Event a ‘slam dunk’
On behalf of the rugby league community, I just wanted to thank the people of Wagga for your outstanding support of the Country v City match on the weekend.
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The game, along with the Anzac Test, demonstrated that representative football has never been stronger.
The Country v City game was taken to Wagga because it is a rugby league town. And your certainly didn’t let us down.
McDonald’s Park was packed to capacity – and the ground was in great condition.
It seemed that the whole town got behind the match – and laid on a level of hospitality the players are still talking about.
Hopefully the influx of fans, players and officials gave Wagga an economic boost as well. Fortunately, the players turned on a terrific game as well, giving the Country fans bragging rights for the next 12 months. So, again, thank you for hosting the 2015 Country v City match.
I can assure you of one thing … we’ll be back!
Todd Greenberg
NRL head of football
The right prescription
BOB Bowcher has hit the nail on the head with his calls for a Chemist Warehouse to be built in our city in the recent Daily Advertiser article “Dose of reality a perfect remedy” (April 18, 2015).
We already see people from our city travelling to Albury to purchase wares at their Chemist Warehouse and the last thing Wagga needs is to lose more business to Albury. In fact, every day we see a steady stream of trucks coming from Albury to do business in our city and take more of our money and jobs away. Yes, we have wonderful local chemists, but since when is that enough reason to stifle competition? With everything from electricity to banking being deregulated, I am confused as to why our local Coalition partners are at odds with this suggestion?
Mr Maguire, to his credit, understands the importance of having a nationally recognised chain here and understands how it will bring business to our doorstep. Michael McCormack however is against it and supports the current status quo of local chemists and a closed shop.
Is this about supporting local or bowing to a group who have vested interests in keeping competition to a minimum? Of course, it is the everyday person in the street who suffers from us not securing a Chemist Warehouse as they will be forced to pay more for pharmacy items.
With an aging population the need for these items increases – and so does the burden on pensioners as they do not have the funds to be frivolous with purchases. Yet again it is the battler and those who least can afford it who suffers.
I do not support the big supermarkets getting their claws into this market but there is no doubt we should have a Chemist Warehouse. Total deregulation will destroy the industry but regular competition from the current big players in the market should be allowed.
The people of Wagga should not be without access to what other regional consumers take for granted. Of course, it is up to Mr McCormack to secure a Chemist Warehouse for Wagga as this is an issue that needs Federal approval, but with comments like “local pharmacies offer excellent service that would not be found in Chemist Warehouse type operations” what hope do we have?
I have to ask Mr McCormack how Chemist Warehouse became so big if they offered poor service.
Maybe he doesn’t care that consumers can purchase items heavily discounted at Chemist Warehouse; either way he has forgotten he represents the people of Wagga, not lobby groups.