After yesterday's post in response to The Townsville Bulletin's story about Base Backpackers trashing Maggie Island, I discovered that the story was in fact first brought to light by The Magnetic Times the day before.
Editing Note: This piece originally claimed that The Bulletin plagiarised the Magnetic Times article,but following a call from Honest George at The 'Times and the readers comments below, I accept that both articles were written from the same release. My apologies to the Bully on that score - I got it wrong. But it cant be all mea culpa - The Times did break the story late after all!
Showing posts with label I was wrong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I was wrong. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Well, I got that one wrong!
Saturday's headlines about Clive Palmer's generosity with his staff at Yabulu has made me reassess the man - clearly he's a much smarter business owner than I expected.
While the the $10m face value of Saturday's party plus the 55 Mercedes Benz sedans, 700 holidays for two in Fiji, and 50 weekends in Port Douglas is iimpressive, the real cost was probably closer to half that (55 by Merc CLC 200 K Evolutions @ $58k each = $3.2m book values before what would be a VERY big bulk discount)
Either way- it's not a bad investment for $16m in (presumably recurrent) savings and the lifelong loyalty of his staff (and associated reduced turn-over costs as a result).
Now that's smart business and smart management!
* Honourable mention goes to Mercedes Benz who got a free page-5 pic and endless free mentions in the three pages of coverage
While the the $10m face value of Saturday's party plus the 55 Mercedes Benz sedans, 700 holidays for two in Fiji, and 50 weekends in Port Douglas is iimpressive, the real cost was probably closer to half that (55 by Merc CLC 200 K Evolutions @ $58k each = $3.2m book values before what would be a VERY big bulk discount)
Either way- it's not a bad investment for $16m in (presumably recurrent) savings and the lifelong loyalty of his staff (and associated reduced turn-over costs as a result).
Now that's smart business and smart management!
* Honourable mention goes to Mercedes Benz who got a free page-5 pic and endless free mentions in the three pages of coverage
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Herbert – the abdication
Well I was wrong! – Peter Lindsay will not be standing for the Libs in Herbert at the federal election later in the year.
But the really good news is that Barney Joyce won’t be either!
The most intriguing thing about the article announcing The Prince’s abdication is the statement that he told the party that he wouldn’t renominate some two years ago but “there was a strategic reason for not publicly announcing that until now”
So I suppose the big question now is whether Crisafulli’s missus will let him off the leash to play in Canberra or will the Libs come up with a surprise celebrity??
If you're really interested, Lindsay's retirement press release is available here. It includes his version of his page in Australia's Political History book - don't worry - it will be edited down to a sentence before publication.
But the really good news is that Barney Joyce won’t be either!
The most intriguing thing about the article announcing The Prince’s abdication is the statement that he told the party that he wouldn’t renominate some two years ago but “there was a strategic reason for not publicly announcing that until now”
So I suppose the big question now is whether Crisafulli’s missus will let him off the leash to play in Canberra or will the Libs come up with a surprise celebrity??
If you're really interested, Lindsay's retirement press release is available here. It includes his version of his page in Australia's Political History book - don't worry - it will be edited down to a sentence before publication.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Was I wrong? ...we'll see
You should have taken my bet!!
No photo accompanying a republished press release in today’s Bully as I expected!! See: How to get your picture in the Bully #1
But then, it can take the Bully a while with complex issues like this so maybe we’ll see the story tomorrow – my money is still on the table if you want to take me on??
No photo accompanying a republished press release in today’s Bully as I expected!! See: How to get your picture in the Bully #1
But then, it can take the Bully a while with complex issues like this so maybe we’ll see the story tomorrow – my money is still on the table if you want to take me on??
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