Please shop at Woolworths/Safeway for a day

SuiYi

请在 Woolworths/Safeway shopping at 23rd Jan.
这一天，他们的全部收入都要捐献给受旱灾影响的farmers.

这是我的同事叔叔家的一封信。看到他们居然没有多余的钱去买衣服，让我心里很难过：

Hi Gabby

You might be interested to know that in our Christmas mail we received a gift voucher from the CWA as part of their drought relief.  We have been through nine years of below annual rainfall out of the past ten years.  We are facing our third year of negative income (the bank has increased our overdraft by hundreds of thousands of dollars in order that we can continue trading - an offense to trade while insolvent) and yet we are better off than many.  Please encourage your friends to support Woolworths, irrespective of how you might feel about the shop.

In our small farming community of about 25 families, only one is not eligible for drought assistance, and that is because we are leasing his farm.  Two families have their land on the market and our community has lost all the young people, except for Stephen.  The drought is affecting everyone in ways which are not financial.

On a financial side, most farm families shop for basic food items only.  I shop for clothes when clothes wear out, not when I get tired of them.  I go longer between haircuts and we rarely buy alcohol or eat out.  I go without rather than go into town for one or two items.  And yet as I said before, we are better off that those further north and west.  We harvest some crop - about 20% of what we would get in a normal year, whatever that is.

You may wish to forward this email to your friends who might be unsure of whether it is worthwhile shopping at Woolworths FOR ONE DAY ONLY.

Cheers! Irene

[ 本帖最后由 SuiYi 于 2007-1-12 12:44 编辑 ]

rdcwayx

支持一下，全澳Woolworths/Safeway都一样的吗？

SuiYi

原帖由 rdcwayx 于 2007-1-12 12:43 发表
支持一下，全澳Woolworths/Safeway都一样的吗？

都一样。
http://www.woolworths.com.au/woo ... drought+reflief.asp

飞行

支持！23是星期二。。去WOOLWORTHS

homeway

恩，会去的，不过心里很矛盾。以前有个HOUSEMATE是LOCAL，大学毕业后在天天在家打游戏，没日没夜的。打了1年多不去工作，每月能拿900多救济。凭什么拿纳税人的钱养这些人呢。

SuiYi

原帖由 homeway 于 2007-1-12 12:49 发表
恩，会去的，不过心里很矛盾。以前有个HOUSEMATE是LOCAL，大学毕业后在天天在家打游戏，没日没夜的。打了1年多不去工作，每月能拿900多救济。凭什么拿纳税人的钱养这些人呢。

很多人都说，澳洲是养懒人的地方。不过农民们还是很辛苦的。

maccat

支持~飞行到时一起去哈~~

rdcwayx

原帖由 homeway 于 2007-1-12 12:49 发表
恩，会去的，不过心里很矛盾。以前有个HOUSEMATE是LOCAL，大学毕业后在天天在家打游戏，没日没夜的。打了1年多不去工作，每月能拿900多救济。凭什么拿纳税人的钱养这些人呢。

不管怎么说，至少他不会去惹事了。高福利带来的负面效应。

但是，总比在中国捐了款，这些钱被官老爷拿去买高级轿车，别墅要好。

小石头

看了心里很不好过，23号下班后也去尽份薄力。

强烈支持减少youth allowance,福利该用在需要的人身上

飞行

原帖由 maccat 于 2007-1-12 12:53 发表
支持~飞行到时一起去哈~~

好！那时候你已经搬了哈。。。正好了！~~

homeway

也是，每种体制都有它的漏洞

大球球

I THINK THE YOUTH ALLOWRANCE SHOULD BE LIMITED TO YEAR 18.
PUT MORE MONEY ON KINGDERGARDEN AND SMALL CHILDREN

coolioo

有个housemate的local girl，家里开农场的，也是不好过啊。都是靠银行贷款撑着。

另外一方面，不适应澳洲环境的农业，应该让其自然消亡？

SuiYi

原帖由 飞行 于 2007-1-12 12:48 发表
支持！23是星期二。。去WOOLWORTHS

飞行妹妹提醒的好。这是一个星期二。
我们可以把通常周末的shopping移到这一天。

maccat

原帖由 飞行 于 12/1/2007 13:01 发表

好！那时候你已经搬了哈。。。正好了！~~

没错，哈哈，那时候正好搬完收拾停当，周二就可以去买补给说，HOHO~

我爱猫

不错不错..要支持一下...