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There is a requirement in the road rules that you must slow down, stop, drive on the verge or drive on the other side of the road, if there's no centre line, to avoid hitting any animal, where it is safe to do so. However, if there's danger of hitting a pedestrian or obstruction to other...

Normal??? Normal is a statistical measure. Anyone who is within one standard deviation of the mean of all people within a specific population is Normal. In terms of skin colour, in any country with a large migrant population, that would probably be brown skinned people. I've never considered...

The 'visual impact' of the solar panels is significantly greater than the red tiles. It may be correct that you have to ask a body corporate to approve changes to the colour of your roof, but if you have asked for permission and only received a vague answer it is questionable if a court would...

What do woke people hate more than racism. White people.

As stated in the article, keys being required to be kept secure, "Includes, but is not limited to, keys not being left in the car." Is this explicitly stated in your insurance policy, or have you been paid out after telling your insurer that you left your keys in plain sight after your vehicle...

Good question, with all the juvenile crime that has been going on a lot of people are leaving their car keys in plain sight, because they know young thieves won't hesitate to use violence to force home owners to hand their keys over. If keys in a vehicle locked in a garage invalidate your...

This trick may allow you to identify the person who legally owns the mobile phone number, but it doesn't mean that that person was responsible for the call or text you received. Scammers can 'spoof' mobile phone numbers, which means they're using other people's mobile phone numbers without the...

Looks like that Gondolier needs a new repertoire of jokes and anecdotes.

Bad Advice Not recommended if you're working in an explosives factory during a power blackout.

I think that politician had one birthday too many... the first one. 😁

Noah must have left out the stop at Mt Kosciuszko when he told the story of his voyage.

Anyone who fails to leave someone else's property after being asked to is trespassing and therefore has no right to complain if the property owner allows, or directs, their dog to 'see them off'. Especially if the dog is well enough trained to do no physical injury, unless directed to or if the...

Any driver who is 'in disbelief' over this sort of price difference is either not thinking, or stupid. Two facts: 1. Petrol stations price their fuel on the basis of how much traffic they expect to visit them. If they are on a major road, and have plenty of pumps, their prices will be through...

Unfortunately, that's not completely correct. Firstly she first arrived in Australia in 1981. However, according to the story at the head of this thread, she didn't marry 'Martin Ellis' until 1988. So Ellis was not her legal name when she first arrived in Australia. Secondly, according to...

I can see only one legitimate reason why the immigration department would insist on her using the married name McHugh. That would be if there was no record of any divorce from her first husband. I note that it's stated that she married McHugo in 1968, but their relationship 'ended'. There's no...