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    Jetstar faces backlash over 'callous' move: Disabled passenger and children with special needs stranded by flight cancellation

    Yes, you get what you pay for, expect nothing but poor service from our own one- star airline. I would just stay home before i would fly with them again.
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    Macca's debuts exciting new winter menu—but only for a limited time!

    Are they going to be cooked fresh, or the day before like the dried-up tasteless burgers my store sells? Even my grandchildren don't want a burger anymore, just chips and a drink.
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    Massive transformation set to hit Coles with new automated warehouse

    My local Coles store recently converted the checkouts to self-serve. Myself, and others just left our trolleys at the check-out and walked out. I will never shop at Coles again.
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    Young Aussies may bear the burden of new levy for the ageing population: What does it mean for your grandchildren?

    What we need is a government that stops wasting money on stadiums and other white elephants. They collect plenty of money to fund everything required, they just need to stop wasting it, and be more responsible with their spending.
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    Shocking turbulence on flight from Delhi to Sydney leaves passengers injured

    I have experienced severe turbulence many times on flights around the world, being a private pilot in my younger days it was never a worry for me, planes are built to handle the loads and pilots are trained to handle tubulence in flight. When injuries occur it is usually because people do not...
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    Struggling to survive: How vulnerable Aussies cope live on just $6 a day

    Unfortunately, this problem will only get worse, not better. Recent rises to the pension have fallen far short of the increased cost of living. Once prices go up they never come down again.
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    Passengers Sue After 'Cruise from Hell' - Here’s What Happened

    Ships are designed to sail in this type of weather and captains and crew are trained to handle all eventualities, if you think this was rough go sail in the North Sea in the Arctic during stormy weather and experience a proper gale. You take your chances with the weather when you book any cruise...
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    Is this simple 4-ingredient Carbonara dinner ‘genius’ or 'lazy'? Mum's dish triggers heated debate

    Nothing wrong with this for a quick meal, thanks for the recipe. As a pensioner i cook simple meals like this all the time. Eat one now, then three in the freezer for later on. With food costs going through the roof we have to get the most out of every dollar.
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    What is something that you’ve always wanted to do but thought you were too old for?

    Fortunate enough to have done many things i wanted to do in my life, but would love to go into space, and spend some time in a submarine.
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    Is a shortage of vital medicines looming? Find out why doctors say the drug industry is ‘on a knife edge’

    +I suffer from atrial fibrillation despite having 4 surgeries to stop the problem, it keeps coming back requiring me to be on warfarin for the rest of my days. Over the last 2 months the high dose tablet i take has been unavailable, causing my chemist to make up the dosage with a combination of...
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    Your Say Sunday: Streaming Services and TV

    I stopped watching the news years ago. All doom and gloom. No doubt if something good happens like a pension rise, someone will tell me.
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    Your Say Sunday: Streaming Services and TV

    Television is my life these days, so i have Foxtel, Netflix, Prime, Bitbox, Acorn. By just streaming the foxtel packages i want when i want them, saves me money, i drop the sport package over xmas when nothing is on. By packaging channels with prime also saves me money. I do not drink or smoke...
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    Survey finds 90% of Centrelink recipients found to be doing it tough in summer heat - when did health become a luxury?

    I moved into my home in central NSW 10 years ago, it has 2 air conditioners that i have never turned on. I cannot remember last time we had a day over 40 degrees, or a day in winter when it hung below ten degrees all day. As a aged pensioner with many health problems, i would not be able to...
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    Another year of hardship ahead? PM Anthony Albanese issues telling words on potential tax hikes for Aussies

    Unfortunately our PM and Treasurer seem to think they have a license to waste money. Wasting millions on a voice to parliament, sponsoring netball teams, subsidising coal and gas companies, pandering to minorities, the list goes on forever. Australia urgently needs a government with common sense...
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    Traveller calls out 'the worst types' of airline passengers – do you agree?

    Carry on luggage limits is out of control on most flights i have been on. Hand luggage needs to get back to one certain sized bag with a weight limit mandatory for all passengers. I remember one passenger who's backpack took up the whole locker, when the stewardess tried to remove it, she could...
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    Poo-llution Alert: Popular Aussie Beach Battling Health Hazard

    I walk every morning early and see dogs being walked on leads no problem, but when i challenge owners about not picking up their dogs poop, i only cop abuse. I would like to see the fine increased to $1000-00 as well and have the right to photograph them and dob them in.
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    ‘Unseen’ Crisis Hitting Australia Hard

    I never thought i would see the day that i had to ration every dollar i spent. Unfortunately i have no foodbank near where i live. I too have turned all the power off to the lights and use the light from the TV or a small self generating torch. I make do with with 2 meals a day, and cook on a...
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    Did your grocery bill suddenly go through the roof? Here's why

    This is pure greed, in my Coles supermarket all the prices went up just a day or two before they were locked in. Best thing i have done is switch to Aldi.
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    I want to know: what is your favourite meal of all time?

    Sausages eggs and chips or steak eggs and chips.
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