By Janet Vargas - Owner of this Website
YES, WE’VE CAUGHT YOU IN THE ACT NOW. SO MANY THINGS...... OWN UP. YOU THOUGHT YOU HID IT ALL – NOW OUR DEMANDS ARE PLACED ON YOU! NO MORE SUBTEFUGES. DO YOU HEAR THAT? WE DON’T DANCE TO YOUR TUNE ANYMORE – YOU’LL HAVE TO DANCE TO OURS.
THAT’S RIGHT FOLKS, KEEP PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON. DON’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH A THING – KEEP THE PRESSURE TIGHT AND DON’T BE QUICK TO LET THIS GO. THERE IS STILL MUCH WE CAN DO AS A PEOPLE. IT’S CALLED ‘PEOPLE POWER’ SO KEEP PLACING DEMANDS ON THE GOVERNMENT and DON’T SETTLE FOR LESS. KEEP PUSHING THEIR HAND FOR MORE ACTION UNTIL WE SEE IT NOW!
CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS meaning BE A FAMILY ACTIVIST: KEEP CONTACTING YOUR MPs; KEEP WRITING THOSE ARTICLES and MAKING THOSE VIDEOS. AND BOYCOTTING THEM WHERE POSSIBLE (for Most of your Shopping List) GIVE THEM MORE ACTION THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR. AND DEMAND ‘NO HALF MEASURES’ FROM OUR GOVERNMENT.
COME ON AUSSIES, SHOW ME YOUR ‘FIGHTING SPIRIT’...... WE HAVE WON WARS, WE CAN WIN THIS. PLACE DEMANDS ON OUR GOVERNMENT “NO HALF MEASURES!”
HONESTLY FOLK, YOU HAVE TO PUSH and KEEP PUSHING TO GET MEANINGFUL ACTION. SO DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT WHEN THE GOING IS GOOD. KEEP UP MOMENTUM FOR MORE WINS. STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S STILL HOT - YOU NEVER GIVE UP A FIGHT WHEN IT'S HALF WON. SEE IT THROUGH NOW. LETS HAVE SOME ACTION HERE: PRESS IN FOLKS, PRESS IN. VICTORY IS THERE FOR THE TAKING – IT’S YOURS!
REMEMBER THIS PRINCIPLE: A BUSY DISTRACTED PEOPLE MAKES FOR A LAZY APATHETIC GOVERNMENT. MAKE THEM PAY THEIR DUES. YES WE WANT DUE DILLIGENCE ON THIS, IF THEY WISH TO STAY IN POWER - MAKE THEM WORK FOR THEIR WAGE FOR A CHANGE. MAKE ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM. THEY SHOULD HAVE ACTED YEARS AGO. MAKE THEM.
Honestly Folk, I remember moving into the Suburbs from the Country with my Mum as a young Teenager. Supermarkets were pretty New in our State then, at-least I think they were.
Even at that time, in our area, there was a Coles and Woolworths Store with Carparks directly across from each-other with only a road to divide them. Instead of being situated in different Localities for People's Convenience, they chose that arrangement.
It gets even worse when those Conglomerates are almost Crowding Out OTHER STORES with 65% of the Market Share of Profits. That’s 2/3rds! With 10% for ALDIs that leaves only a mere 25% for Independent Companies like Costco, Foodland, Drakes, IGA and FoodWorks combined. Yes it’s staggering what this Country – Government – has allowed in it's complacency. More to say about that later. Those MONEY MONGERS have just been allowed to Run Rampant like Bullies in a School Yard (undealt with) and Wreak Havoc in this Land. They have never been made Accountable for their Evil Deeds.
Now They ARE and they don’t even have the guts to Admit it. They have NO SHAME in their Coverup Comments. One wonders if these people are Real – the Way they LIE with a Straight Face like the Coles CEO and a Smiley Face like the Woolworths CEO in a continued effort to Keep Face with Their Customers.
It’s quite Astonishing, hearing/seeing them do their best to Wriggle Out of all the Questions and Statements that are being made to them by Responsible Skilled News Reporters who are putting them right on the Spot. “Smile, You’re on Candid Camera”…….. honestly, I would not like to be in their Shoes.
