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    Missing out on big savings? Discover how one simple switch cuts thousands from power bills

    We have 27 solar panels for a 10kw inverter plus batteries. Only on heavy cloudy days are we haveing to use the grid. We will be getting another bank of batteries shortly so our power goes into them and not the grid. Ergon gives us back only 8c a kwh but charges 32c. Because more people are...
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    Your age pension could drop by $203 a fortnight: Major deeming rate changes hit 460,000 Australians

    What if you have $100,000 in shares today, and then the market drops so you now have only $50,000. Where do the deeming rates go? Share markets are volatile and dividends flucuate.
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    A quiet $600 leak could be running from your bank account—here’s where to look first

    We all need to check our PayPal accounts as sometimes subscriptions sneak through
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    More cafes are ditching price tags—and the reason isn’t what you’d expect

    NO. Even at supermarkets, no price no sale.
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    ‘It is really concerning’: How fake police videos are fuelling gun law debate

    Thanks for the update. I find AI intrusive.
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    Are Gen Z Aussies onto something? How bold cash move led to a $97 fine

    If businesses want us to use cards drop the extra charges. Even government entities like transport departments change a fee for payments and won't accept cash. Rip-off
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    Joke 21 Random Thoughts

    Then there were the canable jokes, sut up and eat your dinner. These bring back memories
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    Woman says faecal transplant saved her and could help many more like her

    Why not do a proper investigation of the bacteria and then do the treatment as colonic treatment
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    Australia lifts import ban as parasite outbreak raises alarm

    How stupid to let potentially infected beef into Australia. To solve this probslem----- Repackage it and send it back to America. Then lets see who screems
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    'We don't know what they are monitoring': Top lawyer slams secret camera trial

    Does Vic. have the yellow box cameras? In Qld the get BBQed at times.
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    Fire on board Sydney to Hobart Virgin flight, with lithium battery suspected as cause

    Lithium batteries when ignited cannot be extinguished they have to burn out. A few weeks ago, a ship destroyed by 1 lithium battery in a car, and 3000 cars too
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    Still growing this Bunnings plant? Experts say it’s time to think again

    Sensitive weed (Mimosa Padua ) is an obnoxious pest in the north but a garden plant in Victoria
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    Still growing this Bunnings plant? Experts say it’s time to think again

    Sensitive weed (Mimosa Padua ) is an obnoxious pest in the north but a garden plant in Victoria.
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    North Burnett Regional Council hands down Queenland's biggest rate increase

    Once upon a time councilers were not paid it was an honorary job, how many hours of actual work do they do?
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    Would you have spotted the red flag on this $2,849 receipt? This man didn’t—and it nearly cost him big

    I had "Michel" try to give me a "refund" it was an International money laundring scam. Ha he didn't get it.
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