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    Government decision hits Chemist Warehouse's prescription policy

    I was shocked when I got tablets and did not see scripts in the box. When I asked why girl dryly informed me that she made a decision to keep them in pharmacy on file. I told her that I did not ask for such an action of a nanny service. If I did not notice it I would not be able to use any other...
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    State’s new driver licence update leaves more states behind

    Hundred of thousand NSW driving licences were leaked during recent data breach so people had to replace them and I suspect it was not free of charge. In Victoria I tried to download Licence to my Apple Wallet - did not find such option. In order to show you licence you have to run app - and this...
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    Parcel theft epidemic: Australia Post urges vigilance amid growing concerns

    Where is a diversity in delivery people employed by Australia Post? There were too many cases that some non responsible delivery guys either drop parcel without ringing people or driving away without attempting to deliver. This is a system problem that Aust Post does not recognise.
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    Discover how new fuel-efficiency standards will help Australian drivers save hundreds of dollars!

    Greg, please have a close look how electricity is generated in this country. The lion share of electrical energy is generated by burning brown coal and this is a fact. Second issue with EV - how our government is going to create an infrastructure to dispose them in the end of lifecycle. There...
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    Debt in grief: Centrelink's ‘insensitive’ letter adds pain to mourning daughter’s loss

    This is ridiculous - Centrelink is fully integrated with Birth, Marriage and Death registers in each territory and state. So if person is deceased and appropriate record is created in state register, any any government agency would have access to retrieve a death certificate that stored...
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    Debt in grief: Centrelink's ‘insensitive’ letter adds pain to mourning daughter’s loss

    There are only two certain things in life - death and taxes. Centrelink broke few rules in their manual by doing this - the root cause of this problem that even without AI letter was generated by computer system and never was reviewed by human. This is not a separate case because our government...
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    Are supermarket giants tricking you with misleading labels? Find out how!

    There is a simple solution - impose a rule that for each item for sale, supermarkets must provide a 5 years of history of price values and make it available online. It would eliminate cases when they hike prices fir x% and label them for x% discount - it is a quite real scenario that I already...
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    Woolworths' new self-checkout rule triggers customer uproar—here's why!

    It completely defies the purpose of self-checkouts when staff attendance is required. If we all would boycott self-service checkouts supermarkets would get the message.
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    Brain tumour survivor slams Centrelink after support payments cut off mid-recovery

    It has to be a class action against non-competency of Centrelink decisions. This government agency completely lost human touch by automating its decision making process that even cagoule not be audited
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    ‘People are struggling’: Change in fuel policy frustrates motorists

    Well BAU - show the candy and now remove it!
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    ATO cracks down on popular Oporto restaurant, forces shutdown

    Well Taxation office in their wisdom by shutting down two outlets creates another black hole in other government pocket by forcing staff to apply for a welfare benefit. Apparently taxmen are not familiar with a concept of total concept of ownership and can not evaluate negative financial impact...
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    Are you waiting on a claim? Services Australia reveals over one million submissions stuck in limbo

    This is absolute disgrace and mismanagement. And nobody personally accounted for creating and maintaining such a mess.
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    Homeowner's nightmare: Popular vacuum combusts, prompting fire hazard warnings

    Root cause - product made in China and there is no QA control for I imported electrical items
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    Shoppers furious on Coles parking loophole: ‘People feel entitled’

    Why supermarket need designated place. I am pretty sure that supermarket team members can read car plate numbers.
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