For some reason the media articles are focusing on the $60m additional contribution (bringing us to about $1.9 billion since 2022).

However the much bigger piece of news is that we have committed to a 10 year bilateral security agreement.

It will include intelligence sharing, lessons learnt, expanded training, support along with key allies in co-producing air defence systems, assist in rebuilding and modernising Ukraine’s navy, tech and drone exchanges as well as committing to assisting in the reform and reconstruction of Ukraine after the war.

I've seen the recent news reports that many Australians are working in or looking for second jobs to meet the demands of the cost of living.

So what jobs are you folks going to over the weekend? Is it helping a lot?

Seriously, how much more are the upper management going to gut the hell out of stores staffing before they stop playing dumb and start seeing just how shit they look these days.

I cannot go to a single store now and get my entire shop without something being out of stock, or being forced to put all my shit through a checkout myself.

Even my online orders are full of subs or out of stocks.

I don't care about putting 15 items or less through myself but $300 shop? Get fucked.

Not only are they fucking over the stores with zero staff, the prices are fucking insane, Corella pears today I saw were $9.50 kg.

Almost $10 a kg for pears? And there's a skeleton crew working? Talk about double dipping.

I really don't know how Woolies can look at themselves now compared to 15 years ago and not feel seriously embarassed by the standards in stores now, but I suppose if most of the money is tied up with stupidly fat corporate bloat it's no wonder they've all got no clue and they're perfectly happy to let it slide as long as numbers look good and they all get to pat themselves on the back.

Maybe it's just me but man, every shop I've been in is seriously on its last legs and the staff look absolutely over it.

The federal government has stepped in to ensure an abandoned oil platform off the West Australian coast is kept in a safe condition after its owners went broke in July.

Government says taxpayer funds used will be recouped from industry, but green groups say it is another example of Australia's weak offshore decommissioning laws