A massive protest is gathering momentum in the beautiful rural town of Tecoma, near Emerald Victoria to stop Multi National fast food giant MaDonalds from opening and trading in their town.  The residence are citing environmental and disturbance factors as the reasons for their stand.

I for one agree - McDonalds are multinational corporate scum with a huge carbon deficit to the Earth and humanity and should be banished town by town.

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This is how I invisage making the big polluters pay - reclaiing our local communities, supporting local business and banishing the big polluters, not subsidizing them with a "Carbon Tax".  I wonder what JuLIAR and Bob Brown are thinking...

Tecoma is a tiny area if people want Maccas then they can always simply go to nearby Boronia or Fern Tree Gully.
I know Maccas are everywhere but surely those cravings can be held back for a few kilometers.

Multinational Corporate trade must be restricted and banished where possible.

creep wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 6:03pm:

That would depend on its commitment to manufacturing and jobs in Australia, I am done with outsourcing corporate parasites.  If they want to operate according to the corporate ethics of the past, they can pack up right now and leave and we will build our own from the ground up.

And then there's all the fringe employment that Maccas encourages and provides, as well as the suppliers to Maccas

Prevailing wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 6:27pm:



Over 85,000 are employed at their fast food outlets.
And then there's the thousands that are indirectly employed due to maccas

creep wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 6:29pm:


Maccas is what made Prevailing so obese that he cant leave home except on the back of a truck

Yay! he has his own thread to play in! 

creep wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 9:31pm:


I think creep is worried about his fry station job

By and large there is no problem for large multinationals to seek business in a densely urban area.  But the problem with there being one in tecoma is that it is a tourist spot in Melbourne, and many small businesses may in fact suffer as tourists opt to eat the fast option rather than the nice option.  It's like opening a Woolworths in a small town and seeing all the small grocers going out of business because of it.

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 9:47pm:



True - and, as it so happens, I have signed a number of petitions against such a proposal that would change the character of my semi-isolated community and almost-certainly destroy the livelihoods of the families running several local small businesses...

Not that I ever really expected that the corporation at issue would give up and go away...

Equitist wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 10:02pm:


It's the main reason why Phillip Island has a ban on them ever opening up a store there.

And you're right - Maccas will always lobby to increase their locations. I think their ambition is to have a store in every suburb and every town. It's almost ridiculous; you can't drive more than 10 kms without seeing 3 along the way. Talk about Fast Food Nation!

theres actually three maccas in tamworth

its ridiculous

Hmmmmmmm, always loved scoffing down a nice juicy big mac, and the Chicken Mcwings arent bad either.

stryder wrote on Jun 18^th, 2011 at 10:16pm:




LOL
Maccas have there moments.

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You know what a suggest for you Prevailing, I think you have been too sad, I think you need to buy yourself a nice happy meal where you get a nice looking plastic toy where you will throw it away after its novelty wears off, and a nice greasy cheeseburger with some fries and nice cold coke to wash down that faboulous feel that it might put a SMILE ON YA DIAL, 

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Now Im not suggesting that you eat it everyday, I mean I believe in moderation and I believe maqqa is best appreciated like having it every fortnight or so or once a month, so I would stick to more homemade healthy meals, maqqas just like everything should be taken in moderation.

You are behind the times, My Ass is now open 24 hours   

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jun 19^th, 2011 at 8:22am:



you kn ow I dont mind a maccas once in while.. cant stand KFC..

its like everything else over indulge and you will pay for it..down the track.

howevr regarding the good folks not wanting it in their backyard... then thats what it should be.. the local councils are there for the people.. not to please conglomerates..maccas also takes business away from smaller business because of their might and power if there are small cafes and teahouses they will feel the pinch..

so go away macca leave some little places to look like little Australia and not a copy of little America

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OH YUMMY, I always liked some good finger lickin chicken every now and then,  

Honestly, after seeing the pictures of the proposed site, I dont think its as bad as people are making it out to be. I have lived in the Belgrave/Tecoma area for all my life, (27) years and have seen an endless revolving door of businesses open up, trade for a year then shut down. From where I see it, there is nothing to lose by having a McDonalds open up. Whether you like it or not the community will benefit from the 80-100 jobs created, and the support of the local sporting clubs. Other family owned cafes and fast food outlets will survive, after all, if you enjoy a coffee at the Green Bean or the Reel Cafe, why would you change to mcdonalds just because its there? And you cant feed a family for under $25 at mcdonalds, but you can with Pizza or Fish and chips, so its not like people are going to just robotically gravitate to McDonalds and spend more because it exists and cease spending money elsewhere. Once the hysteria and emotion is taken out of this debate the issue can actually be approached logically and discussed properly.