McDonalds to home deliver.
Fairfax media has revealed that fast-food chain restaurant McDonalds will begin trialling a home delivery service in Sydney on orders over $25. Having already started the project through soft launch in the North Parramatta Branch on the 27th of November, the McDelievery service will allow you to order everything from Big Macs through to MFlurrys and have them delivered to your doorstep.
However, as the suburbs surrounding North Parramatta include the second highest rates of adult obesity in the state, nutritionists are concerned that the McDelievery service will promote laziness and obesity.
Prince Harry’s race to the South Pole cancelled.
The highly anticipated ‘Walking with the wounded’ charity race in the South Pole has been cancelled. The race – which was to involve wounded soldiers from Australia, Canada, America, United Kingdom and Prince Harry – was cancelled five days in, after the weather in the South Pole turned dangerous.
Chris Bowen says Qantas ‘too big’ to fail.
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has urged the Abbott government to make a direct equity injection into Qantas saying that the national airline is ‘effectively too big to fail’. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Bowen said that government action was the key to allowing a level playing field between other airlines such as Virgin Australia. This comes after Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced on Friday that over 1000 jobs would be cut over the next 12 months to reduce costs.
Radioactive spill in Kakadu.
A mine inside the world heritage listed Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory was closed down after a radioactive spill occurred. It is believed that a tank carrying over one million litres of acid exploded, allowing the acid to leak and spread across the main part of the mine.
Missing Sydney teens found.
13-year-old Teagan Lloyd and Skye Keenan, who have been missing since Wednesday, were located at Chatswood Railway Station today. The girls, who are both safe, are now in Police Custody, with officers thanking the public for their assistance. The teens were announced missing when they failed to attend school on Wednesday.
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Top Comments
Aaarrrggghhh, McDonald's will do home delivery?! I'm throwing out all the other menus I've got! Honestly, that is not a joke, I've wanted them to home deliver since I was 15!
You are not alone on this one!
When do people start taking responsibility for themselves? Getting Macca's home delivered isn't all that different from walking the few metres out of your front door to your car, driving to the closest drive thru and taking it home to eat - so I don't see how it's going to affect obesity levels.
I was going to say the same thing. Macdonalds is within a short walking distance no matter where you are. Extreme laziness. It's no wonder obesity is out of control.