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Bunnings future not certain as Amazon begins launching an online gardening and outdoor furniture store
Amazon is launching an online gardening and outdoor furniture store. What worries me the most are the following words “Bunnings reckons it’s not even nervous because its customers prefer to shop in store.” These exact words were used by Blockbuster Videos management. Blockbuster Video is now defunct with all stores closed. It is unlikely that Bunnings will loose all customers, th...
Sydney siders stranded as Sydney Trains announce no trains running from Platforms 1 to 12
It has only been 19 days since the last entire Sydney Trains meltdown occurred. We called for Howard Collins to resign then, and we still mean it. How on earth can one single train interrupt 12 platforms of services. That’s not 12 services that’s about 96 services non running. The reality is that people really just want to get home, not find an alternative way home. Of course we can al...
Sydney Trains questionable health standards, putrid toilet smell when boarding carriage
Sydney Trains already offer a minimal service and even then it’s of poor standard. But nothing can take the focus off, boarding a train carriage where all you smell is a putrid public toilet smell. Quite often when boarding morning and afternoon services there are not any seats available and the carriage so full some people are forced to stand near the toilets. I really do feel sorry for the...
Matt Canavan in dole line asking for a hand out
Opinion Matt Canavan, failed and would be cricketer somehow ended up being Australia’s Federal Resources Minister. Matt Canavan seemingly has the wrong attitude to be able to do a proper job, in fact Matt Canavan is letting Australia down. Matt Canavan’s comments of last year advised students “Walking off school and protesting, you don’t learn anything from that. “The best thing you le...
Uber vs 13cabs, why Uber is a premium service
Opinion The chief executive of the company behind the 13cabs network needs to get real. 13cabs is a taxi service, not ride-sharing. Taking a pot shot at Uber’s billion-dollar losses is simply inappropriate and uncalled for. Boasting that “We sometimes smile and say perhaps we’re one of the world’s most profitable ride-sharing companies” does not make me smile. The taxi’s ar...