According to Coles' parent group Westfarmers, the supermarket giant had a modest increase of 2.1 percent in its first quarter sales, from $9.23 billion last year to $9.43 billion in 2015, reported Perth Now. Comparable food and liquor store sales were in line with analysts’ expectations and rose by 3.6 percent. Coles’ managing director described its first quarter results as "pleasing and with good momentum" that's expected to continue until
Woolworths is passionate about retailing, and aims to serve its customers with great choice, lowest prices and excellent quality. Woolworths' major Australian competitor in this area of retailing is the Coles Group (Coles). Woolworths'retail portfolio stretches across food and grocery, liquor, petrol, consumer electronics and general merchandise. Woolworths has also taken the lead to invest in Australian and New Zealand communities. The three main areas of community investment are (Woolworths,2007):
The last place on earth you would want to wake up alone is in the Australian Outback. Well, it became reality for one man after he claimed he was left for dead in the infamous desert with no clue of how he got there in the first place.
Assess the impact of the Australian Aboriginal League in improving the rights and freedoms of Aboriginals in Australia
Melbourne, a city of 4.5 million in the state of Victoria, is considered Australia’s cultural capital. Along with having some of the best galleries and exhibitions in the country, Melbourne is also said to the have the best restaurants and cafes and a food culture in Melbourne is unmatched by any city in Australia. This not only includes traditional eating establishments and chains, but also markets, laneways, and various ethnic eats. The food culture in Melbourne has developed organically and there were many key elements in how and why it developed the way it did, including the waves of immigration, population demographics, and the Melbournian culture. It is unique to Melbourne due to the multiculturalism that defines the city and various
Coles has experienced an average return for the industry and has continually performed well, however it has seen a slowing of growth as it compares to Woolworths which is stronger and a more aggressive major competitor. A UBS report, their view with Australian Supermarket Competitors in the year 2017-2018 sees an increase risk of a ‘Capex war’ and not in a price war, Coles will need to increase store refurbishment to compete in the market.
In this essay we will discuss Ballarat and the different health services available. We will particularly focus on the Indigenous services in the town. Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative (B.A.D.AC) will be discussed at length and the importance of self-determination to the Indigenous population. We will discuss some of the services covered by B.A.D.A.C focussing particularly on how their chronic illness care helps the Aboriginal population of Ballarat. We will then go on to discuss ongoing professional development in relation to Indigenous cultural safety, and discuss some of the possible ways to continually develop Indigenous cultural safety.
Before 1901 Australia was not a federation, it was a collection of 6 British colonies, with them being, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, Southern Australia, and Western Australia. In the 1850s the forming of an Australian Federation was not as popular, due to the fact that the colonies were more worried about their own nation and people. It was not until the 1880s until people considered the advantages of forming a nation, and in 1901 they formed a nation. The there are plenty of reasons for this, however the 3 main reason they formed a nation was because, they wanted to have a united defense force and could protect Australia better, they also wanted to increase their policies on the white Australian policy, and they could
In the Jeff Goodell’s article “The End of Australia”, published in Rolling Stones, the author describes effect of a global warming on Australia. He provides such fact as increased drought that effects water supply, farm production and causes extreme fires that takes lives of people. Draws are followed by unusually long rains. Author also describes effects of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. Increase in water temperature slowly killing the reef, which will potentially can harm marine life that inhabit the reef, and it would also effect economy of Australia by cutting tourists flow. Author also discuss that one of the main reason why Australia has such effects is high pollution and there is a ways to decrease it. However, Australia
Having spent her childhood living in a high risk, low income, abusive home. Harper and her mother have spent the past 12 years trying to break away from the stigma of her childhood and the memories it left behind.
Australian Indigenous Education has exposed me to a different perspective on Australian history past and present. During this unit, I have been provided with the opportunity to develop a better understanding of what is typical stereotyping of Aboriginal culture, origins and history. My knowledge has broadened from Aboriginal people are typical in non-education and not wanting to learn, alcoholics and ‘bad’ people. In fact, Aboriginal people are misunderstood due to the myths and stories that have been told in the past.
The City of Karratha is in the Pilbara region of north east Western Australia. It was renamed from the Shire of Roebourne to the City of Karratha on the 1st of July 2014. The surrounding region contains the Burrup Peninsula – an area filled with petroglyphs, engravings in the rock which have been around for over 30,000 years. This is evidence of occupation of the Aboriginal people in this area and may even show a sign of the world’s first counting system.
Indigenous Australian who have lost much of their lands and culture suffer remarkably in the aspects below:
Indigenous Australians have lived in this land for approximately 60,000 years, it’s believed they migrated from Africa to Australia through southern Asia. In 1770 Capitan James Cook, arrived in Australia from England and claimed the land in the name of the United Kingdom, from that time onwards British settlers took Aboriginal’s land, resources, displace their people and pretty much destroyed their culture.
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Wesfarmers had bought Coles for $19 million 5 years ago, when Coles was giving a high time to everyone in the share market. (Richards et. al, 2012). Woolworths had declared that as compared to Coles it was a low-priced supermarket.