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    Call for change: Is it time to reform the Work Bonus for pensioners?

    You are wrong there, Australia also pay a bereavement payment on the death of your spouse. I don't remember how much I actually received but it was a few thousand dollars. It is calculated as the difference between the couples pension, minus the single pension, multiplied by 14 weeks. e.g. If...
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    Happy birthday and many more to come 💐🎂

    Happy birthday and many more to come 💐🎂
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    Happy birthday, enjoy your special day.🎂

    Happy birthday, enjoy your special day.🎂
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    Are you secretly showing this one surprising behaviour that could mean you're a narcissist?

    Yes, sometimes you think you're the only person this is happening to, but there's a lot of us unfortunately. 25 years, you poor thing, I thought 12 years was bad enough. At least we have our lives back now good times ahead. All my love to you, enjoy the rest of your life as I have been doing. 💝
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    Are you secretly showing this one surprising behaviour that could mean you're a narcissist?

    So true. I'm sure all of us, at some time, have tried to deflect blame or know someone who has. None of us are perfect. To put this in the same category as real narcissism is ridiculous. Hopefully most people will never have to find out what living with a real narcissist is like and to those...
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    Are you secretly showing this one surprising behaviour that could mean you're a narcissist?

    Having been married to a narcissist I can tell you now that a true narcissist will never change. They have no insight whatsoever into their behaviour. My husband also suffered from bipolar disorder and I was told by his psychiatrist that these two conditions quite often go hand in hand ...
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    Aussies slash power bills by 90 per cent with simple home upgrade

    Oh. This is so unfair. I can send you an electric blanket and an electric throw if you wish . Also some curtains. Just let me know if you are interested. The electric throw and blanket are quite cheap to run.
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    New payment rules could make cash useless as hidden downside emerges

    They seem to want it all ways. Shops have stated in the past they would prefer to be cashkess for many reasons, some of them being they are unlikely to be robbed if there is no cash on the premises. Larger businesses no longer need to use Armaguard to transport cash. These are benefits and...
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    Ranting online made him famous… but a $1 million legal battle might leave him broke

    It would not be hard for damages to reach well in excess of a million dollars depending on how many contracts were lost due to this man's untruthful comments. Having been in the renovation business ourselves we ran into this same problem on many occasions. I'll probably be called racist for...
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    Locals begged council to protect their home—developers got the green light anyway

    Although I can understand peoples disappointment with this development it is a bit of a stupid statement to say that IGA was needed to maintain a "competitive offer".Since when has IGA ever been competitive?? This particular centre is old and has seen better days and unfortunately time moves on...
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    Paid work?

    Have you tried Bunnings, I've noticed quite a few seniors at the two Bunnings stores I frequent. Good luck with your efforts. It's so sad that you find yourself in this situation. This and previous governments should hang their heads in shame that pensioners are left with barely enough to...
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    Burnt-out doctor's resignation forces change in one-GP town of Cloncurry

    I was thinking the exact same thing. They ignored him and only after he quit did they actually pull their finger out and do something about it. Really poor considering how difficult it is to get Drs to go to country areas.
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    Uber ignored older users for too long—until now

    I've never used an Uber, wouldn't know where to start.
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    'Please help us': Mysterious disappearance rocks family, calls for support online

    Really, do you ever have anything nice to say. What a miserable life you must have. Quite sad.
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    Airport meltdowns are rising—here’s what’s fuelling them and how staff are coping

    Totally agree but you will still find those who will whinge about being punished for others misdemeanours . As you say sad if you can't go on a flight, even a long haul flight without needing alcohol In which case I think a person should consider that perhaps they have a problem.
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    Rural residents shell out more for health services as hidden costs emerge

    Thank you I am hoping that this will be the last. They say she can go home tomorrow, but quite a few recalls coming up just to keep a check on the healing process. My daughter's first surgery was done within 2 days. The surgery took 13 hours to remove 1/3rd of her tongue and the lymph nodes...
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    Rural residents shell out more for health services as hidden costs emerge

    That's right. You don't have to go private,you can go public. When you're admitted they will ask if you have private insurance, just say no and they'll put you down as public. Obviously it needs to be a public hospital. You may not get to choose your Dr but just because a Dr works in a...
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    Rural residents shell out more for health services as hidden costs emerge

    Thank goodness I live in WA. As many of you are aware my daughter has her many trials over the last 16 years with a very similar cancer. Through three separate operations she lost her tongue , which was rebuilt by the fantastic surgeons at SCGH She had 12 weeks radiation after the first...
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    Airport meltdowns are rising—here’s what’s fuelling them and how staff are coping

    I have said for years they should not sell alcohol at airports or on planes People get drinking at airports, loose track of the time and time and again you hear them being called a n d holding up the departure of the plane. I've lost count of the times drunken yobbos have made a nuisance of...
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    Another trusted name is closing its doors for good—what’s really behind this retail unraveling?

    I must admit I buy all my clothes buying on line mainly from Temu. The prices are just so much cheaper, the range so much wider and it's delivered to my door free of charge, what's not to like? And despite what many people like to say the quality is fine. You get what you pay for. If you buy...
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