Over the weekend, my wife went to Bunnings looking for fishing swivels. She does not fish, and wanted the swivels for a hobby totally unrelated to fishing. Bunnings had no swivels. Fair enough, there are lots of things they don't sell, and there are plenty of sporting shops and Kmart carrying such things.

But, if you look at the wefishaustralia.com.au site you will find that the fishing organisation has been advised that: “Bunnings managers have been instructed not to support any group that is associated with killing any animal including angling clubs, as well as hunting and shooting clubs”.

I don't fish either, preferring others to 'horribly murder' (apparently) my food. But, I thought that any anglers and shooters among us might like to know what Bunnings thinks of them next time they go looking for hardware and stuff Bunnings does sell.

Sporting organisations (AFL) telling us we should vote for fake marriages; Airlines (Qantas) doing the same thing and now, Bunnings discriminating against people wanting to take part in the ancient pastime of fishing and shooting for the table!

There was a time when business kept their political views to themselves for fear of upsetting potential customers. Not any more, it seems.

What a joke ttbn.

Bunnings sells a vast amount of different types of poison to kill weeds and trees and insects and most in some way shape or form would go into drainage and the water table and into waterways where it must kill something.

Then there is all the loo and floor cleaners, chlorine, you name it. Mostly with no warning in big print if any warning at all.

Bunnings also practices no plastic carry bags and that policy is an absolute farce because it is sewage nutrient overload pollution, sometimes including Bunnings fertilizers, that is feeding algae that is killing marine plants and even causing dead zones, nothing to do with plastic bags.

Sure, plastic bags look bad in the water but during diving spanning 60 years including in underwater film production I have never seen a single animal affected by plastic or plastic bags, but I have seen thousands of mutton birds and penguins dead due to starvation linked to dead seagrass small-fish nurseries caused by nutrient pollution and algae.

Two things come to mind.
1. Bunnings saves hundreds of thousands of dollars by not providing plastic carry bags for customers and they get customers to take their empty boxes away.
2. Bunnings may be aware there are not many fish left in rivers and ocean so selling tackle is not viably sustainable.

Really though, what about impact of all the poisons and fertilizers they sell. Anti-mould, soap, acid, lead. LOL.

If Bunnings would like to respond toward solutions, push politically to improve sanitation and wastewater treatment to reduce the nutrient load entering waterways.
You would sell much more plumbing gear and generate business and thousands of jobs in the process.

All true, JF.

Wait a minute, aren't 'Bunnings' a wholly owned subsidiary of 'Wesfarmers' who in turn own 'K-mart' a big seller of fishing gear? But, 'K-mart' are too busy exploiting poor little Bangladeshi's to produce cheap clothing in sweatshops in Dhaka so they can sell the rubbish at obscene margins to Australians! Across the road at 'Coles' another member of the 'Westfarmers' mafia they are flooding the world with plastic shopping bags, by the billions!

ttbn, don't you know 'Bunnings' have the highest gross margin at 15% of any within that mafia, 'Coles' can only manage 4%, that must count for something. Like any good corporate citizen 'Bunnings' have managed to knock out the competition, 'Woolworths' tried and failed, while at the same time screwing suppliers on the wholesale price. They control the lot, its corporate heaven.

Just another day, down at the big end of town.

ttbn, I just checked the Bunnings website and they are offering four models of gun safe, including one with "10 gun capacity". That does not look like an organization opposed to hunting.

At least they employ White people.
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