Archive for March 3rd, 2010

Watchdog sets sights on Coles, Woolworths

Watchdog sets sights on Coles, Woolworths

SHOPPERS will get more choice about where they buy groceries and how much they pay under new rules designed to end the market domination of Coles and Woolworths. In a move to protect smaller retailers and ensure greater competition, the Rudd Government has given its competition watchdog enhanced powers. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [...]

Man dies after trapped in Sydney fire at Seven Hills

Man dies after trapped in Sydney fire at Seven Hills

A MAN is dead and an elderly woman in hospital after a fire ripped through a house and granny flat in Sydney’s south west early today. When fire and ambulance officers arrived at the Seven Hills home just before 3am it was already engulfed by flames. The fire was so intense that despite desperate attempts [...]