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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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    Costco releases new technology system for shoppers

    we ARE basically dishonest...thats why
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    Authorities arrest swindlers guilty of committing million-dollar fraud

    LOW LIFERS ....willprobably apply for rehab money when they get out of jail (in about 6mnths)
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    General Discussion Thread 25.10.2024

    DITTO....hippocryt, partial aboriginal,cashing in...nothing stopping her from contributing to some poor aborigonal family if she is so disgusted
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    Meta pushes back strongly against government's anti-scam measures and regulations

    all they have to do is alert Facebook users that sending money is at their own risk and the authorities are unable to recover.
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    Shopper calls out Coles staff for doing nothing to stop alarming act in store: ‘Why wouldn’t they?!’

    as long as the thefts are REPORTED that should fix the problem ...if there's one thing young thieves are scared of its having their antics reported....the shame is almost too much for the little dears to bear....fine the parents
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    Cafe's ‘hidden fees’ sparks fury among Aussies: ‘The total was way too steep’

    I personally wont shop at a business that adds surcharge for card payments they lose my business....not that it will bother them ...yet...but if enough like me does the same...its up to us
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    Cafe's ‘hidden fees’ sparks fury among Aussies: ‘The total was way too steep’

    the surcharge should be paid by the vendor because the charge is a huge benefit FOR the vendor it enables customers to spend regardless as to affordability, it saves the retailer heaps in handling ,recording, riskless banking, accounting, safety for staff ,low risk of robbery/ cheaper...
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    Heads up! Doing this common mistake could land you in a $2,200 fine

    Depends on the type of shoe laces ....some of them could be deadly
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