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Coles banned from opening new supermarket by ACCC

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By James MacSmith Verified
| Real Commercial
Supermarket giant Coles has been banned from opening a new store by Australia’s consumer cop, the ACCC. The extraordinary decision from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is one of the first major moves from the body on the back of new ‘price gouging powers’ it has been granted and a major litmus test of such powers. The move has sent shockwaves through Australia’s retail and property development sectors.
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Hooters collapse in US continues, mirrors Australia demise

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By James MacSmith Verified
| Real Commercial
Launch of American restaurant chain Hooters at Parramatta today, The Australian Hooters girls. When it comes to the demise of the once popular restaurant chain Hooters, it seems Australia was the canary in the coal mine. The news this month that Hooters was closing a bunch more locations in the US comes more than a year after the American chain filed for bankruptcy under a huge $603 million debt.
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Aussie tiny homes given go-ahead to ease the housing crisis

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By James MacSmith Verified, Matt Bell
| RealEstate
News Add as a preferred source on Google A pilot program aiming to use tiny homes to ease our housing crisis has been given the go-ahead, in what is believed to be an Australian first. The Shellharbour City Council, on the South Coast of NSW has given the OK for tiny homes to be rented out in its juridiction. The two-year trial takes away the need to apply for a development application for certain “mobile tiny homes used as rental accommodation in Shellharbour” – according to the council.
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