eddie007

cant believe it, I'm so gutted

Honestly thought that I wasn't going to have to keep up the search for a new job ... Coz I resigned with nothing to go to....

Not that I buy lotto tickets, I never feel that lucky...

Unfortunately before HE had the chance to correct my misconception I have spent HUNDREDS of $$$$s online


And what made me think we had?


HE brought Bananas

But apparently they are "only" $6 a kilo at spudshed....

Fluck me I can feed a family of six for a week on that kind of money...

I'm SO disappointed

Dreamy

I'm all banana'd out at the moment.

We kind of over indulged (on bananas) on our hols - 68p a kilo!!!!

**slinks away**

Bikergirl

We've only paid $5 a kilo today - my hubs is very happy as he was missing bananas and we only left the uk in Aug.

NigelWaring

Just been on some cruises, easy to pick the Australians at the buffet, they grab all the bananas.

Bix

Friggin farmers piss me orf

We live a few km from where they are grown and we are charged $7.95 a kilo (today)

eddie007

Hope ypu didnt buy any.... Unless YOU won the lotto this week.....

Bix

I did.

Only the second one this year too.

moneypenny20

$4.62/kilo here yesterday. Didn't buy any though, they're feral monkey mush.

eddie007

Lotto win????? Wow you're a lucky bugger

master777

Guys it's cos of the floods, quit moaning and eat a apple lol

Pollyana

It wasn't the floods actually, it was a cyclone

ozzieeagle

Anyone know how it is the Banana producers are so heavily protected in this country... compared to say Apple, Orange, Wheat, Cotton, Rice or even Garlic farmers ?

Cheetah7

I wonder how hard it is to grow your own.

Bix

Here's an interesting piece from a local Cairns blog about the banana industry and it's protectionism.

"PSYCHO BOB" KATTER PLEDGES TO BLOCK BANANA IMPORTS NO MATTER WHAT - BANANA FARMERS MARKETING ORGANISATION THEN IMPORTS SHIRTS AND HATS FROM CHINA AND BANGLADESH


Independent MP "Crazy" Bob Katter, who just a week ago went feral on LNP candidate Gavin King on the cueball MacKenzie radio program, has renewed his opposition to imported bananas, despite the continual shortages and stupidly high prices of this popular fruit in Australia. Banana farmers are among the highest paid farmers in Australia, and have resisted rationalisation of their business and competition from imports, with loudmouth Bob being used as a one-man tannoy.

Katter, as MP for a prime banana growing area, is apparently the beneficiary of this banana farmer largess, and Katter has confirmed that he's been assured there are no gay banana farmers anywhere in the electorate of Kennedy. Katter routinely hectors the parliament, the media, and the blokes in his local pub that the "banana farmers need a fair go", and this means blocking import of Filipino bananas which are exported around the world with no reported problems, according to Biosecurity Australia.

A recent banana rally held in Innisfail was held to celebrate the return of high volume production of this fruit after cyclone Yasi - a rally organised by the Australian Banana Grower's Council (ABGC), the marketing arm that speaks for 1200 Australian banana farmers, from the comfort of their offices in Brisbane. No living in Tully or Innisfail for these highly paid lobbyists!

TAG INSIDE AGBC HAT The ABGC is supplying merchants and others in the banana business with yellow shirts and hats, expecting their "fair go" message to be worn by unionists, lefties, and everyday folk who've been suckered into this ignorant hillbilly argument. Even "Psycho Bob" has been seen wearing a banana hat in place of his usual Akubra. Sadly, these shirts and hats, and some of the printed material as well, has been manufactured in China and Bangladesh, instead of giving Aussie workers a "fair go". The ABGC is so dedicated to the "fair go" for the hard-working banana farmers, that their marketing is geared around screwing the hard-working textile and clothing manufacturers in Australia - in effect, taking advantage of the "trade liberalisation" that Bob Katter attacks like a rabid bulldog, while contributing to the collapse of the Aussie clothing industry and dudding the low-wage workers that are increasingly unemployed in this business.


TAG INSIDE AGBC SHIRT Katter has famously been quoted as saying "I'm not in the business of being conned". Sorry Bob, too late. You've had a big banana shoved up where the sun don't shine. And you were dudded by your mates. Good on'ya Katter!

So who's speaking for the low-wage textile workers who are getting screwed by the wealthy banana farmers and their high-priced lobbyists?

And why should anyone support the banana farmers who can't seem to extend their demands for a "fair go" to other fellow Aussies?

Sally Simpson

Bullshit, it was bloody greed!