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    New year, new support: Carer allowance and other Centrelink payments to increase for over 1 million Aussies

    Yes the carers allowance is just that an allowance it rises to a remarkable $159.30 per fortnight.
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    New year, new support: Carer allowance and other Centrelink payments to increase for over 1 million Aussies

    Another one who obviously doesn't get the aged pension or they would know the pensions rise TWICE a year or are they just hear for a whinge. Carers allowance is vastly different than a carers pension, it is 2 fifths of sweet f.a.
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    Joke The Varnish Incident

    Referring to the poster, once you have seen these jokes you don't need to see them every week, this one did the rounds about a week ago and several times before that.
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    Joke The Varnish Incident

    Nothing like using someone else's joke, if you can't come up with your own original don't bother to post anything.
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    Aussie Olympian undergoes urgent surgery. What happened?

    No, I don't think it's a news service, but they are always dragging their feet on most things they put up.
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    Aussie Olympian undergoes urgent surgery. What happened?

    SDC as usual is draging the chain again, news is a few days old now.
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    ‘This is a joke’: Grandmother slams $1,209 fine for road rule breach, cuts back Christmas spending

    So SDC thinks keeping other motorists and indeed pedestrians safe is a RIDICULOUS road rule. I think if it keeps us save from distracted drivers it is a very good rule.
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    New year, new support: Carer allowance and other Centrelink payments to increase for over 1 million Aussies

    Pensions rise twice a year, carers get one rise a year, so pensioners don't miss out.
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    This woman pays over $2,500 for doing this repeated act on popular holiday island

    Just proving that 20 people can't get the story straight after 5 minutes but if you want to believe that they can get it the same after 60,000 years that's your problem.
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    This woman pays over $2,500 for doing this repeated act on popular holiday island

    You say they don't have a written language,so try this, get 20 people to sit around a table and whisper something of medium length to the first person, get them to whisper in onto the next person, I guarantee when it gets to the 20th person it is nothing like what started out and you want us to...
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    New year, new support: Carer allowance and other Centrelink payments to increase for over 1 million Aussies

    I will swap my carers allowance for your pension any day, $4. per fortnight really gets us rolling in the cash. Nearly $160. per f/night whoopee.
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    ‘It can happen to anyone’: Woman loses $39,000 within minutes in sophisticated scam

    Two hour to answer her phone call, come on NAB you really need to do better.
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    Alcohol retailer alerts customers over stock shortages as industrial action ensues

    If there is no stock at Woolworths there is always good old Coles. Shop where the goods are.
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    This woman pays over $2,500 for doing this repeated act on popular holiday island

    Who gets fined in the cash grab if the dingo catches a fish in the shallows or one that has been washed up on the beach?
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    Controversy over Coles' use of 'Bovaer' in beef—what to know before your next meat purchase!

    As usual social media is followed by the uninformed and Craig Kelly is no exception. Didn't he read or didn't it sink in to his narrow mind that Coles said it was only in a select type of beef.
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    Commonwealth Bank to ‘change its approach’ after facing backlash over new withdrawal fee

    They had a people's bank, it was called the Commonwealth bank but like everything else the citizens owned the government sold it off for a quick cash gain without thinking about the future.
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    Commonwealth Bank to ‘change its approach’ after facing backlash over new withdrawal fee

    How can paying comm bank $3 per branch or post office transaction leave customer's better off. If you bank with a bank that charges fees to have the privilege to look after your money and actually make money off it for themselves it's time people woke up and changed to a bank with no account...
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    Shocking Discovery Inside Mars Bar Nets British Man Unexpected Compensation—What Was Inside?

    It's sad really when SDC have to resort to pushing stories that are weeks old. The smooth mars bar and very generous payout of $4. was news a good while ago, come on SDC keep up
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    ATO encourages Aussies to unlock up to $1,000 in financial boost

    If you need to contribute $1,000. and the government match it, shouldn't it be $1,000. from the govt not only $500. maximum. If they are only giving you 50% that's not matching, they all need new calculators.
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