A 13-year-old boy accused of threatening staff and students with a knife at his school, then stealing a cash register from a canteen at knifepoint has lost his bid to have his bail conditions relaxed. The boy’s lawyer sought an amendment to her client’s “strict” bail conditions in Perth’s Children’sContinue Reading
The consumer watchdog has been formally directed to investigate the supermarket sector, amid concerns Australians are being ripped off at the checkout and the farmgate. Treasurer Jim Chalmers directed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate the competitiveness of retail prices and allegations of price gouging in the supermarketContinue Reading
Furious shoppers have lashed out at Coles after a technical issue that affected card payments at checkouts left them unable to buy their groceries. Some shoppers were forced to abandon their trolleys and shopping baskets at the tills after discovering the supermarket was battling “IT issues” that prevented them fromContinue Reading
Critics of the decision by Woolworths not to stock Australia Day merchandise this year claim going “woke” is sending the supermarket giant “broke”. About $2 billion has been wiped off the value of Woolies shares over the past week, which conservative commentators say is a direct result of negative consumerContinue Reading
Hardware giant Bunnings has been dragged into the furore over Australia Day celebrations, as Woolworths faces boycott calls over the supermarket giant’s decision to scrap merchandise ahead of the national day. Peter Dutton slammed the supermarket’s decision as an “outrage” and urged chief executive Bradford Banducci to reverse the callContinue Reading
Police have released wild CCTV of a ram raid in NSW’s west as they search for two men they believe are behind several armed robberies in the area. The video captures a robbery that occurred at a service station on Sydney Road in Kelso at about 2:30am on October 27.Continue Reading
In a forgotten suburb less than an hour outside of Sydney’s CBD, the local supermarket is completely bare. Troubled youths – often armed with blood-filled syringes – raid the shops so frequently that some close early, while others have simply given up on stocking supplies. Just 200 metres up theContinue Reading
Four teenagers, one as young as 14, have been arrested after a string of alleged armed robberies. Just before 3.30am on Sunday, police allege a boy threatened an employee with a firearm and demanded cash at a service station in Holmview, Logan. Police say he fled the scene in aContinue Reading
CCTV footage has emerged showing the moment a man appeared to flee a bottleshop without paying but he was immediately stopped as the doors failed to open. On Tuesday, The Bottle-O Beechboro in Western Australia shared CCTV footage of the moment a man seemingly headed towards the cash register toContinue Reading
I was standing in Aldi, considering buying a three-in-one bathroom heater, exhaust fan and light, when I realised that shopping at the cheapest grocery store actually costs me more money. Aldi has long been heralded as the affordable place to get your groceries – the oasis of bargains. Sure itContinue Reading