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Australia’s major food companies failing nature, report finds

Targets to halt environmental damage ‘severely lacking’, Australian Conservation Foundation says, urging food industry to ‘step up to the plate’

The Guardian - AU

Microsoft IT outage: Australian airlines, banks and supermarkets begin return to normal operations

IT support staff need to implement the fix in person, one computer at a time, experts have said

The Guardian - AU

Hunter stores, trains, airport affected by global tech outage

The details of this report are developing. It may be updated.

Newcastle Herald

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Microsoft outage: how Australian airports, banks and supermarkets were affected by major IT meltdown

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says outage would take ‘some time to resolve’ following problems caused by a CrowdStrike cybersecurity software update

The Guardian - AU

MasterChef Australia Fans Warn Producers About A Mistake That Could Make The Show ‘Unrelatable’

“It’s becoming unrelatable for the home cook.”

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Price Caps On 30 Essential Items Could Be Introduced In QLD, Saving Us $1K Per Year & Thank Fk

Greens MP Amy MachMahon has proposed a policy that would add a price cap to 30 essential groceries in supermarkets across the state.

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Greens' essential goods cap 'may lead to shortages'

A Queensland Greens plan to cap prices for essential groceries is set to save households cash at the checkout but an expert has warned it may lead to shortages.

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Egg shortage: why the avian influenza outbreak has left shoppers and farmers shell-shocked

The financial impact on egg farmers, who are still paying off costs for the last high pathogenicity bird flu outbreak in 2021, could be severe

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition wants divestiture powers to fight supermarket price gouging. How would it work?

Greens and Coalition back the plan, but Labor says it’s too heavy-handed. Here’s everything you need to know about the proposal

The Guardian - AU

Supermarkets threatened with break-up for price gouging

The federal opposition has called for divestiture powers to break up major supermarkets if they have been found to be anti-competitive.

AAP

Outbreak spreads with bird flu confirmed at 11th farm

A Canberra facility is the 11th property nationally that has been affected by a bird flu outbreak, as Woolworths imposes egg limits on some customers.

AAP

Is drone delivery a modern miracle or a band-aid fix for poor urban planning? I went to Australia’s ‘drone zones’ to find out

The chief executive of drone delivery company Wing says 2024 is “the year of drone delivery”. The company first went public in 2014 as a Google “moonshot” project and now operates in several cities in Australia, the United States and Finland, with plans to expand further.

The Conversation

Coles & Woolworths Won’t Be Forced To Break Up Their Pricey Love Affair As Senate Bill Fails

Supermarket duopoly Coles and Woolworths won't be forced to break up as the relevant Senate bill has failed.

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Fines of $10 million will force supermarkets to think carefully before exploiting suppliers, but more could have been done

Suppliers of food and other products have been complaining for years about their treatment at the hands of Woolworths, Coles and Australia’s other big supermarket chains, although rarely to the supermarkets themselves – perhaps, as suggested in a recent Four Corners program, because they feared retribution.

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Australia’s grocer chains face billion-dollar fines over supplier treatment

Violators of industry code of conduct to be subject to fines of up to 10 percent of annual turnover.

AAP

Cash still king as big business bails out Armaguard

Some of Australia's biggest companies have put their money where their mouth is by stepping in to save cash carrier Armaguard in a $50 million deal.

AAP

Supermarkets to face millions in fines under new code

Supermarkets could be hit with millions in fines in a government bid to make prices fairer for farmers and shoppers.

The Guardian - AU

Supermarkets could face billions in fines for grocery code breaches as Labor commits to reforms

Government to adopt recommendations of conduct review in full amid consumer and supplier complaints about soaring profits

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The Conversation

Albanese government will impose mandatory code and big penalties to stop supermarkets treating suppliers badly

Supermarkets guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards suppliers will face large penalties under a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct the Albanese government will implement.

The Canberra Times

Unstuck: the toxic truth behind the plastic sticker on your fruit

Bans are looming, so the industry is researching alternatives.

The Guardian - AU

Making ends meat: Australians can save up to $20 a kg by changing where they shop

Guardian Australia visited a range of stores and found red meat and fish can still be affordable during the cost-of-living crisis

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Aldi Is Officially Australia’s Cheapest Supermarket By A Not-Too-Shabby $17 Per Shop

Just don't accidentally buy a washing machine in the middle aisle.

AAP

Aldi stores help keep prices down at Coles, Woolworths

Research from consumer group Choice has revealed customers are paying $17 less for groceries on average at Aldi compared to major supermarkets.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s biggest companies made nearly $100bn in ‘crisis profits’ amid Covid and Ukraine war

Oxfam analysis finds Woolworths, Hancock Prospecting and NAB among companies to rake in much higher profits off the back of crisis conditions

The Guardian - AU

Cheap, cheerful and booming: the Australian stores selling food at huge discounts

Customers at shops like Cheaper Buy Miles and Beyond Best Before can find food items nearing their best-before date at a fraction of supermarket prices

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