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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.

Difficult choice. I would love to have dinner with my dad, who died in a car accident when I was just 6 weeks old. I'd love a chance to get to know him. I'm tempted to wish for a dinner with my mother, who died in 2019, so I could ask her why her last words to me were so cruel and hurtful...

For me, ANZAC Day brings back memories of the one and only day, each year of my childhood, that I my mother would speak of my dead father. From age 3, I was routinely dressed in starched white on ANZAC Day morning. My mother would pin my father's medals across my chest and escort me to the...

Should be legal everywhere, and should be much simpler and more accessible than it is. The conditions in Queensland are far too onerous. I understand the fear of abuse by those hoping to inherit, but a person can already specify, when of sound mind and well ahead of any illness or mental...

That's shocking, Ricci. I am so sorry that happened to you. My half-sister robbed our mother and threatened her safety, but still managed to successfully challenge the Will despite having no genuine needs and having inherited heaps from her father (while I got nothing from either my father or...

I agree that it's reasonable to allow a Will contest if there is reasonable cause to suspect the person making the Will was not mentally competent, or was wrongfully influenced. But there should be strong evidence of that. Just to allow anyone to contest on a no win, no pay basis is wrong.

I don't agree that anyone should be able to challenge a will. Even if someone does leave a person out spitefully, it's THEIR money, and they should have the right to do as they please with it. They can treat people spitefully while living. Why should they be denied the right of choice after they...

I couldn't agree more, Annie Mac. It's disgusting.

No, that's not correct. Even if you leave them a lot, if it's not equal with what you leave others or they think it's unfair, they can contest. And it costs them nothing to mount a contest, even if they lose because they had no valid claim. That's what's wrong with the system.

Don't use the public trustee. They take a huge chunk of your estate. Find a lawyer who will write a will at low cost. It doesn't have to cost much. Shop around. There are lawyers out there who will do it very cheaply.

Gifting a small amount to a child does NOT stop them contesting the Will (as claimed above). The fact that they can contest is not the problem. The problem is the manner in which a contest is decided. It should NOT be decided (as it is now) based on claimed ''needs''. Needs are often created...