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    Member's Question: 'Does anyone else feel that they are being ripped off by their pharmacy?'

    Smithlou I have also had the same problem as you with generic brands in Webster pack . plus all the tablets were placed together and I couldn’t sort them out . My GP arranged for me to have the original prescriptions I pay xtra for them but like you I find they work better.
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    Member's Question: 'Does anyone else feel that they are being ripped off by their pharmacy?'

    I have a pacemaker and will be 88 years old tomorow . Recently I had a yearly checkup with my heart specialist he fly’s up from Brisbane every Monday. Every year I see him he has changed my tablets . Please bring $500 with you . Last time he gave me a prescription for FORXIGAR tablets NO...
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    Are you missing these filthy hotel room hotspots? Travel experts share what to avoid

    wabcowombat how ever did you leave so quietly? The whole place would have heard me screaming and I would have raced out minus my belongings . Agree with article about rooms being cleaned . My son had an accommodation place only 29 rooms and used to employ several cleaners .some used to be...
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    Here's the footpath problem everyone is ignoring—and seniors like you are at risk

    Try walking with a white cane like I have people step over it 😡 even had one person tread on it . Others can be quite nice and let me pass. It takes all kinds I guess
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    This backyard project has sparked an unexpectedly tense standoff! What's your stand?

    FENCES and CAR PARKS I’ve had more arguments over these in 60 years than I have had SUNDAY dinners I Agree withGeoffO1 . If the fence is joining their property they want you to pay for all of it . If it’s on your property they are still not paying for it any way . Just want something to whinge...
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    Fewer councillors, more money? Why this local government wants to slash 60 councillors

    I can remember when the councils were voluntary in Tasmania only the Lord Mayor got paid 1000 pounds it was then and he handled everything that was mostly for his car . Travelling and arranging meetings no one else got paid in the town I lived in then .I have had quite a few moves in my life...
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    David and Goliath in this part of Oz: How 405 residents saved a 193-year-old post office

    PattiB I would love to be coming with you . When I lived at St Helens and we would drive down to Hobart would drive through Fingal . Used to say would like to look thru some of the old houses then to see what was inside . My mother in law was born in Fingal . We used to have photos of her father...
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    Tasmania's only large-scale private mental health clinic, the Hobart Clinic, to close inpatient site by end of October

    PattiB Thankyou for your reply . I no longer live there anymore have moved to warmer climate but still have 2 sons and grandchildren mostly working in government positions so I am filled in what’s going on . Don’t think Tasmanian government donates to foreign countries . They were looking to...
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    Convicted former NSW minister: From prison cell to political exile

    Susanne rose I agree with you . No amount of money should be given to charity for these crimes . If any money is given it should be to the victims . But that won’t help them if they have taken their own life in a lot of cases . Reminds me of the Epstein case when money was donated to charity buy...
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    Melbourne mother's case shines spotlight on rare but serious postpartum condition

    I have heard of this condition before but never anything as terrible as this . Goodness knows what tablets they have been prescribed or unsubscribed on before givin birth . Maybe she can be helped I would hope so . Lucky she is not in tasmania
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    Tasmania's only large-scale private mental health clinic, the Hobart Clinic, to close inpatient site by end of October

    Well just stop and think . There is the big OVAL going to cost 1*3 billion dollars . Then there ie the Ferry Fiasco just look how much that has cost SO FAR . And you want the government to finance mental health . In OUR dreams . They voted them in and now they have got them . There used to...
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    Convicted former NSW minister: From prison cell to political exile

    I wonder where all the people come from who voted for him . Obviously he has not been a good reccomendation at the council in 2006? Another Allan Jones turn out. Also I never understand when people are stood down .do they still get full pay . Is he still going to get full pay now he has been...
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    Broadcaster Alan Jones hit with nine new indecent assault charges

    Helenb55 not only politicians but people in high profile jobs . They all stick together and that’s why they are getting away with it . It’s disgusting
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    Trump's extraordinary attack on respected Australian journalist sparks diplomatic concerns

    Veggiepatch you have the best comment on here and you didn’t say a word . I don’t care what news the reporter works for . Question 1 what happened to the wars were going to be stopped in 1 day ?
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    Broadcaster Alan Jones hit with nine new indecent assault charges

    To think I used to watch his talk on tv every morning running someone down years ago and think what a good job he was doing . What ever was I thinking ? Never had any time for him after the DAM burst episode and the people sued him and won . Now all this “ pity he hadn’t been in the area when it...
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