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    When will every Australian get a digital driver’s licence? Here’s what no one’s telling you

    If you drive a car model post-2015 and have Bluetoothed your portable device to the digital display for geolocation, if you have a portable device at all, if you've hooked up a 'smart' tv etc, and don't have the digital smarts, or convenience rules, to disconnect the relevant 'services', then...
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    Not so simple anymore: The smart TV revolution meets its match

    Here's another tip to protect your privacy - and your wallet. Unplug the tv when not in use. It's listening to you (maybe even videoing you) and feeding the info to makers who sell/pass it on to who knows where. But mainly, if you have a medium to large screen by today's standards, unplugging...
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    Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion halted after community legal challenge

    Good on ya, DAMSHEG. The Hunter Valley has the worst respiratory issues in the country, among a no. of other mining related pollution issues. Health is more important than money. Bet the bloody L&E court overturn it though.
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    A quiet change is rolling out across Woolworths stores nationwide. Did it catch your eye recently?

    Didn't really notice the change. I use a basket whenever possible anyway. Sounds like good recycling though. They will burn though.
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    Meet Woody: The shopping robot that never needs a holiday could be your new best friend

    Assist not replace. Bollocks! It's clear by retail operators replies, that's not that they're dreaming of. Also the expense is never mentioned. It strikes me vandalism would also be a serious consideration irresistible to some.
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    Gene Simmons blacked out behind the wheel—and the surprising reason could happen to you

    Can we PLEASE not continue the US misuse of the word 'careening'. It means to scrape detritus (barnacles etc) of a boat's hull. 'Careering' is the correct term.
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    Trump’s new tariff threat could leave Australian cinemas and wallets feeling the pinch

    Sounds like a great opportunity for AU to further build its film-making cred and grown-up industry by slapping 100% on States-made productions, at the same time as reducing the USA's damaging cultural hegemony. Put that back into local production and it should easily pay for possible losses...
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    Should employees be fired for refusing service over politics? THIS Subway flag row divides Australia

    This is all pretty silly - but the wider echoes are funny and interesting. For those above who didn't bother to read the article or even look at the TikTok image (a social media aggregator recently taken over by MAGA in the USA), the SUBWAY employee was a woman, not a man, she did use the c word...
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    Here's the shocking truth about loneliness affecting Australians of all ages

    Is this a repeat or the 2nd time Layla Subritzky has 'spoken out'. To make new friends in a new place, you have to take part, and it takes awhile. She's not worth repeating. 15 months in WA and we have a host of new friends and welcoming acquaintances.
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    From single mum to political powerhouse: Pauline Hanson's remarkable revelation

    Nothing in this article addresses, let alone attempts to explain or even simply cover Hanson's racism, xenophobia, victimising and manipulation of the disenfranchised, warmongering, privatisation pushing, union bashing, anti-environmental stance and general divisiveness, and slavish support for...
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    THIS hidden rule change stopped our parcels to the USA—and how it’s been fixed

    Trump's war on the world, including Americans.
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    Your phone could soon replace your car keys—and it might just make life easier for seniors

    And if the power supply is out, say in a bushfire or flood, and the mobile tracking device is flat (my partner's often is)? Bloody idiots! I'm so sick of mobile devices being crammed full of everything, and no alternative access. They are THE most vulnerable part of the network re crime.
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    TGA yet to investigate the safety of most medicinal cannabis products

    That's Oxycodone and it's extremely addictive.
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    Trump's extraordinary attack on respected Australian journalist sparks diplomatic concerns

    It's time AU applied to join BRICS and left the monetary and military rule of the world's greatest warmongers.
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