This whole process of corporate Australia pandering to the woke community is getting totally out of hand
Woolworths Dumps Australia Day Merchandise
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You make a valid point. It's closely related but not the same. However the numbers seem to be repeated pretty consistently. Daily Mail this week cited an ipa poll,
"nearly two-thirds of Australians, 63 per cent, agree the date of Australia Day should stay as January 26 - the day the First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove in 1788."
For now, people over 35 are keeping the jan 26 team ahead.
@Shane034: Hmmm, now let me guess what the political leanings of the readers of both publications is? I’ll give you a hint it is consistent.
Australia literally is about a few poms raising a British flag though. That is the reason to celebrate. Let me guess you're not an Anglo-Saxon, or even British heritage..
1) think it's stupid - just don't sell it, w/o trying to make a statement
2) think Australia Day Merchandise is also stupid - it's crap that someone arriving in oz the 1st year can buy at a $2 shop
3) I'd be happy if they also stop selling easter crap from Jan, Halloween crap from Jun, and Xmas crap from Oct
4) can't we force them to recycle unsellable crap instead of landfill?go home donald trump and your ridiculous poll
Like Donald Trump he didn’t like the result of the poll.
Culture war bullshit
I don't get the hate in this thread. Isn't it a well known fact that on average, modern Australians are left leaning anyway. The term is woke. Not sure why people get offended being called this.
Actually that is not the term. Woke came out of the African American community in the 1930s to indicate someone who is aware of injustice, particularly racial. To use it as a pejorative is incredibly racist. However, even in a positive sense I wouldn’t use it to describe myself because it isn’t my word to use. I have not experienced the conditions this word arose from.
Australians are not left leaning, they just appear that way to the average rightwinger who likes to throw the words “socialist” and “woke” around a lot. Having things like Universal Health cover, a proper social services net, and legislation to stop workers being exploited makes good economic sense in the long run. People who have no stake in society will function outside it, often using criminal activity to bankroll themselves. Queue the disaster that is America. They have the largest number of incarcerated people in the world.
Spot on - half the folks on the anti-woke bandwagon dont even knows what they are talking about if you sat them down to walked through it with them.
I find it a curiosity that some right wing machine has taken this 'woke' thing and driven it so far into the masses.
Particularly in the US where there is a quite a large body of religious conservatives now spewing this same narrative.If only they knew who the OG 'Woke' was…..
Most people are anti immigration (at the rate it at) and probably also against large (medium? Specific)) parts of multi culturalism….
The left right thing doesnt exist.
How to destroy a country by teaching us to hate ourselves and cancel culture and facts dont matter any more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmXiapfCs8
Honestly you put up some random YouTube video. Find some sources with credibility. Also learn to speak English rather than a word salad of right wing tropes.
Here’s the thing. Woolworths could have quietly dropped it and said NOTHING. They have purposely caused an issue by having to make an announcement to stir the pot. Personally, I’ve never bought any aussie day merchandise from woolworths as they’re tacky, cheap and made in china anyway.
has anyone actually read a statement from Woolies on this matter?
The most i could retrieve from google was to the affect:
"The group said there has been a "gradual decline" in demand"
Nothing I could see relating to being 'woke'
Although Coles is selling the tat they are at great pains to not tie it to Australia Day. In the catalogue it is under “Summer” and my local supermarket had one end of an aisle, in the far corner, and no advertising comment at all. Australians are deeply suspicious of over the top patriotism and over seas made cheap tat to push it. That isn’t what we are about. We are a generous natured people but we are also deeply cynical. We prefer to wave barbecue tongs rather than flags. Ask yourself would you rather cheap tat or a bit more food on the table for your friends and family?
There is no doubt we live in a great country but in all honesty we haven’t really found a compelling reason for a date. Federation date is, already, a public holiday. We might as well pull a date out of a hat and create an ongoing long weekend around that date. Preferably in Spring or Autumn for the weather. That is as Aussie as you get and why I absolutely bloody love our country.
Just went to Woolies for a shop and it was (profanity) packed with people. So much for the RWNJ boycott. Certainly not going broke for going woke. lol.
