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I'm sure this will go nowhere, but it would be nice if it did. It would surely flow on to other states given right?

I worked at Franklins way back in the day and their profit margins ran at about 5%. It would be interesting to know if the profit margin has increased significantly or not.

This is probably the most important part, IMO:

Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers association chief executive Rachel Chambers said farmers fear retribution if they make a complaint to supermarkets.

"Growers don't trust the system that is in place that they can escalate these behaviours to," Ms Chambers said.

"They are fearful of commercial retribution, which is their entire business, their life and livelihood, so the process is broken."

I'm #1 so why try harder?

Conservative politicians are dominating Facebook advertising about changing the date of Australia Day, analysis shows.

After Woolworths announced last week that it would no longer stock Australia Day merchandise due to declining demand, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, condemned the move as an “outrage” born from the retailer’s “woke agenda” and said most Australians likely thought the same.

Now several conservative politicians are paying for advertisements on social media platforms lobbying against changing the date.

Aww yiss, my hood represent 😎

Police have released Polair vision of alleged thieves hiding stolen vehicles on a property south of Brisbane over the weekend.

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A 27-year-old Woody Point man was charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and fraud.

A 40-year-old Inala man was charged with one count each of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and stealing.

A 36-year-old Logan Village man was charged with one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and a 29-year-old Logan Reserve man was charged with one count of evading police.

Police have arrested and charged a man who allegedly vandalised a Brisbane Woolworths store with graffiti, and set a flare off under the door.

The graffiti read "5 days 26 Jan Aussie Oi Oi Woolies F*** U", and the words "Boycott Woolies" was spray painted on the entrance doors.

Following investigations by the Fortitude Valley Criminal Investigation Branch, a 40-year-old Ormiston man was arrested in Fortitude Valley around 7:45pm.

“Sometimes you beat the bandicoot, sometimes it beats you”
– me, 2023

LNP against common sense progress proposed by the Greens. I think I've heard this one before.

The bandicoot must be sleeping, sshh don't wake them 🤫

An example business I was looking up just now... In Google Maps and the first page of Google Search etc it shows then as having 4.5 star review average over 693 reviews.... But if you click and get the sidebar pop up, it shows reviews from the web which are far less flattering.

This seems to be super common. Google reviews are always glowing, but other sites are far less favourable. What's the most likely reason for this?

• Google results are more realistic because Google prompts for reviews more frequently and thus more people are likely to leave a review which gives a more realistic result? Whereas the only people going to TrueLocal and Product Review are the very unhappy customers?

• Or that Google is completely gamed by SEO "experts" who spam fake reviews for cents and thus make Google Reviews completely bollocks by overpowering any genuine reviews with paid glowing testimonials?

If its the latter, I feel Google needs to solve this cause at the moment I have zero faith in their review system.

(I've blanked the name just because that's not really the point of this post.)

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The cool-and-freeze method involves placing cane toads in a fridge for 24 hours, which puts them in a state of torpor, before transferring them to the freezer to finish them off.

She said this was more humane than other methods of killing cane toads, such as bashing them with cricket bats or crushing them under cars.

"Our learning and our knowledge have evolved since the days of cane toad golf," Ms Tomsett said.

"It's important to treat all animals humanely. Cane toads have to be removed, and it's not their fault they're here."

All Brisbane train lines are running to a "special timetable" due to major track works and partial track closures.

Rail buses are in place but delays are expected on all lines until the end of the week, while track closures will remain in place for the Beenleigh and Gold Coast/Airport line until January 18.

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Stations at Nundah, Toombul, Wooloowin, Albion, Dutton Park, Fairfield, Yeronga, Yeerongpilly and Rocklea are closed.

Almost all commuters who would usually pass through those stations need to utilise bus transfers.

When the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) declared an El Niño event in September, there were warnings of a hot and dry summer.

But for thousands of Queenslanders especially — from the storm-ravaged south-east to the flooded Far North — that's not been the case at all.

As a Brisbanite, I can definitely vouch for this one. It's literally raining right this second, and our backyard is already a swamp...

tl;dr:

Over the past month, while Queensland faced record-breaking rainfall, South Australia and Western Queensland sweated through heatwave conditions as bushfires burned in the west.

Dr Brown attributed the variation of El Niño experiences across the country to an average of hot and dry conditions and not a totality.

"When we talk about dry conditions from an El Niño, it's not dry everywhere – it's dry on average," Dr Brown said.