Sydney Street Talks: July 2022

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Kid-Friendly Moving Tips For Families

Are you planning to move with the kids? Then you need to know the best ways to make your relocation process kid-friendly. Parents sometimes get too involved in the preparations, and as a result, they overlook the importance of keeping things easier for the kids. There are a few ways that can help your kids to accept the sudden change in their life. To give you more information on this topic, here is an article that has kid-friendly moving tips for families. I would recommend all the posts to all the parents planning to move. To read the complete article, click the link mentioned below.

https://www.betterremovalistssydney.com.au/kid-friendly-moving-tips-for-families/

Animal rescuers race to reach pets, livestock stranded in Sydney floods

Animal rescuers are working around the clock to rescue and care for pets and livestock caught in floodwaters in western Sydney.

Using a boat to access the parts of the Hawkesbury region under water, Crisis Animal Response and Evacuation NSW (CARE NSW) has rescued kangaroos, dogs, horses, and delivered food and supplies to stranded cows.

"They're freezing, hypothermic, and probably a little bit in shock too," said animal rescuer Josh Robinson.

Greater glider listed as endangered, as climate change and logging threatens species

Conservationists have renewed calls for an end to native forest logging as Australia's largest gliding mammal, the greater glider, has been listed as endangered.

The federal government has moved the species from a vulnerable to endangered listing at a national level.

More than 30 per cent of the southern and central greater gliders' habitat was lost during the Black Summer bushfires and the species has remained vulnerable to logging and a warming climate.

ANU researcher David Lindenmayer, who has extensively studied the greater glider, said stronger action was needed to ensure the animal's survival.

I thought La Niña was over? Your questions answered about why New South Wales is flooding again

It's a familiar situation across the Greater Sydney basin and beyond once again.

Tens of thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes, thousands more are on watch to evacuate, and millions across the city, its surrounds and beyond are battling flooded roads, mouldy homes and umbrellas that simply are not up to the task

Time and again this year, New South Wales residents, and those in other states, have been told the rain is unusual.

In fact, Britain's BBC News is explaining to viewers how bad it is by pointing out there was more rainfall in Sydney in the four days to Monday than London normally receives in a year.

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

7 Types of Business Strategies for Business Owners

Hi all,

I have been using business strategies to grow my business from the time I started in 2001. When my business was just in the introduction stage, I started using the price skimming strategy because I wanted to capture the premium product position in the market. When I had established myself in the marketplace, I knew I had to face stiff competition, so I decided to use the pricing strategy where I offered discounts to find new buyers and used loyalty rewards to retain my existing customers. I have also been thinking about using alternative channel strategy now because I have a website. If you are curious about all these business strategies, do read the article shared below.

https://www.business2sell.com.au/blogs/evaluation/types-of-business-strategies-for-business-owners

Climate expert says NSW government should buy Sydney homes left 'uninhabitable' by floods

Flood waters have inundated Judy White's home in north-west Sydney three times in four months.

The Nepean River, which peaked at 16.61 metres on Sunday, rose past the top of her front door in Londonderry on Sunday.

"I've had this place for 12 months ... I didn't even make it to nine months. People don't understand unless they've been through it," she said.

"Where do you start? Mentally, physically, financially, it destroys you ... It's been three months later. I'm still cleaning up and it's happened again."

Environmental dam water released automatically by law, even under flood conditions, 'needs to change'

The New South Wales Water Minister says an impractical rule that has increased flooding risks on a number of occasions "needs to change" urgently, but a missed deadline means it will be at least another 12 months before it is fixed.

A rule in the Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie and Cudgegong Regulated Rivers Water Source 2016 legislation has on numerous occasions seen water automatically released out of a half-full Windamere Dam, near Mudgee, while the region's water systems are already experiencing flood conditions.

On Sunday, water was released out of Windamere into an already inundated Cudgegong River for five hours, at a time Mudgee roads were flooded, properties were saturated, and rivers were full.

Sydney flood crisis expected to worsen fruit and vegetable price hike

Soaring vegetable prices could be here to stay for some time, with the New South Wales flood crisis just the latest in a round of hits driving grocery bills sky-high.

In Camden, on the south-western outskirts of Sydney, vegetable producer Paul Grech said his crop of cabbages and baby spinach had been "wiped out" by the swollen Nepean River.

It is the third flood to hit his farm this year, washing away an estimated $1 million in turnover.

"You don't get anything after a flood," he said.

With the price of inputs like fertiliser and fuel also sky-high, Mr Grech said consumer grocery bills were likely to feel the cumulative impact.