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    Services Australia warns recipients to be vigilant over ‘bonus’ Centrelink payments

    You can apply for an advance every 6 months but they take the extra payment from your pension each fortnight
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    Foliage fiasco: Retiree roots for justice against council's hefty fine!

    Did you tell them you would see them in court. It is their property not yours. You could send them the bill for maintaining it.
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    Don’t fall for the ‘prize’ of deception: How scammers are winning with fake cash claims

    Yep I have won the Spanish lottery several times. I never gamble and I don't live in Spain. Greed has a nasty sting. Don't be greedy there is nothing for free.
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    Woolworths shoppers slam car park behaviour showing '"I don't care" attitude'

    If the stores put up signs that if you remove the trolley from the car park you will be charged with theft. It is really the same as if you took an item from a shop and left it down the street. Trolleys cost over $400 each.
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    The truth about supermarket meat that will make you want farm-to-plate today!

    In Qld. anything that has wool on it is "Lamb" even if it is Mutton. Mutton has to be cooked differently so the powers that be need to get their act together
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    'I had to go to the emergency department': Global food trend puts one Aussie to the hospital

    I felt sick and cringing reading this article. She was lucky it was only her palm.
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    Perth Mint unveils rare Jewelled Turtle gold coin worth $269,000

    Well some people are nuts or have more money than sense
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    ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Residents demand immediate action as crime skyrockets in this area

    The United Nations stopped parents, thru Govt. , of smacking their kids. No corporal punishment, no sore bums, no shaming. Great we can do what ever we like because there is no real deterent. Singapore does not have the crime the Western Countries have, may be a bit harsh but the people know...
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    Kmart kitchen tool in hot waters: Exploding lid turns dinner into disaster!

    I had a fan forced oven the type that sits in a stand with the fan in the lid. One night whilst cooking a pizza, I heard a big bang and found the glass lid had exploded. No pizza that night.
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    Hair-raising videos reveal risky behaviours pedestrians are committing

    I lost a nephew to a train, no one knows why or how it happened. In Mackay Qld. a school kid high on drugs was killed and his mate asked the ambulance people could they put him back together again. You can't protect idiots.
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    Email scam cost family $500,000 during home purchase: ‘I’ve ruined our lives’

    Watch the movie the Bee Keeper It is not so far fetched as I once thought. Scamming is not from a little backyard in Nigeria anymore but BIG BUSINESS
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    'He was genuinely worried about my safety': Scammer preys on a father's worst fear

    All parents should have a secret phrase or number for their children and if the AI scammer doesn't know it . TOO BAD. That is your security. Good idea?
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    10 food that increases libido in men and women

    Usually it is only one that works, so that was a bonus.:D
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    Scam alert: Couple loses $30,000; Bank's response disappoints

    Emails or SMS that come through in the early hours of the morning are usually scams from overseas
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    Medicare Scam

    My husband told a scammer that the traffic infringment couldn't have been mine because I died 3 weeks before that date. lol
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    Bunnings' alarming weed sales threaten ecosystems

    Sensitive weed (Mimosa Padua} is a garden plant in the southern states but a totally noxious weed here in North Qld.
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    Thousands of Aussies warned as scammers implement new scam

    No no they, are out to get money. Greedy grubs, wouldn't cross the road to help anyone. It has gone from a room in Nigeria to big international criminal organizations raking in millions of dollars every day, plus the small shysters having a go too.
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