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There are less than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. The habitat of Sumatran tigers is being sold in IGA supermarkets across Australia as toilet paper. IGA buys its toilet paper from Indonesia’s most notorious rainforest destroyer, Asia Pulp and Paper (APP). If you believe in Principle before Profit, and you don’t like the…
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Everyone who speaks English knows it’s a jumbled mess of borrowed words, colloquialisms and exceptions to the rules. The Internet has shown us that even 13 (or more) years of English education aren’t even enough for some people to get the basics down. But also thanks to the Internet, there are ways to learn about…
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The WA Police Commissioner said he was “thoroughly disgusted” with the outcome of the six-week trial that saw three men acquitted of assault against police officers – including Constable Matthew Butcher. Karl O’Callaghan said he had already received two resignations from rank-and-file police officers this morning in protest of the not-guilty verdicts – which saw…
A middy is essentially half a pint at 325mL. At the Subiaco Hotel a middy of beer costs $5.20 which equates to $16/L. Beer costs about $5/L at retail prices, meaning the hotel is charging 320% of the retail price for beer, and they are buying their beer at wholesale prices which means they are…
Robert Reich connects the dots on the economy, in less than 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Summary: Since 1980 the American economy has doubled in size. However, adjusting for inflation, wages have barely increased. Almost of all of the gains of the economy have gone to the super rich. With money comes political power. Before…
On top of the fee charged by Ticket Master when you purchase a ticket, they also charge you a Handling Charge. Q: Why is there a “Handling charge”? A: Ticketmaster charges a handling charge for providing a service. Handling charges will be quoted at the point of purchase. Q: If the Handling Charge covers the…
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Thankfully, when you use a Telstra payphone, the payphone is unable to provide you with any change. No matter if you insert a $1 or $2 coin, Telstra will consume it all for making a call which costs 50 cents. I called Telstra to ask why this is the case, and they were unable to…
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I went to the football yesterday to watch the 2011 NAB preseason cup at Patersons Stadium / Subiaco Oval. I felt thirsty and so I went to the kiosk to buy a drink. I felt like a choc milk, and was floored at the cost. A 600mL carton of choc milk cost $4.40. That is…
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Changing the label ‘life imprisonment’ to ‘imprisonment for an indeterminate duration’ might more honestly represent what is really intended by the sentence.