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    Do you think it's reasonable to leave your family in this situation?

    I have witnessed this in families (thankfully not in mine) Sadly there is sometimes alcohol, drugs or a person who genuinely has special needs.
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    When champions can't remember: Allan Moffat's courageous battle with dementia

    The 2 illnesses are connected. Allan Moffat has been suffering with this illness for awhile. A guy used to take him out for a few hours the days he seemed to be ok. Sadly he has deteriorated a lot in the last few weeks.
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    Do you think it's reasonable to leave your family in this situation?

    Has anybody attempted to show your sister how to make her bed? She should have been shown how to do it a few times when she was young. Some young children have a short attention span. Is your sister a "special needs" person or just lazy and needs more discipline. Who does the housework, your Mum...
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    City life losing its shine? Discover where senior Aussies are retiring instead

    Health needs and availability are definitely an issue that must be given serious thought. Many have to move back into higher populated areas to be able to easily obtain services needed. You don't want to have to travel for hours regularly to have some types of essential possibly life saving...
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    Class lawsuit claims supermarkets misled customers on discounts, shoppers act

    The question has to be asked - Have the manufacturers, distributors increased their prices?? One particular cereal company used to increase their prices in Jan every year. I worked in the wholesaler industry for 40 years and lists of price increases from suppliers etc were constant. We aren't...
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    Paper bag blues: How Australia’s plastic ban creates new problems for shoppers

    I have had the "handles" on paper bags break even when they have very little in them
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    Family donates $1.7 million to transform dementia care at aged care facility

    The Govt. plenty of money on a lot of entertainment activities. They are a luxury. They forget that if people aren't able to access health treatment many people cannot go to those events. Some people wait 3 + years for a knee replacement. Hopefully this will also enable the Aged Care Facility to...
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    Supermarket's new gate-keeping: Why your membership card scanning matters more than ever

    Saving wages. You used to have to show your card to a staff member inside near the entrance. Can you renew your membership at the scanner?? You used to renew it in the store
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    Paper bag blues: How Australia’s plastic ban creates new problems for shoppers

    A lot of the older plastic bags years ago were re-usable. People either didn't realise it or were too lazy to save and re-use them. Drake Supermarkets had a reward system which encouraged people to re-use their bags. We were issued with cards which were stamped with the number of bags you...
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    Buckle up, seniors! New driving regulations could target elderly licence holders

    I agree with you about car headlights. Not too many metropolitan roads are flat either. Drivers need to dip their lights when driving up behind another car too, otherwise the front car rear vision mirror reflects back into the driver and passenger's eyes. Te headlights started getting too bright...
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    Buckle up, seniors! New driving regulations could target elderly licence holders

    SA must have changed its laws. My Mum passed away in 2009 at 90 y.o. From 80 y.o. or earlier she had to have a medical form filled out by the Dr. every 12 months. Maybe it was because she wore glasses although most people are wearing them by that age
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    Fine line emerges between security and overreach as customers question banking tactics

    I think all banks do that. They can check details on that against details they have on their system. Otherwise if people get your card they can take it into the bank and use it to take money out of your account.
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    Australia's daily fire crisis: Why your old mobile phone battery could cost taxpayers $150,000

    Some Coles have been doing it for awhile. I think selected Woolworths have been too.
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    Your fridge could be making you sick this summer—here's how to fix it

    My Mum had a routine that she thoroughly cleaned and sorted out our fridge once a fortnight before she went shopping. It was extremely rare that anything had to be thrown out.
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