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I spent the last months of my mother's life and the first few months after her death battling with three incompetent bureaucracies. First, I discovered Comsec had failed to pay Mum benefits she was entitled to from my later father's superannuation. When I queried them about the approx $80,000...

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Oh whoopie! Mr Bowen is promising petrol price cuts for RICH PEOPLE who can buy expensive new cars. Hello. Don't they already have the option of buying an electric vehicle? That is, if they are not needing to tow a caravan, don't drive where there are no recharging stations, and don't need a...

Color code cartons with bright stickers, using one color for ''open first'' - items you will need immediately on arrival at your destination; and then in order of urgency to access. Tell removalists what each colour means and ask them to stack accordingly, so that boxes of things you need...

Woolworths advertised legs of lamb for $8 a kilo before Christmas. We visited 9 Woolworths stores on the first day the ad ran and not one had any in stock. We continued to visit various Woolworths stores regularly for the entire month the ad ran and there was never a single leg of lamb to be had...

Fresh and Save regularly offers frozen salmon pieces on special for $12 per kg. A kg of salmon goes a long way so this works out much cheaper than any meat, even the humble sausage. And it's super healthy and tasty.

A trick my mother taught me and removalists love me for doing it. Tie cartons with old pantyhose rather than string. It's stronger and doesn't cut into the box. Tear up old worn towels or linen or use small towels or pillowcases you are discarding to wrap around delicate chair or table legs...

Um, lowered the cost of living for lower to middle-income earners? What planet are you on? Inflation has been rampant, with 20%+ increases in food costs, 30%+ on insurance, rents skyrocketing, medical costs skyrocketing, and as for electricity - it's GONE UP UP UP. There has been no reduction...

Who is going to pay tax to maintain roads when we are all driving fuel-efficient vehicles? Oh, that's right, the pensioners and lowest wage earners who can't afford to buy the fancy new fuel-efficient models will pay. And when that's not generating enough revenue and the government can't push...

Of course vehicle prices will rise. Anyone who knows anything about manufacturing knows making a significant change to the specifications for the final product imposes heavy costs. This is just more Greenie nonsense. Emissions from Australian cars are so minimal that they have zero impact on the...

I don't think landlords do run the show. I think many of them struggle with high interest rates, high council rates and water costs, high maintenance costs, heavy repair costs when careless tenants damage property (which happens far too frequently), high insurance costs... I've known landlords...

Queensland, a few years ago, introduced legislation forcing landlords to accept pets and imposing other requirements and restrictions that led to a lot of landlords selling out. I would not buy a residential investment property in Queensland. No wonder rents went up! With less stock available...

I implemented just about all those practices many years ago, but there is one thing I find intensely frustrating. Pont 6 refers to different cycles that have been pre-programmed into washing machines by people who seem to think they know what is best for MY wash load and dictate that I haven't...

For a long time, I have believed dental care should be covered and been concerned about the fact that so many people simply can't afford it and their overall health suffers. But on the other hand, just how much more debt can this country afford? The handouts have gone from the absurd to the...

Stayed in one in Airlie Beach Qld recently. It was first class. I made sure to strip beds that we slept in and pile linen and all used towels on the bathroom floor so I expect they would have been laundered. The linen felt crisp and clean when we arrived. We thoroughly washed all dishes and...

Compare the Market only displays information about insurance companies who subscribe to their service. They showed me 3 choices, all over $1000 more expensive than one I found by other means. What really irks me is that insurers often refuse to cover houses with EPS cladding and there is no...

I have no patience with ignorant dog owners who put other people's safety at risk. I would like to see stiff penalties imposed on owners of dogs that bite a person. My son was bitten and almost lost an eye. The same dog bit a milkman, a meter reader, and an elderly lady, The owner was ordered to...

We live on a battleaxe lot with a long driveway from the road to the house. The friendly Australia Post delivery workers always drive down if items are too large for the mailbox. A few times we've had lazy private couriers leave large packages containing valuable items at the top of the...

I just wish myGov would work properly. It's not a case of needing help to use it. It continues to reject correct login data and demand I set up all over again - every time I try to log in!