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    Shop 'til you drop…but watch out for scams: How to stay safe this holiday season

    they aren't a scam BUT they are a totally computer company and one finds themselves dealing with a robot at all times and a different robot each time you ring frustrating, also once one places an order they keep on asking if you want more and if you do it now starts to complicates things also...
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    DONT USE JETSTAR

    ditto
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    CHOICE Shonky Awards expose social media giant for dubious practices in 2024

    Idont understand mere mortals like me know about the koch, smith and forrest scams on Facebook, why cant they be removed ? or exposed a similar way the scammer puts them on, why not make a big story about it ,im sure Facebook knows how to bomb story and overexpose an item ....maybe they are in...
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    Are your driving skills outdated? Experts believe so and here's why

    RUBBISH..(65 to 85 ) = 21% ( 45 to 65, ). 21% + ? (25 to 45,). 21% + ? (18 to25 ) 19%.....leaves 60% for45-65 and25 -45...30%each?? but this only tells of the deaths , was about a record of driving faults , so if (1) 20 yo driver at fault drunk kills a innocent couple (2)...
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    Revealed: Late Queen's last words in her unseen final diary entry!

    has everyone forgotten the saying....REST IN PEACE. it's not hard to give respect, especially when someone dies....let her rest in peace
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    Get quality food for less as Too Good To Go expands operations

    EXACTLY...I tried this in my cake shop yrs ago and nearly went broke I offered the unsold cakes at half price at the end of the day ....and nearly went broke, everyone waited til the end of the day, some even said Can i buy now, cause your only going to sell them cheap anyway, so gave them to...
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    Banking crisis averted: Bendigo Bank shares update after outage

    I wont shop at shops that only take cards......I will eventually have to do as im told but am putting it off til the last min..using card only at present cost the card owner app 2.5%...how long before they put it up to 3.5% etc, its making us all take a2.5% drop in our wealth......the future...
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    Famous chef's new children's book sparks outrage, pulled from shelves

    how far back do we go? at some stage there was only 2 people on earth so THEY own the world and we are all descendants of them and the land how far backed we go? a couple of hundred years ago mans cruelty to man was dreadful, women and men and children were sold as slaves to wealthy people...
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    Viral photo reveals city's descent from paradise to crisis: 'This is so sad to witness'

    negative gearing has caused the house prices to go up, all you need to do is borrow against your own house and pay a deposit on another house and rent it and they will pay it off for you with their rent (it used to be rent wouldn't cover the repayments but then owners put the rent up to cover )...
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    Protect your pension: Discover potential changes that impact your future!

    they "ve made it so complicated that one has to pay an expert (very rare, even experts argue this) And the cost far outweighs the return ,even if you win the money goes to the accountant, its better to let them keep it
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    Millions will receive assistance from government after massive investment

    I often wonder why it is called a pension instead of WELFARE which it is assessed as to me a pension is different to Welfare. Pensions are paid into from the day one starts drawing a wage (it used to be a seperate deduction but later was lumped in with tax, I was told when I started work the...
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    Is Negative Gearing Causing the Housing Crisis? — by Noel Whittaker

    ABSOLUTELY buying a 2nd house is as good as a job your only outlay is the deposit (most houses have enough equity for a deposit for a house and readily available are renters to pay it off for you...why work?
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    Is Negative Gearing Causing the Housing Crisis? — by Noel Whittaker

    Absolutely correct....but remember a lot of pollies have rental houses , the landlords of today have dollar signs in their eyes, and regard the rent as nett when it is actually gross. try treating tenants as valued customers (not employees) and treat them right it works ...I refund 2 week\ks...
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    Is Negative Gearing Causing the Housing Crisis? — by Noel Whittaker

    Absolutely ...neg gearing in my case is practically compulsory, its matter of buy real estate and rent your paid for home and move in (in many cases not req.) and receive a negative gearing that equates to either pay tax or buy an investment property have done this for the past 25 years and no...
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    Check your licences: Local woman's licence oversight costs her over $650

    some people get old and not as sharp as they once were, our states are governed /(served by people public servants) who seem to forget this, many even forget their birthday and with paperless licences etc its hard to remember everything but that seems to only get "lip service" from do...
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    Check your licences: Local woman's licence oversight costs her over $650

    these days it does happen, life is getting more complicated every day, its human to make mistakes even the occasional lotto winner forgets, not to mention lost property in stores, railway,hotels etc.,it does happen but why such a large penalty the motorist who killed my father did not even lose...
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    Check your licences: Local woman's licence oversight costs her over $650

    one doesn't have to pay an annual fee for births deaths and marriages so is easier to forget
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    Check your licences: Local woman's licence oversight costs her over $650

    a pretty good revenue raiser, how else can they get money out of pensioners who get free licences etc...give with the left hand and take with the right. I dont understand how by not paying a fee one is no longer licensed to drive especially when the fee is ZERO. It is easy to forget an annual...
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    'Not a cause for complacency': Authorities see down trail of scams over a few months

    it may help if large publicity was given to those convicted of scamming the public, to my knowledge no one has ever been convicted or penalised. It would help if some harsh sentences and penalties were given to offenders and people were made aware that STEALING IS THEFT
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