It’s getting very uncomfortable and promises to be even more in the next few weeks. The best they could do to wriggle out at this point, was to say a PHONY “We’ll agree to that” and DIVERT Our Attention to "Other Companies" like Amazon, JB HiFi, Bunnings and Chemist Warehouse, saying “They Should be Included”
It’s quite humorous to see them “Wet their Pants” now they’ve been Found Out, and amazing to see them still try to Keep in our Good Books:)
HARDLY. Not Likely, after the way they had that Torniquet on us for the last Year - so crippling - when things have been So Difficult for Many Folk to make Ends Meet. Reminds me of a Newsline yesterday concerning a Real-estate Tycoon in Vietnam who is one of the Worse Known, hence she has been sentenced to death, and she wishes to Appeal that decision. Incredible!
True, quite true, this Incredible Nerve some People and Companies have when JUDGEMENT COMES.
Folks, did you know it has been Reported that in this last YEAR when people were struggling with increased Utility Bills and “What Not” Woolworths “The Friendly People” made the Grand Sum of 1 Billion Dollars EXTRA PROFIT and Coles about 1.5 Billion Dollars, while many people were downsizing on Meals, cutting out small Luxury Items and managing the Kids disappointments etc. How did they do this? By using the Increased Costs of Living as a “Smoke Screen” so we were none the Wiser.
Nice Friendly People! Both Woolworths and Coles Establishments. So if we want Mercy, lets make sure the Government does Due Diligence with these matters. Seems they are leaving No Stones Unturned this time.
ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FARMERS!!!
The Government - Labor and Liberal have been ignoring their Plight for Years.
Not a Person in this Country would be Alive if it wasn't for Our Farmers.
They bring us the Food we put in Our Mouths.
We Should ALL Support Them. Please Do!
I am monitoring this daily with Various broadcasts and Articles.
I’ve one question to ask you Folks: would you go to a Lion’s Den to do your Shopping?
And that is a good allegory for the Bind so many of us have been in.
UPDATE 16th April 2024:
I did some Research on Coles History and found out they've had a Nasty Habit of Gobbling up other Supermarkets when they are successful since the 1960s and Woolworths does the same things that Coles does - wiping out their opposition wherever they find it. Between the absolute GREED of both these Food Giants, a very big percentage of people have No Choice to shop elsewhere because of the Huge Ever Expansion of these Conglomerates.
The Government should leave no stone unturned in their Investigation and be So Careful of giving Credibility to Coles and Woolworths CEOs Cover-Up Defense because they twist everything to their gain if they get half a chance to. Don't trust a word they say - they should not be given opportunity to dig their heels in really.
SOME INTERESTING INSIGHTS
There’s even a Verse in the Bible that says not to rejoice over someone’s downfall but when the Wicked meet their Downfall there is Great Rejoicing!
That’s pretty much the Feeling in the Air between a Lot of Folk at this present time. Hey?
We often hear these words said “I don’t know how that person Sleeps after the Wrong they’ve done” ……OR…… ”If I did that, I couldn’t Sleep at Night” but that’s Good People Folk. You know there’s another Bible Verse that says Wicked People can’t Sleep unless they Do Wrong. And it’s so true, isn’t it, how Wicked People seem to have no bother at all Sleeping night after night these days? Dreaming about their Billions no doubt, in the case of Food Giant Companies like Coles and Woolworths. The Bigger they ARE, the MORE they Want! Using the Little People with Average Incomes and Low Incomes to Cater for that.
I do actually like God’s Words when they’re not Misconstrued. I like them just as they ARE – they're often so applicable to life's situations. They don’t need ten dozen Religious Interpretations (people get very mixed up that way) His Word clearly states “He is not a God of Confusion” yet some people make Him out to be. I’ve heard all manner of Religious Arguments in a lifetime.
So the answer is “No, I don’t subscribe to Church Life” it’s Institutional. It was in fact introduced by a Roman Emperor 330 Years After the Early Christians NOT By Them – they loved to gather in Each-Other’s Houses and ENJOYED their Newfound Walk with Jesus.
Furthermore, lots of People Asked to Join In – there wasn’t the proverbial question “Would you like to come to My Church?” and the person says to themselves “Help No, I’ve heard that so many times!”
From experience, I heartfully recommend “Jesus – No Extras”
religion gets so complicated, I have interstate relatives in that.
