After global news giant CNN covered our story on March 28th 2013, news broadcasters from around the globe have quickly followed their lead with over 100 news stations and websites from all over the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, Greece, China, Japan, Malaysia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Czech Republic, Belgium, Turkey, Hungary, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Dominican Republic and the Middle East reporting or publishing links to our story so far.

AUSTRALIA
29/03/2013 – All News AU – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Australia Glory – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Mel News – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Topix Melbourne – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

BELGIUM
29/03/2013 – 7SUR7 – ‘Un village Australien resiste a McDonald’s‘

CANADA
29/03/2013 – Magzweb – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

CHINA
29/03/2013 – Echo Global – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

CROATIA
28/03/2013 – Dalje – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

CYPRUS
28/03/2013 – Cyprus News – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

CZECH REPUBLIC
14/04/2013 – Tyden.CZ – ‘Mestecko v Australii vzdoruje restauraci McDonald’s’

DENMARK
01/04/2013 – Daily Fix – ‘Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
04/04/2013 – Hechos De Hoy – ‘The case of Tecoma would never occur in Dominican Republic’

FRANCE
06/04/2013 – Gentside – ‘Des Australiens luttent contre l’implantation de au sein de leur village‘

29/03/2013 – Jepic – ‘Un village Australien resiste a McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Menly – ‘Un village en lutte contre Mcdonald’s‘

29/03/2013 – News BCC – ‘Un village Australien resiste a McDonald’s’

GREECE
28/03/2013 – News Apsou – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Dou – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

ITALY
01/04/2013 – DUALAJM – ‘Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

HUNGARY
28/03/2013 – Daily News – ‘Oz town: ‘No’ to McDonald’s’

INDIA
29/03/2013 – Samachar – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

JAPAN
28/03/2013 – Fukishima Nuclear – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

MALAYSIA
31/03/2013 – Oriental Daily News – ‘Australian town boycotts McDonald’s’

31/03/2013 – Kwong Wah eNews – ‘Australian town boycotts McDonald’s’

MEXICO
30/03/2013 – The LCDC Network – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

MIDDLE EAST
28/03/2013 – Arab Herald – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Middle East Star – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

NEPAL
28/03/2013 – Nepal National – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

SRI LANKA
28/03/2013 – Kalapam – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

TURKEY
02/04/2013 – Turkyurdu – “Aussie town fights McDonald’s”

UNITED KINGDOM
03/04/2013 – Local UK News – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – British Business Finder – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – News Now – ‘Oz town: ‘No’ to McDonald’s’

USA

Boston
28/03/2013 – WCVB – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

California
28/03/2013 – KSBW – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Chicago
28/03/2013 – Vox 6 News – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDoanld’s’

Florida
28/03/2013 – Click Orlando – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – WTCI 12 – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – The Palm Beach Times – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Georgia
29/03/2013 – What’s Up Atl – ‘Why one town is fighting McDoanld’s’

Iowa
28/03/2013 – KCCI News 8 – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Louisiana
28/03/2013 – Bayou Buzz – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Michigan
28/03/2013 – Click On Detroit – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Missouri
28/03/2013 – ABC 17 News – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Montana
28/03/2013 – NBC Montana – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – KTVQ – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

New Hampshire, Vermont and New York
28/03/2013 – WPTZ – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

New York
28/03/2013 – Grouperly – ‘Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Noticebrd – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

New York/New Jersey
28/03/2013 – ICEPN News – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

Oklahoma
28/03/2013 – KOCO – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Pennsylvania
28/03/2013 – WGAL News – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – WTAE – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

South Carolina
28/03/2013 – The Myrtle Beach Post – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

Texas
28/03/2013 – KSAT – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – KVIA – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – KTXS – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

GENERAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SITES:

28/03/2013 – Ad Balla – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – AIO News – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – All Over News – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – Analyzed News – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – APSense – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – Aquarius News – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Big News Network – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Bipartisan Report – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – Broken Meters – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – Capital Bay – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

02/04/2013 – Daily CNN – Small Town, Big Arches – Why an Australian city is fighting “McDonald”

28/03/2013 – Daily Europe – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Deca Post World – ‘The town saying ‘no’ to McDonald’s’

02/04/2013 – EIN News – ‘Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

31/03/2013 – E Turbo News – ‘Small Australian town battles McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Feed Story – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

04/04/2013 – Force Change – ‘Keep McDonald’s out of Small Australian Town’

28/03/2013 – FRROLE – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Got News Wire – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Harvard Kennedy School – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

31/03/2013 – Inagist – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Internet Broadcasting – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Inter News Daily – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – In The News – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Las Ultimas Noticias – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Latest News – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

03/03/2013 – Latest News and Headlines – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – News 47 – ‘Why one Aussie town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – NewsCastic – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – News Grio – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

01/04/2013 – Pass Fail – ‘Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Phatz News Room – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – Politimo – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Pressactors – ‘Why an Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – RSS Pump – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Schwark Report – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Show Off The Magazine – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Silo Breaker – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

01/04/2013 – The Daily Meal – ‘Why one Australian Town is Against McDonald’s’

30/03/2013 – Top Adlesse – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Top News Today – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Totally WP – ‘The town saying ‘no’ to McDonald’s’

01/04/2013 – Travel Information – ‘Small Australian town battles McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – VG Call – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – Visionary Trainers – ‘Why one town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Witty Sparks – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – Wopular – ‘An Aussie town fights McDonald’s’

29/03/2013 – World Edu – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

28/03/2013 – World Top Stories – ‘Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald’s’

Leading international news broadcaster CNN have now covered the story of our David and Goliath battle against the McDonald’s Corporation!

