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    Millions of Australians could be fined $11,000 for these everyday items

    Does this include kitchen bin liners ? In an upstairs unit, can’t bury food scraps-though a few go to the pot plants- do I go back to getting newspapers to wrap everything? Some days not well enough to go to outside bins
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    Kmart's $35 lamp is a great dupe of the $1900 vintage original!

    Suggestions please ! Love my bedside lamps but the shades are getting shabby. Any shades without lamps available at regular price stores pls ?
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    ALDI’s best products this year as voted by Aussie shoppers – which ones have you tried?

    I feel guilty about dealing with non-Australian, but pop in to check out the middle aisle, and get Apple rounds, quiche Lorraine, and the little chips because when empty the little containers fit in my insulin pack for used sharps transit storage 🥱😉😀
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    Aussies beware! This list of 'cons' about living in Australia is going viral - are the claims true?

    Hhmmm : we don’t have hideous large predators like bears and mountain lions . . . My fav redheads wear a mullet to keep the sunstroke off the back of the neck . . . Whingers go home. 🥱😉😊😀
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    News and politics

    News and politics It was technically not paid back to workers comp, it was the portion I had assumed was mine beyond the pension allowance for other income - was deducted from pension over the next months. Even worse, the education dept (supply teacher) had kept the first week’s worth - why...
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    Pensioners may be the solution to job vacancies, but the pension penalty is too high

    Some years back I was receiving invalid benefits but working on call whenever we’ll enough. A bad fall gave me six weeks workers comp ( average of previous 52 weeks, about one day per week) I claimed it according to the income formula. Some five years later, I was told the auditors had...
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    Professional cleaner reveals the SIX things you SHOULD AVOID if you want to make cleaning your home a breeze

    Found storage containers to fill that gap above kitchen cupboards ( photo won’t load)
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    Aussies weigh in on which items they can't live without despite price hikes

    Sometimes it’s when you are most worried about finances, that you most need a small indulgence
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    Woman faces backlash after revealing “UNCONVENTIONAL” way of slicing a sandwich — "There’s a fine line between genius and madness"

    I changed my cutting ways as my kid numbers grew then reduced- not only sandwiches but roast chickens too! Now I still give grandkids the option of how many sections to help learning to count
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    Little-known detail at supermarket sales tag REVEALED by former staffer: "Great info!"

    I was told at Aldi that if a price tag has a code number it is a regular and will be there again - no number, it is a one-off
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    Mum’s FANTASTIC hack for effortlessly upgrading your toaster – “Absolutely beautiful!”

    Great idea! The toaster I want will evenly toast thin bread as well as thick - why doesn’t anyone think of this ??!!
  12. K

    The Great SDC Shortbread Review of 2022 by member Gayle

    Don’t forget my new obsession : shortbread cream tiramisù !!
  13. K

    Mum reveals SIMPLE HACK for putting fitted bed sheet

    A simple way is to mark the head and foot ends by a line of stitching or laundry marker
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