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Retailers hope for big bang finish

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Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 20-Dec-18

The Australian Retailers Association expects consumers to spend nearly $15bn during the last five trading days before Christmas. It still anticipates that Christmas spending will increase by 2.9 per cent in 2018. Many retailers are also counting on a spike in sales during the final days before Christmas, after less price discounting than in 2017. Meanwhile, Craig Woolford of Citigroup says consumers may spend less during the traditional post-Christmas clearance sales due to the impact of recent online promotions such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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Karl exits, Nine eyes all-women Today

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Original article by Nick Tabakoff
The Australian – Page: 1 & 5 : 20-Dec-18

The Nine Network is believed to be considering a major revamp of its ‘Today’ breakfast show in 2019, after sacking co-host Karl Stefanovic. Options that are under consideration are said to include having all on-air roles filled by women in order to boost the show’s appeal to female viewers. There is speculation that several other ‘Today’ presenters will be dropped, although they are expected to take on other roles at Nine. The network also recently terminated the services of Peter Stefanovic.

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Seven ponders WA regional paper sale

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 17-Dec-18

Seven West Media has declined to comment on speculation that it may seek a buyer for some of its regional newspapers in Western Australia. News Corp Australia and Nine Entertainment Company are also believed to be interested in divesting some regional newspapers, and industry insiders say there could be potential for a single buyer to acquire assets from all three companies given that the newspapers have limited geographic overlap.

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Bunnings enters Christmas period on top for satisfaction

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 17-Dec-18

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 89.8% of Australian hardware store customers were satisfied in the 12 months to October 2018, an increase of 2.4% year-on-year. Satisfaction with market leader Bunnings increased 1% point to 90%, holding off an increase of 2% by Mitre 10 to 89%. Home Hardware is in third place on 88% (down 1% for the year), followed by True Value Hardware on 83%. These are the latest results from Roy Morgan’s ‘Hardware Store Satisfaction Report’, which is based on in-depth personal interviews conducted face-to-face with over 50,000 Australians per annum in their homes, including over 9,000 interviews with people who have shopped in a hardware store in the last four weeks.

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Please explain … call for ABC, SBS transparency

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 13-Dec-18

The federal government’s competitive neutrality inquiry into public broadcasting has concluded that the ABC and SBS are competing fairly with their commercial rivals. However, the inquiry has recommended greater transparency with regard to the public broadcasters’ business activities, their use of taxpayer funding and compliance with their charters. Amongst other things, the inquiry also recommended a shift toward longer-term funding arrangements for the ABC and SBS.

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Saltbush Club: The Revolt of the “Yellow Vests”

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For decades now, working people, tax payers and retirees have been battered by the Green elites who shelter in well-paid tax havens like the UN and Greenpeace.

These Green elites have been supported by fellow travellers like the Clintons, Obama and Hollywood in America; Merkel in Germany; David Cameron, Prince Charles, David Attenborough and the BBC in UK; Macron in France; Gillard, Turnbull, Flannery and the ABC in Australia; the Trudeau dynasty in Canada; plus ranks of pious clerics, scheming oil sheikhs, green energy speculators and guilt-stricken big business executives.

This powerful elite has waged ceaseless war on the coal and nuclear power that provides cheap reliable electricity, on the farmers and fishermen who provide food, and on those who refine and manufacture things. They tax the diesel vehicles that provide transport and recreation for ordinary people and fill their suburbs and welfare rolls with imported “refugees”. They have captured their schools and universities that now provide more indoctrination than education. Green dogma infests the government media that people used to trust and is destroying the industries that once gave them well-paid jobs.

But Jack & Jill Public are starting to fight back.

The rise of Donald Trump in the US, Marine Le Pen in France, the Brexiteers in UK, political re-alignments in Denmark, the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and now the sudden revolt of the “Yellow Vests” in Paris all show that an increasing number of people are fed up with their green overlords.

Australians are now joining this undercurrent of revolt. It is shown by the dethroning of closet-green PM Turnbull, the rise of dissident groups like the energy-focussed “Monash Forum”, the “Advance Australia” movement, the rural-based “Green Shirts” and the surprising early support for “The Saltbush Club” which urges Australia to exit immediately from the Paris Climate Agreement.

