Posts Tagged: government

  • A dole bludger is defined politely as an unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.

    Budget time for dole bludgers

    Every year around the release of the Australian budget I think back to when I was a young man trying to find a job.  There was always a debate around budget time about the amount of money that should be spent on unemployment benefits. Getting unemployment benefits The social-minded would argue that it was too difficult […]

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    How do supermarkets call nine-month old apples ‘fresh’?

    I was listening to the radio last week as someone from Choice Magazine was campaigning against the misuse of “fresh” when applied to fruit and vegetables sold in supermarkets. Her concern is that some fruit and vegetables are stored for up to nine months and are still sold as “fresh” by Australian supermarkets. There is […]