too quiet at Collector, then they could travel across to the Hume Highway at the village of Bookham to continue their job.”
“In a league of their own? As a rusted on Parramatta Eels fan, I often refer those who mock a losing streak of some 38 years since their last premiership, to the England national football team that hasn’t won a major trophy since the 1966 World Cup,” says George Zivkovic of Northmead. “The Three Lions’ Football’s Coming Home being played on a loop at Euro 2024 is just a tad premature methinks?” Granny wonders how it can come home at all. They’ve never won the Euros.
“I, too, thought of becoming a podiatrist (C8), but I just couldn’t get my foot in the door,” laments Mike Dalton of Gowrie (ACT).
The Isabel Ireland courtesies continue: “Column 8 certainly brought back the memories of living in Wagga Wagga,” claims Robyn Lewis of Raglan. “My daughter Georgia was taught by Isabel Ireland (C8) in a Sunday School class at the Presbyterian church in the 1980s. I also believe Sylvia Dewey’s husband was an excellent orthopaedic surgeon who operated on Georgia many times. Georgia is now a London journalist having a very busy week.” All this from a query about a couple of cardigans.
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