And desalination also has environmental impacts itself.
Tonightās Flashback was about supermarket technology.
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How is a Flashback news? They should call it Olds. 
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The 0.42 mark of that clipā¦Chris Allen (current senior reporter for ACA) reporting for Brisbaneās Seven National News back in 1981?! If so, wow heās been around for a long time!
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Yes, which is my point - primary concern is $.
That wasnāt the reasoning behind introducing the ban, though. It is flimsy reasoning in any case, and the sort of ālessonā that children should (and are) taught in primary school - taxpayers fund our Water Corporation and that should mean being able to access water when needed (just as we access electricity or gas) - they donāt need a blunt instrument such as a ban to change their behaviour. Imagine if electricity was ārosteredā or ābannedā. Itās not about excessive use at all either - for example, the staggered rostered watering days mean home and market vegetable gardening is not as viable as it once was, which prefer smaller amounts of consistent watering rather than excessive amounts each few days.
Itās been running for 17 years, throughout some winters particularly which have been cold and wet - the only reason it stays is because ādam levelsā arenāt replenishing as quickly as before, even though dam water plays a much more minor role in our water needs.
We accept the imposition of the 15c charge will change consumer behaviour and they wonāt be wasteful with Woolies bags - why not accept the fact water charges also means consumers donāt use water in the wasteful manner you suggest?
Desalination has been used for years in Perth now, with multiple facilities operating.
I recognised that voice as well.
It is a long standing part of Sevenās very popular Sunday bulletin. I think a look back over past news isnāt a bad feature once a week.
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Fluff like this is why Iāve stopped watching these evening news bulletins.
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I heard on ABC Radio over the weekend that paper bags are actually worse for the environment than plastic ones, in terms of environmental impact - mostly coming from the logging, processing and transport phases (e.g. they are 7 times heavier than an equivalent plastic bag and hence require more fuel to transport).
When I worked at Woolworths Online, we went through boxes upon boxes of these bloody plastic bags. It was incredible how much we used (obscene, even), and management began cracking down on bag use because there was an absolutely insane amount of waste. The loose, unused bags (usually stacks of <10 bags which were thin enough to break off the bag holders, as well as loose bags found at the bottom of totes) filled a trolley or two every night, but no one wanted to use them because it slowed us down. When I began there, we were allowed to fill totes (those crates they deliver your shopping in) with two bags prior to setting off for a trip, which would allow us to just put the stuff in the bags and keep the pick rate high. However, eventually the managers made us bag the shopping as we went.
Occasionally use Coles online, Iād be happy to have my groceries loose in the crate rather than one or two to a bag, often firmly tied so the bag needs to be ripped open.
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The lights are still on at the old Masters, Majura Park, Canberra Airport.
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How odd. All Masterās stores Iāve seen removed all Masters signage the same or next day the store closed.
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Itās like the āSafewayā signs still up near my local store (AKA Woolworths) 
9 years since the VIC change-overā¦
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The old Masters site near me is now up for sale or lease. Will be interesting to see youāll buy it and what will go in its place
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Bunnings.
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I doubt it. Thereās two of them within 5-10 minutes of me
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Bunnings are apparently taking over that one, and closing their nearby Fyshwick store (which is a smaller, ex-Hardware House site)
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Thatās good. The current Fyshwick store is way too small and thereās not enough parking.
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Does anybody know how long it usually takes Bunnings to convert an old site? Or is it truly a how long is a piece of string thing?
K&D Warehouse - a Tassie company opened in Devonport with Harvey Norman and spending millions on the site only around 3 years ago but then closed their site in March after Bunnings bought them out and work started straight away but still looks like itās going to take a while.
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Same thing is happening to the Shellharbour City store- moving to the failed Masters store a few kilometres west in Albion Park from their current site, a former Hardware House. Iād love to know whatās happening to the old location. Itās close to a major shopping centre and down the road from the new council administration building currently being constructed. Should be a prime location for a new retailer. Could be a good location for a Costco.
That new council building is coming along. Canāt believe they started constructing it when the NSW government were planning forced council amalgamations. The locals must be breathing a sigh of relief the government came to their senses. Feeling old considering that whole Shellharbour City precinct didnāt exist when I was growing up in the area- just open paddocks and grazing cows.
Astounded to learn that Woolworths will also be opening yet another store in that small local government area (in the Shell Cove Marina precinct) bringing the total to five. There was one major supermarket in that area 30 or so years ago.
Doubt it. The old Masters site would have been a much better location for a Costco, although probably still not quite up to their specifications.