News of what’s happening in the little Australian town of Tecoma has now reached a potential audience of 10’s OF MILLIONS worldwide and continues to spread!

News broadcasters from around the globe quickly followed CNN’s lead with over 80 news stations and websites from all over the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, Greece, China, Japan, Cyprus, Denmark, Belgium, Turkey, Hungary and the Dominican Republic reporting or publishing links to our story over the past 72 hours.

The Twittersphere has also gone crazy with the story being tweeted and retweeted by people from all over the world, reaching over 10 MILLION Twitter users! CNN tweeted the story to just under 8 million followers, as did Your Anon News to over 900,000 followers!

Retweets of particular note also came from:

Morgan Spurlock of ‘Supersize Me’ fame:

Christine Assange (Mother of Julian Assange):

and even Father Bob Maguire:

Our Burger Off website stats have also absolutely gone THROUGH THE ROOF over the past few days with visitors from:

The United States, China, Great Britain, Canada, Taiwan, Ukraine, Japan, Malaysia, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Spain, France, South Korea, India, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Jamaica, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Poland, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Estonia, Singapore, Austria, Ireland, The Netherlands, The Philippines, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Switzerland, Israel, Italy, Brazil, Indonesia, Moldova, South Africa, Mexico, Thailand, Malta, Peru, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, Finland, Kazakhstan, Columbia, Ireland, Serbia, Burundi, Belgium, Costa Rica, South Korea, Vietnam, Pakistan, Iraq, Chile, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Greece, Uruguay, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Iceland, Portugal, Panama, Iran, Ivory Coast, Nepal, Belarus, Czech Republic, Argentina, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Ecuador, Cambodia, Bahrain, Slovak Republic, Latvia, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Zambia, Croatia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Palestinian Territories, Kuwait, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Tanzania, Virgin Islands and Albania!

Messages of support are coming in from all over the globe:

“Greetings to all in the Dandenong Ranges:

I live in Canada and just got wind of your campaign to keep the beauty of the place you call home intact, and wanted to lend my moral support to your efforts. I’ll not be going to McDonald’s for coffee and muffin every morning. A local bakery will be it for me from now on.

Something that I didn’t see mentioned in the reasons you are wanting McDonald’s to stay away, is the smell. If you’re unlucky enough to be within about a half mile, the constant smell of the grease they use for frying will drive you crazy. Trust me, I’ve been there.

Best of luck in your efforts”

and

“As an American who is squarely in the middle of the carnage that fast food brings, I’ll go a bit Aussie and say Good on Ya!

Fast food is the cause of the rampant obesity I see every day. And I’m not being hypocritical, I do not eat fast food simply because it makes me physically ill. As a result I eat a lot of fish, rice, vegetables and fresh fruit.

Good luck with your fight and I hope it’s a trend that catches on!”

and

“Congratulations! Keep up the great work. As a former employee of McDonald’s in Newfoundland, Canada, I know that are a money hungry corporation, who only want to make people fat and unhealthy.

They want profits and only profits. Yes they say they help the local communities, however, look at the rate of pay they give their employees. The bare miminum, not enough to support their families. It’s no wonder they have a very hard time getting local employees. Here in Newfoundland, they are bringing people in from overseas. People who do not know any better.

Thank you and good luck”

What a very Happy Easter it has been!

Howard Armitage, long time future franchisee of McDonald’s Tecoma has had a change of heart. It has been reported today (Tuesday 12th) in the Maroondah Weekly that he no longer wants to be part of a plan to open a McDonald’s in Tecoma! Community resilience in the face of this global bully McDonald’s has worked and we have got our point across to Mr. Armitage that McDonalds is UNWANTED in Tecoma.

A new franchisee, James Currie, of McDonalds Boronia has stepped in to take on Tecoma, and despite the largest ever gathering of people in Tecoma (the Rally on March 2nd, where 3,000+ gathered united against McDonalds), a Macca’s spokesperson confirmed that a meeting with the community would not be happening in the near future.

This is nothing short of an insult to the Hills community, considering in the same article, new franchisee, Currie states he hoped “the community and I can work together moving forward”. He is where our focus must now shift. All that we have done to drive the message home to Mr. Armitage, will now be levelled at you Mr. Currie! You have sorely underestimated how long and hard we are prepared to fight to save Tecoma.

As it is too late to change the venue of our Drive Through protest join us between 6.30PM and 7.30PM on Wednesday 13th (tomorrow night) to send a message via the drive through at the Ferntree Gully store to say “Thanks Howie – you finally took the hint! Can you still pass onto Maccas HQ we don’t a Macca’s in Tecoma”. (Meet 6PM in the carpark behind DVD store in Tecoma if you wish to travel in a convoy”.

THEN: if you have the time join us for our FIRST drive through at the Boronia McDonalds store (267 Dorset Rd Boronia) to welcome James Currie to our campaign! Tonight on the menu at Boronia is “No Maccas in Tecoma please!”

Remember to keep it polite as possible as we pass on our message to the staff at these stores, the staff are not our target, they are just doing their job!. It is the McDonalds corporation and franchisee’s who we want to send a message to.

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