It is always a pleasant surprise when shopping, to be served by assistants and business support staff who are pleasantly disposed toward customers. This courtesy guarantees people will return to that enterprise in the future.

Courtesy is all too rare in the NT, especially within the retail sector.

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In many ways it is good that overseas students overstay their visas and work in Australia. Without their contribution many menial and manual work domains would have hundreds of unfilled jobs – positions that homegrown youth and older workers feel to be beneath their dignity. They prefer welfare support options.