MENULOG PLANS TO GROW ITS SYDNEY OFFICE WORKFORCE BY 500 PEOPLE TO MEET AUSTRALIA’S GROWING APPETITE FOR FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES

19/10/21: Business Insider Australia Food delivery platform Menulog says it will create 500 new office-based jobs in the coming months. The hiring spree comes after a reported 134 per cent increase in delivery orders in the year to June. Australia is the fastest-growing market for Menulog’s parent company, said managing director Morten Belling. Food delivery platform Menulog has revealed plans to create 500 jobs in Sydney through to mid-2022, as the company prepares to cater for the nation’s growing delivery app appetite. In a Tuesday announcement, the company said a new Macquarie Park office will eventually house its new team members, ranging from customer service representatives to managers and business support staff. Those staff will support Menulog’s operations as it facilitates the nation’s hunger for online food orders, which the company said grew 134 per cent over the year to June. “Australia represents the fastest growing market for our parent…

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Melbourne-based individual fined $18,648 for alleged unlawful advertising of nicotine vaping products

20/10/21: Australian Government Federal Health TGA Media Release The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued seven infringement notices totalling$18,648 to a Melbourne-based individual responsible for the Vapespot website, for alleged breaches of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (the Act). The alleged breaches relate to the advertising of nicotine vaping products.(//www.tga.gov.au/legislation-legislative-instruments) The Vapespot website allegedly advertised nicotine pods that contain a Schedule 4 prescription only medicine included in the current Poisons Standard . Under the Act, vaping products that contain nicotine are prescription only medicines and cannot be advertised to the Australian public.(//www.tga.gov.au/publication/poisons-standardsusmp) The TGA gave the individual detailed guidance about the legal requirements for importers,suppliers and advertisers of nicotine vaping products. Although changes were made to the website, they failed to substantially address the TGA’s concerns and it appeared that attempt swere made to conceal ownership of the website. The TGA takes non-compliance with the rules for advertising nicotine vaping…

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NSW Government’s Electric Vehicle Strategy

21/10/21: NSW Government Media Release The NSW Government is investing almost half a billion dollars in tax cuts and incentives to drive uptake and reduce barriers for electric vehicle (EV) purchases over the next four years. This is Australia’s most generous EV package and will support NSW families and businesses to make the move to the vehicles of the future, now. We are making NSW the easiest and most affordable place to buy and use an EV in Australia. In close consultation with industry and other stakeholders, we have developed a balanced package that reduces the barriers to purchasing an EV while ensuring the State has a sustainable and fair road funding system into the future. Read the EV strategy Read the media release EV strategy The NSW Government’s EV Strategy will drive sales of EVs to more than 50% of new car sales by 2030-31, preparing the NSW road…

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WHOLE FOODS EXPANDING $10 DELIVERY FEE NATIONWIDE

24/09/21; Grocery Dive Dive Brief: Whole Foods Market is implementing a $9.95 service fee on grocery delivery orders nationwide beginning Oct. 25, a company spokesperson said. This includes those placed by Amazon Prime members, who previously got free delivery on orders over $35. The announcement comes less than a month after Whole Foods began testing the fee addition in several markets, including the Detroit, Chicago and Boston areas.  The spokesperson said the fee helps the grocer cover the higher operating costs it’s now shouldering for delivery orders without increasing product prices. Amazon are making it clear that they’re done subsidizing the extra costs that come with grocery delivery. Although Prime shoppers responded emphatically to free delivery on large orders from Whole Foods stores during the pandemic, with the number of deliveries made in 2020 through the grocer triple what they were in 2019, the companies indicated that continuing to meet demand with that…

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AMAZON’S CASHIERLESS TECH IS COMING TO WHOLE FOODS NEXT YEAR

08/09/21; The Verge ‘Just Walk Out’ tech is coming to one store in Washington, DC, and another in Sherman Oaks, California Amazon is bringing its cashierless “Just Walk Out” technology to two new Whole Foods locations next year, the company has announced. One of the stores will be in Washington, DC, while the second will be in Sherman Oaks, California. When they’re open, customers will have the option of paying at a traditional self-checkout or customer service booth, or having the new technology automatically bill them when they leave the store. The move marks Amazon’s latest step towards scaling its cashierless technology, which works by using a series of cameras and sensors to automatically detect what people pick up off shelves, into a variety of larger stores. Just Walk Out originally debuted in small Amazon Go convenience stores, before the company scaled it up to work in bigger and bigger grocery stores. CUSTOMERS WILL NEED AN…

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UK ELECTRIC CAR INQUIRIES SOAR DURING FUEL SUPPLY CRISIS

27/09/21; The Guardian Sellers of plug-in vehicles say petrol shortages are driving people to adopt the new technology As petrol stations in parts of the UK started running out of fuel on Friday, business at Martin Miller’s electric car dealership in Guildford, Surrey, started soaring. After what ended up being his company EV Experts busiest day ever, interest does not appear to be dying down. This week the diary is booked up with test drives and the business is low on stock. “People buy electric cars for environmental reasons, for cost-saving reasons and because the technology’s great,” he said. “But Friday was one of those moments where people said, ‘Do you know what, this is a sign that we need to go electric’.” While scenes of chaos play out at petrol stations across the country amid shortages, for many electric vehicle (EV) dealers the fuel crisis has led to an unexpected surge…

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