What the heck is going on? Why are they rationing toilet paper again? And water. And something else - looks like i didnt get it so have to look it up. IGA is sold out of all those things too. Is there an outbreak or something?

Spot

There is an anticipated supply chain problem due to the imminent US tariffs on Chinese imports, forcing Chinese exporters to ramp up shipments to the US before the tariffs come into effect, at the cost of shipping to other countries such as Australia.

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 1:58pm:


No sh!t?

So are bricks.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 11:01am:


Link?

China has blocked all Tim Tams, Hills Hoists and Vegemite. All Medibank data is wiped with Virgin Pulp Toilet Paper.

aquascoot wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 6:15pm:

It's an omen of times to come, and a warning call to Australia to ramp up local manufacturing, even at the risk of higher costs at checkout.

The days of sucking off the tits of countries that provide us with dirt-cheap goods via slave and forced labour are over.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 7:30pm:

You missed the point again. This is about local manufacturing for local consumption.

Political forums aren't your thing... Stick to TikTok.

MeisterEckhart wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 7:33pm:


Bricks? Even bricks face rising imports.

In the 1920s an economic committee considered the issue of whether Australia should support local manufacture using tariffs. The committee decided that local manufacture should be supported. However in the long run it petered out in the 1980s coincident with a time when the A$1 = US$ 1.25

The rise of the Australian dollar made local manufacture uncompetitive and that is still the case. Local manufacturing with consequent reduction of imports causes A$ to rise because trade balance is strongly positive even without local manufacture.

Its a sad fact that success in resources and agriculture mitigates against success in manufacturing.

"What construction materials does Australia import?
China alone provides 60 per cent of Australia's annual $6 billion worth of construction materials, which in turn account for approximately 20 percent of the total cost of a single construction. Consequently, measures to stem the virus resulted in a shortage of construction materials such as timber, windows and steel."

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 8:10pm:


Not in Perth at the moment... lots of them in Coles and Woolworths at Belmont Forum today.

I had to laugh when I saw they were $5 a packet at Woolies but only $2.50 a packet at Coles.

Grappler Racist Filth wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 8:10pm:


It does not matter. Marla is under the impression that you are rooting chocolate kangaroos.

chimera wrote on Jun 7^th, 2024 at 1:10pm:


So are cannabis cookies and muffins.

versatile no?

Carl D wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 8:16pm:


I saw that at Coles today.

No wonder we have an obesity problem in Australia.

A packet of chocolate biscuits is just $2.50 while a head of broccoli is $4.50.

It's crazy.

I blame Obama.

Carl D wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 7:39pm:


There’s no rationing of toilet paper in my neck of the woods either (Yarra Ranges)
There does seem to be a shortage of olive oil in those 3-4 litre tins though. Usual ones are missing and shelves look empty. Then I noticed new ones coming in getting a share of the action at $64 too!
How’s the olive oils in Perth going?

Daves2017 wrote on Jun 7^th, 2024 at 11:39pm:


I thought it was ridiculous for you to say that, if you were on the Gold Coast. It is around $1.79/L here (Rockhampton). And when I went to check the Gold Coast prices, they were anywhere from $1.75/L to $2.29/L. Why is there such a discrepancy?

The US has 2.5 million Arab slaves carrying buckets of oil in 52 degree tornados for Jewish oil barons.  They use Afro slave drivers for maximum production.

thegreatdivide wrote on Jun 6^th, 2024 at 6:05pm:


Why the heck would there be a link?

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 9^th, 2024 at 8:04am:


Covid... flu... RSV - Respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus - are all running rampant in Australia at the moment.

And, yes - it isn't in the news. And there's no messaging or advice from any of our governments or health departments about how people can take precautions (other than "wash your hands" and "cough and sneeze into your hand or arm" - both of which are useless for dealing with respiratory viruses which you breathe in - and they know it).

This is deliberate, of course because we're now supposed to believe that Covid isn't an big issue anymore... but it is.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 8^th, 2024 at 7:45pm:


I have no answer to that puzzle  …. I’ve wondered for years…

The United States produced more crude oil than any nation at any time, according to our International Energy Statistics, for the past six years in a row.  Average monthly U.S. crude oil production established a monthly record high in December 2023 at more than 13.3 million b/d. People in the oil states are sniffing petrol and voting Trump.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jun 8^th, 2024 at 7:45pm:


Because of our taxation on petrol.

chimera wrote on Jun 9^th, 2024 at 2:34pm:


Which makes it on par with the USA.

Coming to a store near you -

46c. US is 4c , 6c Au.

'5 February 2024  sees the excise rate increase from 48.8 cents per litre to 49.6 cents per litre.'

Carl D wrote on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 10:01am:



bird flu gives you the runs?

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 10:28am:


Yep.

The 'trigger words' for a repeat of the Great Toilet Paper Panic of 2020 will be:

"(Another) Pandemic"
"Quarantine"
"Lockdowns"
"Masks"

And probably a few more that I can't recall right now.

Im wearing a mask most of the time because my friend is very very sick and since i was in that covid ward visiting the other day i do not want to give it to her if i picked it up. People look at me strangely for wearing the mask but i dont care.

Spot

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 12:17pm:


im not hoarding i just dont buy it very often and its budgeted to buy 2 when i buy it - wrecks the budget to wait til next shop

Spot

Toilet paper is a substitute for currency in a post-apocalyptic world.

Don't get caught short.

Carl D wrote on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 10:01am:


Well… daughter told me yesterday egg shelves are completely empty. She always buys this vegan egg white packet product… said she’s surprised the panic mob haven’t caught onto that yet 

Well then, what’s next shortage…whatever eggs are used for such as ……cakes etc
There’s heaps of vegan recipes not using eggs, butter, milk etc

I think it’s sad for those chooks… life is restricted enough for them and then all have to be put down 
How did this bird flu bs get in?

Sophia wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2024 at 12:31pm:


Only about 40% of egg production now comes from caged hens.

The other 60% is made up from barn laid & free range hens.

https://www.australianeggs.org.au/farming/barn-laid-eggs

Gnads wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2024 at 1:12pm:


Given the tone of ltyc's posts elsewhere, I doubt his sphincter can retain his crap.

Ltyc will be having hemorrhoids, with the amount of toilet sitting he needs to do.