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09 Jul 05:40am

Filed under: Competition, Families, Grocerychoice, Politics

Ever wondered how a Government kills off an embarrassing policy failure? Well, we saw a textbook example one late Friday afternoon a couple of weeks ago.

Jon Kudelka shows how the wheels fell off in The Australian

With news bulletins around the world full of stories about Michael’s Jackson’s death, Federal Competition and Consumer Affairs Minister Dr Craig Emerson put out a media release announcing the demise of GroceryChoice, the Government’s flawed website for “watching” grocery prices.

So there you have it. Pick a late Friday afternoon, preferably when there’s some big news story taking up everyone’s attention and quietly send out a media release putting the best possible spin on your Government’s policy disaster. Every Government tries it on and it’s amazing how they think that no one will notice.

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free registry cleaner says:

11:28pm | 04/08/10

Thanks for best news! Read more »
Jasper says:

08:01pm | 09/07/09

“why doesn’t the government do something about it” Why don’t YOU do something about it. I’m a shop boycotter and have been for my whole adult life. I don’t ask to speak to the manager or complain to an employee who is just trying to make ends meet while studying,… Read more »

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