CUA has already merged with two Victorian-based credit unions without a hitch. But its next target — Maleny Credit Union (MCU) in Queensland — has all the hallmarks of a bruising battle, says John Addis, Crikey director and founder of Intelligent Investor.
Woolworths liquor
Big and small, Woolies victims come in all shapes and sizes
Is there anyone Australia’s notoriously brutal supermarket giants won’t do over?
NT grog special: a bottle short of a Brough
There’s a joke going around Alice Springs and Darwin that the local bottle shops will soon start advertising grog sales of “one short of a Brough”. That is, grog specials will be marketed in packages of $99. That’s because, come Saturday, anyone who buys takeaway p-ss retailing for over $100 will have to produce photo ID.
Could copyright hit Coles’ and Woolies’ bottom line?
Last month’s decision by the Copyright Tribunal to hand major labels a huge increase in music royalties could have unexpected flow-on effects…
An open letter to Noel Pearson
Mr Pearson, You want considered responses and not knee-jerk name-calling, well, here goes.