MOVING ON
According to The Guardian: Grant Ramage, the Chief Executive of Metcash Food, told a Senate inquiry on Thursday that their practices (Coles and Woolworths) diminished the Network of Independent Stores by removing successful businesses.
“That removes critical scale from Our Network and they’re often prepared to pay significantly inflated prices, far more than any other Independent could ever afford to pay”
That’s what I Call UNFAIR COMPETITION Folks.
Our Government (Labor or Liberal) has not seemed to mind who they get their Revenue from through the Years and Huge Companies pay BIG TAXES. That’s why they favor the Medical Industry (pun intended) over the Natural Health Profession, and you have to Pay such Expensive Rates for EXTRAS Insurance Cover if you want to see a Naturopath of Herbalist regularly instead. So they leave you at the Mercy of a Sickness Industry for Health Care instead – that’s a confusing paradox – but like I said, they get BIG REVENUE from them like they do from the Coles and Woolworths GIANTS referred to as the DUOPALY this Article is about.
Oh I didn't tell you, there's a Shopping Centre I know that is not particularly big. To walk the full length of it takes about 8-10 Minutes. There was a Coles Store and BiLo Store there until GREEDY COLES bought out the BiLo Company, so now there are
2 Coles Stores in the one Shopping Centre about a 5-6 minute walk apart. Imagine? Believe it or not. Yes unbelievable. Ridiculous as that may be, Coles has NEVER sold the other Store - to let a Competitor come in - even though it would be Nice for people in that Area to have a CHOICE. Who cares about that? Not Coles! Plus it's in their makeup to Gobble up all their Competition - except Woolworths and ALDI since Early Days!
I actually found an Article on the History of Coles that informs us they started that Nasty Habit in the 1960s - Gobbling up all their Competitors. Not very nice is it? And it baffles me how this could be, because it's Founder GJ Coles was actually a Philanthropist at first and his wife was a very devoted Charity Supporter for a number of Charities. I need some spare time to find out more about Woolworths, how they came to be so Greedy and Big. But surprisingly, I found out that both Companies started round the same time in the 1950s and were fiercely competing with each-other.
Kind of like Liberal and Labor dominate Politics - there's always those two Parties running things - so it is with Coles and Woolworths. Yes Two Duopolies you can say. One runs our Political System, and the other two thirds of the the Supermarkets in Australia. That is not to mention all the other Companies these two Conglomerates own.
I like to think there is Room for Everyone in this World and the Same for Enterprise. Most of us are well aware that GREED has just got way out of hand in this Generation, but to think these things with the "ColesWorth" Companies (as they are referred to in recent times) were that Greedy then is astonishing.
Grant Ramage goes on to say “If they (Coles or Woolworths) can’t buy the Store, they try and buy the Property. We have good examples where they then turf out the Independent at the end of the lease even when they already have multiple Stores in that locality.”
So that accounts for why we see less IGA and Foodland Stores we liked shopping at in some areas hey?
And more Coles and Woolworths keep popping up like mushrooms. Like I said, they like to stamp out their Competition wherever possible. Talk about a GREED BREED it’s Apprehensible!
Ramage said the Major Chains also “Landbank”, a strategy that ties up Sites that could otherwise be taken up by Competitors, which he said they do to stifle competition.
TRUTH Is Out In The OPEN Now, and some discerning Folk have observed these Movements through the Years. Maybe in their own area.
Now I know where a Favorite FoodWorks Store I just discovered years ago went to, and the Nice Bakery Counter attached to it on your way out - after your shopping experience. Just whisked away, and in came Coles. The Classic Take Over shall we say? And you know something? I've never forgotten the Nice Feel I had there at FoodWorks - I remember So Well - and in came "another Coles" what a Drat that was. The FoodWorks Store was refreshingly different, I found it Interesting. Us Australians like Variety Hey? I was annoyed and never went there again!
I think a Lot of other People Felt the SAME WAY because Coles apparently did not do well there because not very long after that, Coles cleared out and the Building was left desolate for ages. It was a New Building with an Interesting and Inviting Structure - people I met when shopping there Loved It like I did, and now the people of that Area are left without a Nice Shopping Centre to this day. The Land went to Investors for something completely different years later. Coles no doubt, made sure of that!
