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Every year, Centrelink indexes Age Pension payment rates in March and September to keep it in line with inflation. That's supposed to be the story but it's woefully inadequate given the rate at which inflation increases. The increase in cost of household goods is greater than the relative...

SImple way to show your displeasure - take a couple of packs to the checkout and don't buy them. I know it's not the store's fault but the message will get through.

The woke do-gooders should be called Grand Prix!

How ambiguous English can be! The headline included Jeep Grand Cherokee, plus more popular cars which can either mean cars more popular than Jeep or more cars that are popular

Talk about Woolies "gaslighting"! I get notified each week via Everyday Rewards of specials. In today's group, 400g Pistachio Nuts are presented as a special at $9.00, save $2.00. This price has been the shelf price for the last 4 weeks, down from $11 previously. In fact, at my local store a...

I think, in fact, that Sam's pronunciation of "bon appetit" is truly Australian. The "t" at the end is not pronounced in French

I find lemon, lime and bitters too sweet so I use Soda (water not the American soft drink) instead of the lemon

It's an alternative hotel, not an alternate one

No errors or grammar issues? Couldn't be one of the kids, then!

It's a case of "You're damned if you do, damned if you don't". I have worked in a store where we employees were told not to try to apprehend thieves for safety reasons but it goes against the grain to see someone wheeling out expensive items in front of you. Once they realise you won't stop...

Attempting to shut the door after the horse bolted six months ago. That's when inflationary prices kicked in and have gotten worse since.

I would have thought the odds were high while the chances were low

At leat we don't lengthen words by emphasising the "R's". We pronounce extraordin'ry while they pronounce extraordinAIRy. And don't get me started on feet and inches, pounds and ounces - the rest of the world has moved on.

"We don’t want to see pensioners fall further and further behind" - We are already way behind and there won't be any catch up for us. Just more "politspeak". Inflation increase will be a year old by the time September rolls around.

They will still pick up a lot of pieces, looking for the shortest stem!

Some peeves: Use of "alternate" instead of "alternative", very American but often in use here. Squares on chess-boards alternate between black and white. A detour is an alternative route. "off of" instead of "off" or "from". You wouldn't say "on of", would you? Use of "bought" and "brought"