Victorian police are expected to be called in to end the blockade outside the Coles Sommerton warehouse.
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Striking Coles workers reject offer, Fair Work expected to be called in
The dispute between workers at a Coles warehouse in Melbourne and their employer continues to escalate, with workers rejecting an offer from the company yesterday and expectations it will reach the industrial umpire today.
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Coles warehouse strike to impact supply
As a strike at a Coles warehouse enters its second day, experts have warned the impact will take less than a week to impact supply to supermarkets.
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Victoria failing on alcohol policies: Auditor-General
The number of alcohol-related assaults in Victoria have risen rose by almost since 2001, while the number of ambulance attendances to deal with incidents related to alcohol more than tripled.
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Hundreds of sheep strewn across Melbourne highways when truck rolls
A truck carrying about 400 sheep overturned on a Melbourne highway last night, scattering the animals across the road and onto oncoming vehicles.
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As supermarket power rises, Heinz praises progress
One of the few companies to be openly critical of the supermarket duopoly in Australia, HJ Heinz, has apparently mended fences with Coles and Woolworths.
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Worst fruit fly outbreak period in VIC: motorists warned to dump fruit
In the midst of one of Victoria’s worst fruit fly outbreak periods, road blocks are being set up to detect any people travelling into the Sunraysia area with fruit.
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Visy accused of using Hell’s Angels for debt collections
Packaging company Visy has labelled reports that it uses Hells Angels bikie gang members as debt collectors as “nonsense.”
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Victorian Shire wants CSG banned on agricultural land
A Victorian food region west of Melbourne has joined the list of shires and towns arguing against coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and development.
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Soaring raw coffee prices predicted to drop in 2012
Raw coffee prices reached record highs in 2011, but increased production in Brazil will hopefully alleviate some of the pressure for buyers.
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Australian scientists producing allergy-free eggs
Allergy-free eggs for use in consumption and vaccines are being developed by Australian scientists and could be available within the next decade.
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Food producers slash more than 100 jobs in Victoria
It is not a good time to be a food manufacturing worker in Victoria at the moment, with Mars and Murray Goulburn set to slash more than 100 employees from its workforce between them.
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