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After nearly 30 years in business, Barb Moffat is considering closing the doors of his beloved bakery, as customers have stopped coming. “We have no, or almost no customers because they can’t park,” Moffat said. As COVID-19 restrictions ease in 2021, the main road in the central Queensland town of Gracemere returns to its normally busy highway. But in September, business owners said people had stopped shopping there because it was too difficult to park due to roadworks. “This is embarrassing… It’s just a nightmare,” said Moffat. “Parents can’t come, mostly every day there will be accidents. “We’ve suffered and suffered and I’m not the only one; FoodWorks, butchers, doctors, real estate … when will it stop?” Construction is ongoing to improve the Gracemere main road. ( ABC Capricornia: Rachel McGhee ) Construction is underway to upgrade Lawrie Road from two to four lanes, which is designed to reduce congestion...

Sue Carmichael shoots through a skirt rack at her local operations shop in Goulburn, New South Wales. Longtime savers don’t have to look at brands to know which one is from “one of those chains”. He took out one to demonstrate. “The elastic goes down and sits well, but your eyes can tell,” he says. The 58-year-old almost exclusively buys second-hand goods. Today, she was looking for a pair of white shoes for an event in Brisbane, but she said it was getting harder and more expensive to find good quality items at the op shop. The advent of fast fashion has disrupted the traditional life cycle of clothing with fewer clothes designed with the second or third owner in mind. Laura Washington encourages her students to look for second-hand clothes. ( Provided: Laura Washington ) Laura Washington, head teacher at The Fashion Design Studio at TAFE NSW, says fast fashion is the opposite of the heirloom clothing that thrifters cherish. “The life of these garme...

A new mother is horrified while shopping online after a store employee texts her rudely. Paige Gavenlock contacted baby shop Little Rompers on Facebook about buying a stroller on Sunday, when an employee called her ‘dumb c***’, a screenshot revealed. Darwin’s mother asked: ‘Hey guys, do you have any carbon stocks in Uppababy vistav2?’ The employee replied, saying: ‘Unfortunately, the V2 is sold by the basket, and the colors you mention are exclusive to Baby Bunting. You stupid.’ Gavenlock told Daily Mail Australia he was ‘deeply shocked’ and when he saw the message he assumed it was from a fake Facebook account for the shop. “Then when it became clear that it was actually a message from the staff working at the shop, I was completely embarrassed, still in shock and utterly disgusted,” the young mother said. When he complained to the shop, he was told the female employee was ‘a bit of a rough diamond’, and he ...