Recent content by Rain72

Who said anything about lying? Tact works better than anger.

I think it is a gender thing. Men often feel entitled to leave the kitchen chores to women, or maybe just don't know how to do them or fear they will do it wrong. I used to struggle to help in other people's homes because I was nervous that they might not like the way I do things. I especially...

How do they come up with an inflation rate of 2-3%? My insurances rose 29%, council rates 19%, water rates 15%, electricity a whopping 317%, and food nearly 40%. Some costs may have fallen a little, but those are the main expenses we can't escape and falls elsewhere come nowhere near...

Something about this entire affair doesn't sit right with me. Yes, Robodebt used an illegal method of calculation. And yes, that was wrong. But if someone's tax return showed sufficient income that they might not qualify for benefits, that means they obviously had an adequate income for the...

To help you with you math, Campos: House price in 2025. $700,000 Doubled in 7 years = $1.4 mil in 2032 Doubled again in 7 years = $2.8 mil in 2039 Doubled again in 7 years - $5.6 mil in 2046 Doubled again in 7 years = $11.2 mil in 2053 Doubled again in 7 years = $22.4 mil in 2060 That's only 35...

I think you need a fact check. Firstly, I DID NOT say superannuation was only for the rich. I said it was designed as a tax dodge for the wealthy, and it was, and it has been used that way to huge effect, at great cost to the rest of the community. Certainly, it has benefited workers who would...

The biggest issue for me is the shocking 'regulators' who constantly say 'just check the tradie has a license and report if they don't' and claim be doing 'crackdowns' on unlicensed tradies. But the licensed dodgies can do as they please. The regulators are so lazy and corrupt. Licensed builders...

Perhaps they meant that he talked about getting the pension. Or maybe they saw him go to the bank to withdraw it? Or maybe they saw him flashing a pension card to claim discounts or free doctor visits, etc.

I agree and sympathise. I know of someone who was required to go to an interview at Centrelink and was faced with a 22 year old just out of uni, dripping expensive jewellery, who laughed at him and then wrote a report saying he didn't 'appear' to have any disability. An appeal failed...

Yet I know two who got through the assessment and are also on NDIS, with nothing wrong with them at all except the lazy gene. And I reported one - who was also lying about assets - but got a response from her solicitor threatening me. Centrelink did not investigate to my knowledge.

Home insurance proved a nightmare for us when we moved into a home clad with the most advanced and now very popular new home cladding - rendered EPS. It is fire proof, amazingly robust and impact resistant, cheap to repair or replace, water resistant, termite proof, and has a very high...

Commercial operators, yes! If they are using the venue to make money, why shouldn't they pay? They would have to lease premises otherwise. Family gatherings, charities and not-for-profits, NO. Ratepayer-funded facilities are there for the people. And the people should be able to use them...

I wanted to do this on our 50th anniversary. Our wedding was lovely, but rushed due to hubby's military posting and low budget. I borrowed everything I wore except a blue garter and my pantyhose! I told my younger daughter, when she was planning her wedding, that my one regret about our wedding...

What you say is very valid, and it's true that a policeman's job is extremely challenging. But while I would never use the word 'pigs', I do understand why some people condemn police. I have been in situations where I genuinely needed their protection or assistance and they failed dismally...

But if she gets a lift, she still has to wear a seat belt and she or the driver is liable to a fine if the camera captures her without it correctly positioned, so she gains nothing - except to maybe jeopardise thee friend she asks to give her a lift.