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August 2nd, 2007

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1. My wife is a member of the C.W.A. and their latest monthly bulletin contained ausbuy connection as an insert. Since moving from Sydney to country over 12 years ago I find no one is interested in the future of the country as a whole. I can understand the desire to retain your own lifestyle and income, don’t we all,but surely some thought must be given to what is over the hill ahead. Your publication should be compulsory reading in schools! Sadly, I think, C.W.A. members will cast it to one side. Not for the views presented but for the fact that they are conditioned not to think for themselves as regards anything that touches on politics. Family history says Country Party, Nationals, Coalition. Anything else is heresy. I am onside with you 100% and will front up to the barricades when needed but I notice I am the only one on line at this site during the last half hour. Where are the troops?

   Comment by old fella — October 11, 2007 @ 8:42 pm

2. I was recently in one of the major supermarkets shopping for some organic eggs. I discovered on the shelf two 6 packs of eggs both with the same date stamp on them from the same organic supplier number. The difference? One was $4 and one was $3. The $3 box was the ‘no name’ brand of this particular supermarket. I like to support branded Australian made and owned products as much as possible. But when the supermarkets can screw suppliers down so much to the point where there is such a price difference for what is EXACTLY the same product, what choice do you really have than to choose the markedly cheaper product? There should be some sort of regulation against this happening.

   Comment by adsup — October 13, 2007 @ 12:46 pm

3. I, along with many other people in the country, am concerned with Australia’s alarming waste of energy. We are one of the world’s worst polluters on a per capita basis, and yet we do nothing to alleviate it. I walk to work in the morning. Last Thursday, I started counting the number of cars passing me with only one occupant. With this number running at about 90%, I soon stopped because it was too depressing. Some countries limit the vehicles on their roads, whether through allowing certain number plates on the roads on certain days, or by mandating there be more than one occupant, or by introducing hefty tolls. So why am I bringing this up in Ausbuy? The fuel we waste travelling every day is largely imported. Some people at work spend over $80 per week on petrol, mostly from foreign-owned operators. We could easily halve the number of cars on our roads by taking public transport, or carpooling. Let’s assume the average weekly petrol bill is $20 per car and that there are 10 million cars in regular use. (There are approximately two cars for every three people in Australia.) That’s $200 million per week. $10 billion per year. Most of it going overseas. All of it contributing to environmental pollution. It’s an abomination.

   Reducing the number of cars on our roads will help keep this money in Australia.

   For single people living in a capital city, an annual public transport ticket costs about the same as registration and insurance. They have little excuse for owning a car.

   Please, if you’re thinking about buying a new car, ask yourself:
   “Do I really need it?”
   “What am I doing to the environment?”
   “What am I doing to our economy?”
   “Will I be able to live with myself?”

   Comment by Craig — November 18, 2007 @ 9:01 am

4. I have often wondered why schools and particlarly school canteens aren’t encourage more to use and stock Australian owned and made products. There are a lot of regulations regarding nutitional value on the foods sold through school canteens in the interests of our Childrens’ health, why not as much interest in their future job/financial security.

   Comment by kazdee — December 12, 2007 @ 8:37 am

5. I agree with the previous comment by Adsup.
   My partner and I take ages to look at all the eggs and usually end up buying ‘Veggs’ as they say on the carton 100% Australian owned.
   They are also vegetarian eggs that don’t have hormomes, contain omega 3, folate, vitamins E and B12. They say a lot on the carton, so have a look next time you are shopping.
   I would also like to know, why free range eggs are eggs are so expensive? Does it cost money to have the RSPCA come and look?
   I don’t mind paying $5 for a dozen eggs, as long as the chickens are treated the way they advertise on the box.
   Maybe everyone should have a chicken in their backyard. If the egg industry had a huge loss in sales, maybe they would do something about it.
   Sometimes I think I’m the only person who cares about our beautiful country’s future, but then I visit this site and I feel better.
   thank you.

   Comment by ausgirl — December 18, 2007 @ 1:10 pm

6. I would like to comment on how greedy home-owner-renters are.
   I have been renting a house for almost 2 years and have looked after it very well. When I moved in, the roof leaked and cockroaches lived in the oven. They still do.
   The real estate knows, but the owner doesn’t care and for no reason, they decided to raise the rent an extra $20 a week. I was struggling to pay $205 a week, but $220 is too much. Now I have to go to the expense of paying movers and bond and all that nonsense.
   It’s not fair that they can just raise the rent whenever they feel like it. I don’t care if the interest rates have gone up, I didn’t do it, but yet I’m being punished for it.
   At least it is free to live in the gutter, which is where a lot of people will end up. Not that Real estates or home-owners care, as long as they get their morgage paid by some unfortunate slave. They are greedy.

   Comment by ausgirl — January 31, 2008 @ 4:31 pm

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