By Lesley Howard @adropex 9th February 2014 (Updated 11 February 2014) BACKGROUND In a tweet to me @Coles said, “around 90% of our Coles Brand Food and drink is Australian made”. I asked them to “confirm for me that about 90% of Coles own brands are 100% Aus product.” In response they politely referred me to their […]
Fact-checking @coles and @woolworths for #SPCsunday, by @adropex
February 9, 2014
Filed Under: #ActiveDemocracy, #auspol, #SPCsunday, Front Page, Lesley Howard Tagged With: #SPCsunday, Ardmona, Coles, food, IR, SPC Ardmona, Woolworths
Then they came for the farmers… #SPC #leardblockade
February 7, 2014

[clear] By Alison Parkes 6th February 2014 Two recent issues have been in the news lately concerning rural and regional communities – the impending closure of SPC and the Leardblockade. People in capital cities, on social media and old media talk about thinks like SPC or live export or another mine as if they are […]
Filed Under: #auspol, #leardblockade, #SPCsunday, Activism, Alison Parkes, Democracy, Economy, Environment, Front Page Tagged With: #SPCsunday, agriculture, Ardmona, climate change, Coalition, Coles, environment, ETS, Farming, food, fracking, Gillard Government, Hazzard, Mining, Nationals, Social Media, SPC, SPC Ardmona, Stop the Boats, Tony Abbott, Tories, Western Sydney, Woolworths