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| Subject: Statist idiots: OZschwitz government paid to promote sales of low-cost wines to seniors Thu Apr 03, 2014 11:55 pm | |
| The state government is promoting massively discounted wine to seniors in exchange for money, despite a crackdown on excessive alcohol consumption in other age groups.
Seniors Card holders have received emails from the Department of Family and Community Services offering discounts of almost 60 per cent on wine through Cellarmasters, a direct-to-home retailer owned by Woolworths.
The government receives payment for arranging the special offer emails, which also apply to other products. It has refused to disclose the sum.
Greens MP John Kaye questioned why the government was running advertisements for a supermarket chain liquor store rather than ''protecting the health of its older citizens''.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-government-paid-to-promote-sales-of-lowcost-wines-to-seniors-20140403-361ha.html#ixzz2xt1MqeHn |
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