Friends, that FoodWorks Store had a Special Warmth and Atmosphere to it. The Greedy Coles Registers could not compete with that. Don't you hate Commercialism? It's Footprints are EVERYWHERE these days!
Honestly Folk, that’s pretty much past a joke isn’t it? When you consider these things are actually happening and have been for decades in the background. Especially when you consider the Farmers, referred to as Suppliers to those Supermarkets? They have had a Really HARD TIME. They would have had a Much Better Experience with More Independents like Foodland, FoodWorks, IGA and Drakes. They’re certainly more Humane.
If you’ve found Store Prices for Food to be Crippling in recent times, that is a vivid parallel of how these MONEY MONGERS have been treating “their” FARMERS who have been putting up with such Tyranny for Years now, while we have been experiencing better times with Food Prices.
Yes, that’s right, as some of you are aware, I am saying when Prices go up so high for us, it does not mean to say the Farmers get Any Extra. It’s Totally Unfair.
ABC NEWS ran a Story on February 23rd titled: How did Coles and Woolworths Become so Powerful? The Story of the Big Two Supermarkets HERE that describes the History of these Two Conglomerates from the beginning - how they Immerged round the Same Time like Twin Towers, shall we say? And establishes how BOTH of Them had the Nasty Habit of Gobbling Up their Competition not very long after they were well established. Not something to be proud of.
ABC also did another Story where Woolworths current Chief CEO Brad Banducci says "he hasn't managed to dodge all the Bullets" in the Firing Line he's been under since the Heat has been getting more Intensive with the INQUIRIES that are being made by Government Officials. Mr Banducci also announced his forth coming Retirement in September later this year after Four Corners did a Story on the TWO COMPANIES where their CEOs were Interviewed and Banducci walked out when it got Too Much for him. Who wants to bare all that weight? Not You, Not Me.....right?
He looks like a kind of person who would be much Nicer in his Personal Time than his Work entails. But Coles CEO strikes me as VERY ICY - that's the way she comes across to me. Decidedly, as you will see in her Interview. A real Contrast to the Lovely Mature Age Women who work at a Local Coles Store - Very Genuine. So always remember Folks, the Guys and Girls in the Local Stores can't help who they Work for - they would be feeling things terribly. It's nice to feel Proud of the Company you Work for - it's part of their sense of Identity. It's nice to Enjoy where you Work and things would not be the same for them now. All Coles and Woolworths Local Staff must be feeling Emotionally Confused right now. But things had to Come Out in the Wash didn't they?
A MAN CALLED MICHAEL
A well-established 3rd Generation Orchard Grower in NSW interviewed on NWS9 gives us the REAL PICTURE of the “Woolworths” Growers (Coles also) on the Deal that these hard working Produce Farmers get for the FOOD they place on OUR TABLES from the sweat of their hands and Brow through WET and DRY Seasons alike – not air conditioned Offices with cushy chairs.
Michael Cunial from Orange NSW who has been supplying Chain Stores for years says that they heap such Pressure on the Farmer/Suppliers “it’s just like they have their hands around your throat and you can only just breathe” when it comes to Harvest time and they arrive to Sell their Produce.
The SHARKS – Absolute Detestable Tyrants Thy Are!
Honestly Folks, you should Hear the different News Reports AND Read the Articles I’ve Researched in recent days. And I’ve really felt for the Farmers for Years, appreciating them at my Table often.
Just a Word to Growers here: there are many more Folk who Share my Sentiments – Especially Now:)
At present, Michael is moving on elsewhere to make a different Living for his Family after he had all his Trees bulldozed and Land Cleared, to get out of that tight squeeze. Video on this Page.
He reports on NCA NewsWire 11th of March he lost out on almost $85,000 to those Merciless Rogues!
For 7 Big Scale Deliveries to Coles and Woolworths he got nowhere near a decent rate for his produce. Incidently, Cherries is a very short season Fruit. He was a Cherry Grower.
He said he expected $90,000 for 15 tonnes of Cherries, at one time but received just $5800 on the Seconds Market. They weren’t Seconds, they were Good Cherries!
According to Michael, ColesWorth BUYERS get very bossy and push their weight when it comes time to BUY. They Chisel the Farmers to rock bottom prices and Score Rip Off Profits by charging Us Full Price!
