Sunday Trading in Hervey Bay

The subject I am discussing with an illustration is Sunday Trading in Hervey Bay for small businesses. Since Hervey Bay is a holiday destination our city is allowed Sunday trading.

Currently in the shopping center of Centro in Hervey Bay, we have Sunday trading. I am opposed to the idea of Sunday trading. The reasons for this are Sunday, traditionally is known as the Sabbath day, which means a day of rest. I believe that Sunday is meant to be a time of relaxation, family time or time to get refreshed for a week of work/school.

In my illustrations I have used two different types of shops, one is Book City in which is a small business and Target, which is a large, national chain store.

I have used:

Dollar signs to represent how much money has been earnt in that business. I have drawn a lot of money in the Target doors and a one-dollar sign in the Book city doors to compare how much money each business might receive on Sunday trading.
Stick figure people to indicate how much business that shop might get compared to the other shop. Since Target can order a lot of stock they can afford to put down the prices and have a lot of sales, which will increase the amount of customers.
A WANTED WORKER sign to represent how big shops can afford to pay workers double time on Sunday.
Z’s to indicate businesses half asleep due to customer shortage.
The C on the board to represent what shopping centre I have used as the example.
The SALE sign on the Target shop represents how even if they lose cash on Sunday they can still afford a sale.
The clock to indicate what the time of day it is.
The figures represent how a small can lose money opening on Sunday.

In conclusion I think there should be at least one day of the week where every store takes a rest.

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PICTURE 1

Book City, Kleins, Mind Games, Sanity

Small shops in large shopping complexes under their lease agreements are required to open on Sundays. The smaller shops have more trouble paying employees more, than the larger shops because they don’t sell as much as larger shops.

Myer, Target

Larger shops can afford to pay more to employees on Sundays, as they tend to sell more items and can buy their stock at better prices than smaller shops. Majority of people prefer the bigger shops to the smaller ones because they have a larger variety of items.

My Picture

My picture shows Target and Myer pushing the smaller shops away because they get more business and have better prices and are able to have more sales. The customers are happy that 2 big shops are replacing 5 little ones as they have more range to choose from at much lower prices.

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Sunday is Tradditionally the day of rest, also known as the Sabbath Day.

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	This picture was found in Courier Mail 28th, August 2008. This picture describes how some businesses feel and how hard it can become in the business agency. Click here to enlarge
	Here are some more photos of us meeting with Mr Rob Messenger, MP - The QLD Shadow Minister for Small Business. The meeting was very successful. For details check out our 'How You Can Help' page.

This picture was found in Courier Mail 28th, August 2008. This picture describes how some businesses feel and how hard it can become in the business agency.

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Here are some more photos of us meeting with Mr Rob Messenger, MP - The QLD Shadow Minister for Small Business.

The meeting was very successful. For details check out our 'How You Can Help' page.