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- Woolworths, Coles and Aldi recall products amid contamination concerns - ABC News ... I doubt anyone had "hallucinogenic spinach" on the list of Shit Trying To Fuck Us Up In 2022. But here we are.
- A-League Men Melbourne Derby pitch invasion leaves Australian football 'in tatters' - ABC News:
The ugly scenes of fans rushing the pitch and assaulting players and match officials at Saturday night's A-League Men Melbourne Derby have been described as one of the most damaging moments Australian football has seen.
- Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO as former employees launch legal action - ABC News:
Twitter users voted decisively in a poll for him to step down, which the billionaire launched on Monday. Wall Street calls for Mr Musk to step down had been growing for weeks and recently even Tesla bulls have questioned his focus on the social media platform
...The pending class action lawsuits claim Twitter laid off employees and contractors without the 60 days' notice required by law, disproportionately laid off women, and forced out workers with disabilities by refusing to allow remote work.
- Firm sells David Jones for $120m after paying $2b eight years ago:
South African-owned Woolworths Holdings Limited (WHL) bought David Jones in 2014 for a whopping $2 billion. Today the store was bought out by Anchorage Capital Partners who paid between $120 million and $150 million, according to the Australian Financial Review.
(Not the Woolworths you're thinking of) - National Library of Australia digital resource Trove under threat from budget cuts:
The National Library is the repository of every publication in the country, and Trove holds the digital records of newspapers going back to the earliest publications of the NSW colony. Like the NGA, the Library's home in Canberra requires major capital works over the next ten years to maintain its life as a working building including the replacement of its 54-year-old windows.
- Maxi Jazz, lead singer of Faithless, dies aged 65 | Faithless | The Guardian
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