That’s why different Farmers are Moving Out and have been for some time.
Like to Swap Places with them? Not me, no I couldn’t do that kind of Work.
And we thought we had it bad!
A totally different picture to WOOLWORTHS “The Fresh Food People” showing us Pictures of “Their Growers” above the Produce Shelves when shopping there. Hmmm.
Honestly, of all the Falsehoods we are led to believe in Today’s Society, that takes the cake!
On top of all their oppressive conditions whereby they Underpay these dear Hard-Working Farmers, they expect them to Smile, Look Happy and Professional for the Camera, to “show the Customers”……..
Professional YES Happy NO.
I mean to say, as the adage says “that adds Insult to Injury” doesn’t it?
For me, that alone would have been the Last Straw that broke the Camel’s Back. These precious Human Beings have indeed been Extremely Brave. They have to pay exorbitant Land Taxes and Expenses imagine? And Keep their Families!
A SUGGESTION
Friends, if you’re going to have any "Pet Hates" don’t hate people because it can make you bitter and also sick. Save yourself some Energy and Hate these Coles and Woolworths Establishments instead – the Way they’re Run. Please do not direct attitudes towards the Workers if you have nowhere else to shop. They’e just working for a Wage like everyone else.
If you can, consider BOYCOTTING these Two Companies for the Sake of what they have deliberately put US and Our Farmers through. Or maybe Reduce the Items you buy from them to a necessary Minimum. Contempt is Well Due!
The News Commentator asked Michael how we should get Retribution and Michael quietly answered “Just don’t shop there” and he added that if the Governments Act on their Considerations for the Farmers and Families at this time, EVERYONE will BENEFIT and he also Informed us that Fruit should be CHEAP – Not Expensive. In other words, Coles and Woolworths do that.
CONCERNING THE PUSH TO BREAK UP THEIR POWER
The Greens push for Supermarket break-up would be ‘a wider economic risk’ Financial Review reports.
While it would be good to see the ‘ColesWorth’ Conglomerates downsized and taught a Lesson they would Never forget “Multiple reviews have shown divestiture powers can put jobs at risk and upend the stability of critical sectors, particularly in regional and rural areas, which have very complex supply chains.”
And PM Albanese has clearly expressed he is not into Soviet Type Measures because this is a Democratic Country with Free Enterprise. The System runs that way including Our Economy, it runs that way.
SOME VITALS THAT WE’VE MISSED
Never the less, I can’t help but think these FOOD GIANTS Expansion Moves should have been POLICED Years Ago as Protective Measures Against UNFAIR COMPETITION.
And sure enough, just today I came across the following statement in the above mentioned Article by Tom McIlroy, Political correspondent on Financial Review:
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission regularly reviews Supermarket Acquisitions, property deals in the Food and Grocery Sector, and developments in wholesaling.
SO I DO SUGGEST THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY SLACK FOR A LONG TIME.
As usual, it would appear that Our Government Departments need a good Shaking Up – not just the Supermarket Giants we’ve all been talking about in recent weeks.
It is expected, there will be some Action in Early MAY 2024 as a Better Outcome for FARMERS and FAMILIES when all the Lead up to the current Investigative Enquiries get somewhere.
And it’s Very Sad, Really Bad, that not only US The Public have been URGING the Government to Step In and DO SOMETHING when Prices went Sky High for us, making it extremely difficult for Many Folk to put Decent Meals on their Tables but the FARMERS have been CALLING OUT for HELP for Years to no avail Folks……
they have not really been Heard.
Their Cries have fallen on Deaf Ears until……the People of Australia put such Pressure on the Government
“WE’RE NOT GOING TO LIVE LIKE THIS!”
Yes Friends, how is it that Only Now, the Government has taken the FARMER’S NEEDS Seriously?
When as I said, they have been Approaching the Government time after time for something to be done.
VOTES: That’s What! Because the People got so Desperate, they Demanded something Be Done Now (or else!) kind of thing.
SOME PERTINANT QUESTIONS TO ASK
Friends, how is it that the Government AND the People of Australia have Ignored the Hard Work and the Needs of the Farmers So Long? Because we have heard about them over the News different times in Recent Years.
