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    Digital payment options expand as government phases out cheques by 2028

    I think the move to all digital platforms is unfair to the oldest and the poorest recipients of Centrelink. These people often don’t own mobile phones and can’t afford to buy them, iPads or computers even if they were digital savvy. Centrelink is also reducing the numbers of their offices...
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    Is the rise of 'King William’ tearing the Royal Family apart’?

    Of course, funeral plans are under constant review. What else could you expect? Charles was not a young man, by any means when he ascended the throne and health scares due to cancer are alarming for anyone let alone the realm. Queen Victoria’s eldest son was of a similar age when he followed her...
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    Love Your Bookshop Day 2024 Freebies

    Would love to participate but my nearest bookstore is more than 80kms away and I now prefer to read ebooks on an electronic device due to failing eyesight.
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    Are you being overcharged every time at checkouts? This ‘loophole’ is costing Aussies a fortune!

    This is one of my gripes with Aldi. If you insert your card and use PIN number there is no charge, if you tap your card there is a surcharge. It is about thirty-five5to forty cents per transaction. Coles Dane IGA do not have a surcharge on atM cards at present.
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    Beware of driveway parking: How this simple mistake could cost you big across Australia!

    Decades ago, I lived in Moorabbin, Melbourne, and during the footy season, particularly when St Kilda had a home ground game, there were cars everywhere. Because in those days, games were only on Saturdays, there were no parking officers on duty, if there had been the whole area of Moorabbin...
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