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This is one in the eye for greedy American retail giant K-Mart. The proposal to open its NSW stores during the morning marches sparked national outrage. Kmart managing director Guy Russo was quoted as saying yesterday that the company made the decision after an avalanche of criticism from politicians, ex-Diggers and customers.
“Having listened to the strength of feeling from our customers and the broader community, I will withdraw Kmart’s application for early trading on Anzac Day. I got this one wrong and on behalf of Kmart, I apologise,” Mr Russo said. Nice one then Mr Russo!
Federal Veterans Affairs Minister Alan Griffin had said Anzac Day was an occasion for remembering those who fought and died for their country, not for shopping and he is so correct. Anzac Day is a very important day in Australia, on par with Australia Day in January, and to think that this store could not go one day without making a profit is annoying to say the least. We don’t shop on Anzac Day, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
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Going to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney has been a family tradition for decades, for almost all of the 20th century anyway. And for most of that time it was really quite affordable to take the kids along and have a really good day out. I would say around 15 years ago it started to become a challenge to be able to afford to take the family, park the car and buy the food, go on the rides and buy the stack of showbags you traditionally always buy.