I’m bringing to your Awareness, they are not just “The Farmers”…….they are OUR FARMERS.
Why did WE not take Their Needs AND Their Plight more seriously?
Human Nature (the human condition) being what it is, may I suggest we have been about our business – each one to their own – more interested in our concerns and what affects Us.
It is not silly to say this because do you know there are Countries that have a Better Caring Culture than we’ve witnessed in our lifetime. Not Run by Commercialism like our Country. It’s True.
Instead of the Big Agricultural Industry (we’ve inherited from the USA) being the driving Force and Focus of things, they have Lots and Lots of Market Gardeners everywhere who Supply the People their Food.
And there is a Lot More Respect for those Market Gardeners.
Different story here hey Folks? Where a thought is seldom spared for the Farmers as if they don’t have anything remotely to do with us. Oh wait a minute, Yes They Do. Like I say in this Article, they are the ones who put Food in our Mouths. We would be hard pressed to Exist without Them!
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER
There have been several times now, I have heard of Market Gardeners feeling constrained to “Walk off the Land” here in Australia due to hardship and many have done so. How is it that we show little to no CARE until something Affects US?
However, this has brought AWARENESS to Some of us who now do most of our shopping for Produce at Farmers Markets, where we find Fresh Fruit and Veggies for Very Good Prices because there is No Middle-Man involved aka Coles and Woolworths!
Can you see this Picture? The Farmers and the People meet each-other at Local Venues; the Farmers/Vendors get 100% Profits for their well-earnt Produce instead of being Ripped Off by Big Corporates AND the People find some Exceptionally Good Prices on a Weekly Basis in contrast to temporary “Specials” we have to look around and search for.
Everyone goes away Very Happy after their Walk in the Sunshine and Fresh Air with Exciting Purchases.
This makes a really lovely outing if you can do that.
Local Farmers Produce Markets are springing up everywhere in recent years because there are many Growers from Italy, Vietnam and Cambodia etc who are Content to Sell at Low Prices – sometimes astonishing – and don’t expect US to be “their Money Tree” or means to More Power like Coles and Woolworths. Yuck! Just how long have we put up with that?
Mind you, sometimes you can even find Organic Fruit and Veggies at these MARKETS depending on the Vendors there – how they grow their Produce.
One of these Markets I’ve been going to personally on Saturdays for 15-16 Years now, has 3 Vendors who grow Organically and don’t bother making Certified Organic Claims because due to Hefty Government Charges of $10,000 per year to make those Claims, understandably would make their Prices Expensive.
I generally find that if I ask a Farmer/Vendor if they use Chemicals or not, they will say:
“We have to Mam, it keeps the bugs off. We don’t use much” OR they will say “NO Mam! We don’t like them. It’s not necessary!” and you have a pretty good gauge of their honesty by their response or reaction.
GETTING BACK TO FARMER-SUPPLIERS
Because the Current Investigation and Pending Government Action by the Albanese Government has a Two-Part Focus
“BETTER CONDITIONS for FARMERS and FAMILIES”
I am Hoping this New Regime will help to foster a “Farmer and Family” Consciousness in Many Hearts and Homes when it comes to Placing FOOD on Our TABLES because “We’re Together In This”……..Yes, and hopefully the GROWERS won’t feel so much on their own:)
In truth, I make this Statement:
WITHOUT OUR MARKET GARDENERS, WE WOULD NOT EVEN BE HERE.
(So Much We Take For Granted)
I am ashamed we did not think to Defend them More and disgusted that Our Government (Labor and Liberal) KNEW About This all that Time and did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT – Capital Disgraceful.
Have we become so far removed from People who Work on the Land and Put Food in Our Mouths?
with our Busy Lifestyles; Cushy Office Work; Materialistic Values and Everything TECH we have very little Concept and Appreciation for those who CHOOSE to Work with NATURE and the Elements?
This Article as much as anything is: Help Mend the Great Divide between MODERN LIFESTYLE and Those who Love Nature - OUR FARMERS in Australia.
JANET CARES!
There's also a Bible Verse that says "HOPE Deferred makes the Heart grow Sick" in other words, it breaks your spirit.
