A picture shared to social media which appears to show police officers going through an elderly woman's grocery shopping has outraged Australians.
'I just saw this poor old lady get arrested by police for shoplifting food,' the post shared on X read.
'I told them that I'll pay for 슬롯사이트 her food and let her go and then I got threatened with being arrested for obstructing police. Boycott Coles and Woolwort
r />The pictures show the woman talking with police in the Melbourne CBD as a number of items from her shopping are placed on the ground but do not show her being escorted away by officer
r />Victoria Police has been contacted for comment about the incident.
r />An image posted to X showed officers rifling through the woman's shopping
r />The person who shared to post said they offered to pay for the groceries but police declined
r />Commenters online were mixed with some saying she broke the law and others slamming the police for stopping the wo
r />'This is so messed up. If people are forced to steal food, we need a better alternative,' one said.
r />'The elderly do not have enough to live on, pension rises are not covering food and utility price rises and the government couldn't care less,' another s
r />'In my neck of the woods, I see some elderly folk snacking on grapes in supermarkets. They are left alone to do so by staff,' a third ad
r />'Seems like some training in empathy and kindness is needed,' added a fourth.
r />Woolworths posted a total $1.7bn in profit in the last financial year.
r />The supermarket's CEO Brad Banducci was threatened with a six-month jail sentence and a $5,000 fine for earlier this week failing to answer questions at a heated Senate inquiry into supermarket pric
r />A Greens senator repeatedly asked Mr Banducci to disclose Woolworths' return on equity, a key measure of profitability at Australia's biggest supermarket ch
r />Instead, the outgoing chief executive who earned $8.6million during the last financial year, declined to answer the questions, focusing on the company's return on investm
r />'We measure return on investment, which we think is the right way of measuring profitability in a company,' he told the inquiry on Tues
r />Woolworths boss Brad Banducci (pictured) was threatened with being charged with contempt of court during a Senate hea
r />Inquiry chair and Greens senator Nick McKim warned Mr Banducci a failure to answer the question directly, if he knew the answer, could lead to a contempt cha
r />'We're not interested in PR spin. We're not interested in you bulls***ting your way through this committee,' Senator McKim sai
r />'This is very important because it is open to the Senate to hold you in contempt and that includes potential sanctions including up to six months' imprisonment for
r />'I'm not asking what you focus on, Mr Banducci. That's not relevant to this discussion.
r />'What is relevant is what you know: do you know what your return on equity was in the last full financial year? Just yes or no, please, Mr Banduc
r />A contempt charge comes with a fine of up to $5,000 and a possible prison sentence of six months.
r />The failure to disclose the answer led to the inquiry being forced to suspend its hearings.
r />Mr Banducci had earlier offered to take the question on notice, after admitting he didn't know the ans
r />'Senator, that is not what I focus on, I don't know what the number is specifically,' he said. 'Happy to take the question on notice.'
r />The profit margins of major supermarkets, including Woolworths (pictured, has come under scrutiny at the inquiry, with Woolworths and Coles being accused of price gou
r />It seems unlikely the cost-of-living will improve in the short term with Australia expected to lag behind other countries in reducing inflation and boosting economic growt
r />In its latest World Economic Outlook, released on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund forecast that average headline inflation in Australia would ease to 3.5 per cent in 2024, down from its October projection of 4 per cent. It currently is 4.1 per c
r />But consumer price growth would still be 3 per cent on average through 2025, the projections showed, at the top of the RBA's 2 to 3 per cent target b
r />Other advanced economies are expected to do better than Australia on reducing prices, with the median inflation rate set to ease to just 2.4 per cent in 2024, and fall further to just 2 per cent by 2
r />In some developed economies, including Australia, inflation has tracked sideways in recent months, prompting cautions from the
r />MelbourneUS Senate
'I just saw this poor old lady get arrested by police for shoplifting food,' the post shared on X read.
'I told them that I'll pay for 슬롯사이트 her food and let her go and then I got threatened with being arrested for obstructing police. Boycott Coles and Woolwort
r />The pictures show the woman talking with police in the Melbourne CBD as a number of items from her shopping are placed on the ground but do not show her being escorted away by officer
r />Victoria Police has been contacted for comment about the incident.
r />An image posted to X showed officers rifling through the woman's shopping
r />The person who shared to post said they offered to pay for the groceries but police declined
r />Commenters online were mixed with some saying she broke the law and others slamming the police for stopping the wo
r />'This is so messed up. If people are forced to steal food, we need a better alternative,' one said.
r />'The elderly do not have enough to live on, pension rises are not covering food and utility price rises and the government couldn't care less,' another s
r />'In my neck of the woods, I see some elderly folk snacking on grapes in supermarkets. They are left alone to do so by staff,' a third ad
r />'Seems like some training in empathy and kindness is needed,' added a fourth.
r />Woolworths posted a total $1.7bn in profit in the last financial year.
r />The supermarket's CEO Brad Banducci was threatened with a six-month jail sentence and a $5,000 fine for earlier this week failing to answer questions at a heated Senate inquiry into supermarket pric
r />A Greens senator repeatedly asked Mr Banducci to disclose Woolworths' return on equity, a key measure of profitability at Australia's biggest supermarket ch
r />Instead, the outgoing chief executive who earned $8.6million during the last financial year, declined to answer the questions, focusing on the company's return on investm
r />'We measure return on investment, which we think is the right way of measuring profitability in a company,' he told the inquiry on Tues
r />Woolworths boss Brad Banducci (pictured) was threatened with being charged with contempt of court during a Senate hea
r />Inquiry chair and Greens senator Nick McKim warned Mr Banducci a failure to answer the question directly, if he knew the answer, could lead to a contempt cha
r />'We're not interested in PR spin. We're not interested in you bulls***ting your way through this committee,' Senator McKim sai
r />'This is very important because it is open to the Senate to hold you in contempt and that includes potential sanctions including up to six months' imprisonment for
r />'I'm not asking what you focus on, Mr Banducci. That's not relevant to this discussion.
r />'What is relevant is what you know: do you know what your return on equity was in the last full financial year? Just yes or no, please, Mr Banduc
r />A contempt charge comes with a fine of up to $5,000 and a possible prison sentence of six months.
r />The failure to disclose the answer led to the inquiry being forced to suspend its hearings.
r />Mr Banducci had earlier offered to take the question on notice, after admitting he didn't know the ans
r />'Senator, that is not what I focus on, I don't know what the number is specifically,' he said. 'Happy to take the question on notice.'
r />The profit margins of major supermarkets, including Woolworths (pictured, has come under scrutiny at the inquiry, with Woolworths and Coles being accused of price gou
r />It seems unlikely the cost-of-living will improve in the short term with Australia expected to lag behind other countries in reducing inflation and boosting economic growt
r />In its latest World Economic Outlook, released on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund forecast that average headline inflation in Australia would ease to 3.5 per cent in 2024, down from its October projection of 4 per cent. It currently is 4.1 per c
r />But consumer price growth would still be 3 per cent on average through 2025, the projections showed, at the top of the RBA's 2 to 3 per cent target b
r />Other advanced economies are expected to do better than Australia on reducing prices, with the median inflation rate set to ease to just 2.4 per cent in 2024, and fall further to just 2 per cent by 2
r />In some developed economies, including Australia, inflation has tracked sideways in recent months, prompting cautions from the
r />MelbourneUS Senate