If anyone knows about boycotts, it would be the liberal party. They will be a fringe party by 2030 the way they are going
That's nice. They recently downgraded out local Woolies to a Woolies "local" and marked up the price of most items to a "grab and go" pricing structure..
It is now akin to a 7/11 store, with pricing to match
Since the change they seem to have more staff than customers (except for the self service police)
Kmart and Target stopped selling Australian Day merchandise last year.
Kmart boss says chain won’t stock Australia Day products – even if date changed
“There’s not enough demand in that one day to justify bringing products back,” he said.
I know. This is a beat up by news corp.
Merged from The hyocracy of Wololworths knows no bounds
On one hand they refuse to acknowledge Australia Day by removing all Australia Day merchandise from their stores.
Yet their latest weekly specials catalogue flogs specials under the promotion heading of "Great Value for the Australia Day long weekend"
Go spend your life doing something else other than being outraged.
I don't have anything to add just want to comment so you can't edit your comment.
@deme: Nothing to edit - merely stating an opinion and pointing out the facts from what I see - I thought that's what OZB provides a platform for?
Being "outraged" is your own narrow minded personal opinion, and not my rationale for the post.@WatchNerd: Thank you for the reminder to archive it.
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.ozbargain.com.au/no…
Maybe you'd have a job if you could spell hyocracy
@Jolakot: Gotta love all of these non-contributory and narrow-minded sniper posts from people who have nothing positive to contribute to the boards of OZB
@deme: And the post was made in the General Topic section - if you insist on restricting posts to only "Bargain" posts then you will wipe out half of the posts in the General Section.
lol
Indeed
The hyocracy of Wololworths knows no bounds
So close yet so far
This is why we need to bring back work for the dole.I thought it still exists?
It does, but in a cut back form
It only becomes necessary for a job seeker to enter a work for the dole program, or other mutual obligation stream, if they remain unemployed for 12 months.
@deme: Oh yeah, 100% but at least it gets people with too much time on their hands that just want to complain off Ozbargain.
hyocracy
Sounds Chines to me
like that plastic rubbish that used to be at the end of the Aisle
Are you saying that Woolies doesn't have any great value items for the Australia Day Long Weekend?
Listen, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the dogs, the filth, woolworths. Here is a man who stood up! Here is… Ocker
batman?
The hyocracy of Wololworths knows no bounds
More like the The
hyocracyhypocrisy of OP knows no bounds, complaining because WW won't sell cheap Chinese products printed with the Australian flag theme.What about goods made by proud Australian companies or maybe foreigners have no real interest is promoting the Australian cause??
Your comment doesn't make sense, are you intoxicated?
It's been cheap Chinese tat for years. Keep reaching for that Dutton Outrage button.
Did I say that ???????????????????
I said that on one hand they deny the existence of "Australia Day", but are only too happy to jump on the bandwagon of promoting goods (and profiting) to support the concept.Didn't they acknowledge the existence of Australia Day by removing the stuff?
It's just the name of the public holiday. We really should just change the data and have it be a generic "hooray for Australia" day.
Just to wind up you anti-Australian's even further (throw em a bit more bait), this is how I sign off all of my email messages:
"I live and play in a land in created by the blood sweat, tears and sacrifices of our forefathers that took scrubby wastelands, turned them into productive farms and paid the taxes that has enabled us to live as civilised people in the best country on earth - despite all of those that would have you believe otherwise."
Too long didn't read
Probably beyond your littery comprehension?
Probably beyond your littery comprehension?
The irony of this statement is just incredible
Didnt know you needed a qualification in litter!?
I’m just imagining receiving one of these messages with a request to complete my expenses claim by EOFY, per my last email.
That's gold Jerry, GOLD!
"I live and play in a land
increated by the blood sweat, tears and sacrifices of our forefathers that took scrubby wastelands, turned them into productive farms and paid the taxes that have enabled us to live as civilised people in the best country on earth - despite allofthose that would have you believe otherwise."
Maybe used to be, not anymore (check out that housing market eh?).
So many people think their country is the best country of all, mostly Americans who do not even have a passport…. Got to love the patriotism.
Harvey Norman doesn’t sell Australia Day merchandise either, why don’t you tell them what they should be selling?