I know that one personally 20+ Years ago when I almost died following months of Relentless Stress (uncommon) my Kidneys and my Liver started shutting down. I heard the Voice of Jesus in my spirit saying "Flee the house of Bondage!" firmly in a Gentle Tone, and He Raised Me up Out of that Situation 40 Minutes from death. And I live right now this moment to tell you that.
A long time before that He impressed on my spirit one day He would take me out of that Situation. That He would really Bless Me and Make Me a Blessing. Eventually, when my spirit broke, it seemed like Forever or Never. Then I forgot He even showed me that. But I'm Living those words Today, bringing Blessings to Others through my Websites. Find HERE. I Live to SERVE and Enjoy it. There is nothing I would rather do.
I have not sought to take advantage of you by mentioning these things but to Encourage.
I wish All you Families and Farmers Well out there
and believe this could be a Great TURN AROUND for Our Country and could be a Springboard to Other Things that have been Neglected by Our Government many years while they have Served Their Own Interests and a Poor Sense of Priorities. Other Governments Serve their People Better, I can think of, yet People call us "The Lucky Country"..........
Lets Continue to SPEAK UP like we have on THIS ISSUE and CALL Them To Account on Other Issues left unattended and Make This a Country that IS the Land of the Fair.
A Note to Coles and Woolworths: SO PLAY FAIR!!!
YOU Can be SURE I will Wield my INFLUENCE on This Website AGAINST YOU should You MISBEHAVE AGAIN.
There's ROOM for EVERYONE in AUSTRALIA - NOT Just Your DUOPOLY.
You Can be SURE No-One thinks the SAME about You Again.
The Big Spenders who Own These Two Companies
should be Deported to Fend for themselves on a Remote Island Somewhere
No Use for Their Money There!
14th April UPDATE: Everyone I've been speaking with today Shares these Sentiments.
Honestly Folk, they behave like Demons, do they Not? They're just Not Human.
Just think of it for a Minute, All the Criminal Activities of these Companies through Legal Loopholes.
Causing So Much Suffering To Families and Farmers Alike.
Leaders of this Country, WHY did YOU Let Them Play Amuck SO LONG?
IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU CARE TO JOIN ME IN BOYCOTTING THEM?
We're Glad They Got Their Fingers Burned!
Demand Our Politicians to "Stop Playing Politics" and Do More Things like they're Instigating NOW.
Do Remember that Silence Profits Nothing. We have to MAKE them Accountable.
Get more involved with your Federal and State MPs and remind them they are the People's Government, Elected to SERVE US WELL......if they don't THEY'RE OUT.
Honestly Folk, we could have More Victories like this if we SPEAK OUT like we did This Time and bring Enough Pressure on them - instead of complaining in conversations - THAT was Our Success AND The Farmers, make no mistake about it. Politicians Play like Kids until we SHOW THEM we Mean Business and Stay Resolute to Our Cause.
This is the Thing most Australians have been Missing through the Years and have not Realised.
Friends, if you Stand Up for Anything in this Country
Stand Up for Freedom of SPEECH, Freedom of CHOICE and CARING
for Your Fellowmen as if they were Your Brothers!
Michael looked pretty much Exhausted from the Whole Ordeal, to me when viewing his Interview. He looked like he just wanted to Wind things Up and be Out of there.
I know from an Article I found that other Farmers in that Area would like to do the same.
I also found a mention that 200 or 2,000 Farmers have felt compelled to do that through the Years because they had NO HELP from the Government.
What Materialistic and Selfish Parliamentarians they've been. Interested in Anything Else, so to speak. And just to think they sit down and Eat Their Produce Each Day when they had the Power to Protect Them? If that sounds like an Indictment it's Meant to Be.
It's a pretty heart-wrenching thing when you consider a Government (Labor or Liberal, one after the other) that is So Apathetic when it comes to Top Priority Matters that Need Attending to before anything else really, left on the bottom of the List.
And left in a State of Disrepair, whatever, like the Clearing of Copious Amounts of Scrubland before those Drastic Fires did not go out in 2020. I understand they promised to do something about it 11 Years Earlier and Never Delivered. So just for their extreme Negligence Countless Trees and Wildlife went up in a Blaze, plus People's Homes they Lived In and they were Traumatised by all that.
This time Families have been in Dire Straits financially trying to get Enough Food on the Table, while Lots MORE Farmers are Compelled to Walk Off the Land.
