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I don't mind a self checkout occasionally for a small order. Not for a large trolley of groceries! And it's frustrating when the thing doesn't work properly. Yesterday, in Aldi, it displayed the ''Service person required'' message 4 times in a purchase of just 5 items. It took ages for someone...

Compare the Market and other similar services only cover a selection of insurers - far from all. Of more concern to me is the grossly irrational and outdated attitude of many insurers to what is fast becoming the most popular house cladding- EPS (expanded polystyrene) It is replacing bricks and...

Long overdue and don't go far enough. The penalties should also apply to service providers, including those involved in program planning and budgeting and processing claims for NDIS clients.

How about ending the massive electricity cost rip-off - charging for power that isn't used? Many don't know that instead of charging for the power they use between 4pm and 10pm, the charges are calculated based on their highest usage during that time period. So if, say (as an extreme example)...

This is attempted vote buying, but they need to try again. Intelligent voters will see through it. There's nothing of any significant value here for most Queenslanders - and certainly not for retirees.

Comparison websites only show selected insurers so are of limited value. But more disturbing than the rising cost is the inequitable policy of insurers refusing to insure homes with EPS cladding. This is fast becoming the most popular form of cladding as bricks and bricklayers become scarcer...

It boggles the mind that politicians would rather spend mega-millions denying people pensions after a lifetime of paying taxes than just pay them their dues, and yet the pollies themselves think they are entitled to a fat pension after years of stuffing up the country and regardless of the fact...

I like the self-serve checkouts in Bunnings and if I only have a few items to buy in a supermarket. Hopeless for bit grocery orders. I won't use a self-serve checkout if there are not staff hovering to help if there's a problem (which happens often!) I am appalled at the low staff levels in all...

My husband encountered a snake at age 7, walking home from a shop with his sister. He stopped to tie his shoelace and the snake coiled around his legs. He stood shocked still until it slithered away. He said his dad had drummed it into him what to do if he encountered a snake. Good for Dad, but...

I love our postie. We live on a battleaxe lot with a very long driveway. If the mail doesn't fit securely in our box, she drives down to the house to deliver it and stops for a bit of a chat. Lovely lady! I have complained more than once about couriers leaving valuable items under the mailbox...

It has happened to me three time. In WA, we ate in a restaurant where they asked us if we would like water -sparkling or plain. There was no indication of a fee and sparkling water was not on the menu. But they charged $10 per glass for it, while plain water was free. There was no indication at...

Our uninvited guest - a female red belly black - took up residence under the tool cabinet in our garage where it apparently laid and hatched its eggs. We never actually saw it, though my husband's toes were inches away from it on many occasions. But after it returned to the bush, taking most of...

And what do you do if a passenger needs to adjust the belt slightly, or maybe relocates it to bend down and pick up an object off the car floor, reach into the back seat, etc. Or finds the belt is choking them or hurting a sore breast? Do you pull up in the middle of freeway traffic and risk...

Maybe ask why it was under the arm. I have had to temporarily adjust a belt that was choking me and have struggled with a belt across my chest when I had a breast infection causing intense pain.

It does appear to be under the arm based on the angle.

I love Aldi but I do wish they would stock wholemeal flour and Worcestershire sauce! So annoying to have to go elsewhere after grocery shopping just to get those two items!

I sympathize deeply and acknowledge the role of the Morrison Government, but let us never forget that the scheme was the brain child of Labor politicians, including Bill Shorten. Had the LNP not won an election, it may well have still been implemented. We will never know. But we should hold the...

I feel for all genuine single parents - those widowed, deserted, or forced to flee from abuse - but I think it's time our society paused and considered just how the increasingly smaller percentage of taxpayers are supposed to cover the horrific costs of the ever-expanding welfare system. When I...

So investors are supposed to run a charity? Sorry, I get that it's tough for renters, but investors invest for profit. What they do with that profit is their business. If they don't make enough profit, they will sell their properties and invest elsewhere and then there will be fewer properties...

You don't get supported if you battled to support yourself. Governments look after the wealthy, bludgers, the useless, and to a limited extent the genuinely sick or disabled. Those who struggle to be as independent as possible are enemies of governments that seek to control all of us.