Who shops at Hardly Normal so what does it matter?
Oh I get it, you’re just a hyocrite
Did HN put out a press announcement about how they are not going to sell Australia Day merchandise? Did I miss that?
Do they sell it, regardless of what they’ve said?
You cannot dictate what a business should sell. If there was enough of a market for it, they’d sell it.
There isn’t, so they’re not.
Deal with it.@linkindan: Yeah - that's a nice idea, but you don't believe it any more than I do.
Firstly, WW has made it clear that this decision is at least as much ideological as financial.
Secondly, you expect all sorts of things to be provided even when the profit margins are not brilliant. Some people call this the social compact. it is why we force nightclubs and bars to provide free water, and why we used to make Telstra maintain public phones.
I'm with you OP! Woolworths can take away our made in China plastic flags but they won't take away our METH!
I'm not sure that my local Woolworths sells Meth.
Woolies chose to celebrate Australia Day in the most profitable way, by ditching the cheap plastic tat for higher margin goods and by promoting their dubious specials.
You can’t have it both ways in the culture wars. They said they ditched the flag thongs and Cronulla riot wear not for ideological reasons but for $$$. That they keep the specials under the southern cross just reinforces that.
A fat cat corporation cynically putting profits above everything is emblematic of what Australia has become.
100% agree, pretty sad really to think that is how shallow corporate Australia has become.
This is OzBargain not OzBogan
Free enterprise is just that, free from interference.
You have the freedom to shop at Woolies or shop elsewhere but to complain about how a business chooses to operate is more in line with socialism
But businesses are not free from interference, there are laws governing what they can and can't do.
Of course but free to decide how they run day to day operations within the laws
Correction on the description -
On one hand they refuse to acknowledge Australia Day by removing all Chinese made Australia Day merchandise from their stores.
So, they will be stocking locally made Australia Day tat?
Which items were made in Aus?
Lamb.
What more do you want for an Aussie day to be done right. Get a few lamb cutlets on the barbie and you've celebrated it the Aussie way..
Honestly the merchandise were crap. I think we are cultivating a negative future when we place that much value on cheap imported products with our flags etc. on one point it's consumerism at its worst and secondly it's also contributing to waste with woeful quality products.
I reckon they should do ripper deals on some lamb and salads and have an awesome bbq with family and friends
I disagree with the date. I would rather celebrate an independence day, away from the king. and a new flag without the UK flag anywhere in the picture.
If I doesn't happen…. I won't be outraged.
Bombshell Post now:
As a proud Aussie I believe in everything the Australia flag stands for. I fought for our country (Vietnam) and will try and protect the Aussie flag and tradition.
I fought for this country and saw many fellow soldiers lose their life, all in the name of Australia.
I question how may of these anti-Australia day protagonists on OZB are actually Australian?Killing people in other countries is one of the most Aussie things someone can do!
I can't even tell if this is satire anymore, well done!
You mean when the west invaded Vietnam to save them from themselves?
All the way with LBJ.
The hypocrisy of a veteran promoting the defacing of our flag, a flag they fought for, by turning it tacky non Australian made garbage to be sold at a supermarket.
I’m born and raised in Australia, and think Australia deserves a national day that can be embraced by everyone who calls our country home.
As a Viet vet you must surely know that there are many parts of our history we shouldn’t be unquestionably proud of, and one of the things I am genuinely proud to see in Australia is our capacity to do the right thing by people, and give people a fair go.Personally, I’d love to see Australia’s national day moved to a date that celebrates Australia’s achievements, not a date about some Brits landing a boat and commencing some pretty ugly treatment of indigenous Australians.
Celebrate Australia’s national Day on the second of January to match the anniversary of federation coupled with the Aussie tradition of a long weekend, and repurpose 26th of January as a day off to commemorate first Australians, more like Anzac Day where we can remember some of the things that weren’t ideal, but which we continue to improve.
I may be reading it wrong, but that poll simply compared whether Jan 26 should be called "Australia day" or "Invasion day" - hardly an indicator of sentiment for changing the date?
Edit: it reads like an intentionally biased poll designed to elicit an emotional response.