HOW IS IT, THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF NATIONAL DISASTER FOR OUR GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON THINGS?
This Is Very Disturbing when You Think about It.
The Government Department Monitors Acquisitions Etc Do you mean to tell me these Two Companies Outrageous Activities through the Years were OK with them? The Farmers have been Calling Out for HELP All this Time, and it was Denied them, the Government did Absolutely Nothing about it?
Gives you a pretty Clear Picture of how Caring our Government really is Folks.
I mean to say, that's APPAULING not just Substandard.
Writings on the Wall Folks, they KNEW Full Well what Our Farmers were Going Through All This Time. It's Nothing NEW to Them. The Farmers Told them Time and Time Again and were Flatly Ignored.
Think about this Folk, you do the Math like I have.
I suggest to you that not only are Coles and Woolworths trying to Cover up Tracks and Look Innocent but Our Government is doing the Same Thing because THEY have a Lot to Answer For and they are Looking After their Image in the Public's Eye. The Evidence is there Folks: the Departments Records tell them what Unscrupulous Rogues these Conglomerates Are (longstanding) and they're Acting like this Current Situation is NEW to them saying they are "Looking into Things" Can you See the Hypocrisy of this? aka "We didn't Perform Well but Let's Cover it Up and Put On a Good Front. People are Getting Upset about this. Make a Good Impression" .........
SO RIGHT, WE ARE!
I would like to show more Faith in Our Government but they don't show a Good Track Record do they? It borders on Antiquity to say: They're always Playing Politics with Slinging Matches and Nothing gets Done" (Labor or Liberal)
Yes, and don't go so generously Inviting More People to this Country
when You don't Look after Your Own. Yes Very Disturbing Indeed!
Three Things I don't wish to be: A Televangelist, A Parking Inspector OR A Politician.
They all have Tricks up their Sleeves. Make them WORK HARD for their Next Vote Friends. As we know only too well "Election Promises carry no weight. They're a Dime a Dozen" Let's see them DO GOOD with This Current Situation
Websites is My PASSION. At one time, All My Websites went Off the Internet for 3 Months - not to be found - through a Dodgy USA Money Mongering Webhost Company who are Corrupt. In fact, they Gobble Up all their Competitors too, with Endless Acquisitions - just like ColesWorth - I found out later. They Conned me into a 3 Year Subscription (paid in Advance) did Absolutely Nothing to Bring my Websites Back after Bodging things up for me, and did not show a thread of Care. In addition to that, they flatly Refused to give me a REFUND At-Least, having the Absolute Nerve to say these words to me "That is Not Our Policy"....... so Friends, I know how these Farmers Feel, when you're Faced with those Merciless Giants - NO FEELING - and All they Want is Your MONEY or Your PRODUCE. That's It!
ON THIS WEBSITE, I VINDICATE THESE FARMERS TODAY
MAY THE REST of YOUR VINDICATION COME SWIFTLY.
The Land is a Farmer's PASSION. Can you Imagine them having to Leave Their Passion because things did not work out for them? I mean to say, the Land and Nature is ALL some of these Men/Families have known and they have to get up and Leave It? While the World around them carries on with it's own concerns. And we think We have Major Decisions sometimes! Truly I Wish these Families WELL.
From my Research, there in so much More I could Include in this Post
but I chose rather, to Write those things I Felt that Need to be Said.
Advance Australia Fair - The Land of Equal Opportunity.
Cherish Her and Look After Her.
That will take ALL of US not just Some of Us
IN DAYS TO COME
Hand Outs don't Just Come
We Need to Push for Those Things
We Need Our Government To Do
And Make Them Respect Our Wishes!
Michael, I've done my Absolute BEST for You Matey and Farmers Like You.
I commenced this Article about 10.30am yesterday and worked on it
straight through the night to Daylight Today because I CARE.
A Lot of Thought has gone into it and I'm actually a Slow Typist:)
I have written this for my Readers too. Of-Course. That goes without saying.
Thank You for Your Interest. There's so much Information out there
but I wanted to give this a Really Personal Touch.
Many of You need Uplifting and Comforting.
I will place a few News Report Video Links on this Page shortly.
I am going out to Enjoy some Nice Fresh Air.