Apathy rules, but fuel fight goes on W e all say we want thin e - s chatwed. We all
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despair when another of our colleagues goes under, seemingly every week now, strangled by the Government's outrageous increases in fuel prices. We all say that enough is enough and we must do something before the French or the Belgians or the Dutch or god knows who else take away our jobs and our livelihoods.
Who are we kidding?
I arrived early last Saturday at the RBA's Fair Play on Fuel Rally. I was giving up my Saturday but I thought the fuel fight was worth it. Perhaps I was being too optimistic but I expected to sit back and watch hundreds of my friends and colleagues stream through the entrance with pride in who they are and what they do, ready to join me.
But the stream did not come. It was only a trickle.
Where were you? You'll have plenty of time to sit back in your armchairs soon not just on a Saturday but
every other day of the week. Wake up, get up and support us. How do we expect the public to care when it seems we do not even care ourselves?
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