Viv Forbes
vforbes@bigpond.com

Disclosure: Viv Forbes is Founding Secretary of the Saltbush Club


Further Reading:

The Yellow Vests in Paris:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC0rczrqn5s
https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/french-government-prepared-to-back-down-over-carbon-tax/

Fighting the Green Blob in UK:
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/12/will-no-one-ever-take-on-the-green-blob/

The Monash Forum in Australia:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/monash-forum-mps-release-coal-fact-sheets/news-story/75206ac5a00610c4637eba2f43d4f7ec

The Green-Shirt Aussies in the bush:
https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/5557095/green-shirts-uncover-alps-raw-spot/

Advance Australia:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/getup-faces-conservative-challenger-advance-australia/news-story/eb0e92c31377a790ea8902d4bfb08f63

The Saltbush Club:
https://www.spectator.com.au/2018/12/australia-should-cop-out-of-cop-24/

Saltbush Club: Come Clean on the UN COP24 Meeting in Poland.

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By Viv Forbes,

Secretary of the Saltbush Club

The Saltbush Club today called on the Morrison Government to come clean on what additional burdens for Australians are being discussed at COP24, the UN climate jamboree now taking place in Poland.

The Secretary of The Saltbush Club, Mr Viv Forbes of Australia, said that Australia will suffer badly from the destructive energy policies being promoted by the UN’s war on cheap, reliable hydro-carbon fuels.

“Like Solidarity in Poland, the Yellow Vests in France and the new Brazilian government we do not support the UN energy plans and we fear their hidden agenda.

“Australia’s backbone industries were built on cheap reliable power. We have huge overheads in the bureaucracy, academia and the welfare state which must be supported by real industry – mining and smelting, farming, fishing, forestry, processing, transport and manufacturing. These industries rely on hydro-carbon energy – coal, gas, oil, diesel and petrol.

“Because Australia has no nuclear or geothermal power, limited hydro potential, an aging fleet of coal generators and several bans on gas exploration, we are very vulnerable to the UN’s war on hydro-carbons.

“PM Morrison must answer three specific questions:

“Who represents Australia at COP24?

“What instructions have they been given?

“When will he report to the Australian people?

“Australia should sign nothing, agree to nothing and signal its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

“COP24 will produce zero benefits for Earth’s climate, but their goals are economically irresponsible for those selected to pay the bills.

“The Paris Agreement they seek to enforce is negative for the Australian people, and for everyone not on the climate gravy train.”
Viv Forbes
forbes@saltbushclub.com
Washpool   Qld Australia


Brazil withdraws the welcome mat to Climateers:
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/world/south-america/brazil-cancels-hosting-climate-change-summit-20181129-p50j61.html

Solidarity questions global warming dogma:
https://nczas.com/2018/12/06/niewiarygodne-solidarnosc-zmadrzala-zwiazkowcy-podwazaja-dogmat-o-globalnym-ociepleniu/

Ten surrenders but BOSS hasn’t left court

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Original article by Nick Tabakoff
The Australian – Page: 19 : 11-Dec-18

Nine Entertainment Company may still proceed with legal action over the rebranding of the Ten Network’s digital channel despite a backdown by the broadcaster. Ten has advised that its 10 Boss channel will be rebadged as 10 Bold after Nine claimed that its logo was too similar to the "Boss" magazine supplement of "The Australian Financial Review". Nine has issued a statement in which it notes that the trademark dispute is still before the courts.

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Nine holds its ground over Singo buyout

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Original article by Nick Tabakoff
The Australian – Page: 25 & 27 : 10-Dec-18

Nine CEO Hugh Marks says he has held talks with advertising industry veteran John Singleton about buying his 32 per cent stake in Macquarie Media. However, Marks has dismissed speculation that Nine will pay at least $2 per share to take full ownership of Macquarie in the wake of the merger with Fairfax Media. Marks also says Nine is committed to retaining the print editions of Fairfax’s key mastheads. He adds that the websites of Fairfax newspapers are likely to feature more of Nine’s video content, but Fairfax content will in turn largely continue to be exclusive.

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Seven kicks off cricket’s new era

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 7-Dec-18

Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner says there has been a positive response to the Seven Network’s inaugural cricket broadcast under its new rights deal. The first day of the series against India marked the first time in four decades that the Nine Network has not broadcast Test matches played in Australia. Seven will also broadcast selected Big Bash League matches, while Foxtel has exclusive coverage of one-day internationals. The Nine Network in turn has replaced Seven as the free-to-air broadcaster of tennis in Australia.

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