It will be interesting to see the number of seats won by true Nats compared to true Libs.
At Federal level, the Libs in Queensland, like Dutton , are often outnumbered by the Nats.
While they campaign as one Party, at Fed level at least, they belong to separate Parties in the Coalition.
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NestlƩ bought Uncle Tobys from Goodman Fielder in 2006. I remember it well, as I was working as a food operative and forklift driver for Uncle Tobys in Wahgunyah at the time. The Wahgunyah plant is still fully operational.
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In 2020 Nestle announced 400 redundancies at that plant, associated with a cessation of production of some Uncle Toby lines and Vita Brits. The plant was to be dedicated to the production of ready to eat cereals.
If you are eating Vita Brits, they would be manufactured by Sanitarium under some sort of licence from Nestle.
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Thatās interesting - see what they dared do after Iād left.
Uncle Tobys was divided in three divisions - snacks, cereals, and oats, of which oats was the most important. No way they could survive without it.
I donāt know about a production deal with Sanitarium, though. Their product was noticeably different, they were the competition, and many Australians wouldnāt have a bar of any of their products, because they considered the Seventh Day Adventists a mob of religious bigots and wouldnāt give them the steam off their pish.
Pesutto flagging revival of the East West link should the Libs regain power in Victoria.
Could that be the price of retaining his leadership of the Party?
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Queensland is a Liberal state.
Victoria is a Labor state.
Thereās no point whinging about it. It just is.
If you feel that strongly about it, move from Vic to Qld (as you have) or vice versa.
This hasnāt been news for four decades.
The ALP lead QLD when and only when the LNP are in complete and utter disarray.
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Brisbane Times readers verdict of todayās leaders debate. Possibly the last opportunity for Miles to land some critical blows on Crisafulli. Appears it was another ho hum debate.
Although the sample is self-selecting, it might still be useful to know how many readers actually voted in this poll.
You are giving them too much credit saying they are āreadersā.
I guess you could call himā¦P Dutty
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After the coke affair which got handily snuffed out, or snuffled up. And I got it wrong, 400million and counting
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Probably so, but far be it from me to quibble over @dmaplestoneās terminology. Heās a rusted-on Brisbane Times reader himself, after all.
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Iām actually not a ārusted-on Brisbane Timesā reader. Just for accuracy, I never read itā¦ That poll came up in a tweet I saw yesterday so I screenshot it to postā¦
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I thought the Courier Mail was Queenslandās Newscorpse dominant MSM . The Brisbane Times is owned by Nine but doesnāt have much of a circulation? That unlike NSW and Victoria, there isnāt the competition between Fairfax and Newscorpse ?
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BT is an online only publication, like Perth Now, that Fairfax started to effectively syndicate their NSW and Vic publications.
They have never got much traction in Brisbane or Perth.
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Fair enough, Dave. So you stick with the Courier Mail ?
I donāt really read that much either. Iām on the Goldy so I read the Gold Coast Bulletin most days as itās the local rag here.
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Senator Cash complains that the growth in public sector employment has outstripped the growth in private sector employment.
If correct, is that bad for the economy?
The Albanese Government did increase some APS levels, connected to less outsourcing to consultants, staffing post Robodebt and significant numbers to bring down the outstanding backlog of ADF Veteran claims.
https://x.com/paulinehansonoz/status/1847004660600889354?s=46
bluey and Robert Irwin visit Melbourne
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