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    Bowing to pressure: BIG W pulls controversial product from its online store

    Kangaroos can be and often are a menace on farms when their numbers are allowed to increase without restraint. Culling is the way they have been controlled for decades. Why should they not be used for meat and skins? I think it's a case of the LOUD minority, AGAIN!
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    Kmart and Target merger sparks 'conspiracy theory' as shelves stay empty

    Bit worried about this merger (Kmart and Target) I used to shop at Target for years until they tried to go upmarket; new stock with more expensive price tags. Kmart then became my go to for affordable decore, clothing, shoes etc, especially with four children. I wonder how the stock and prices...
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    Are Australian students really falling behind? It depends which test you look at

    I was a teacher for 35 years before retiring at the beginning of 2020. Over those years I saw the standard of students spelling, reading and comprehension drop drastically. Students seemed to get lazy; not wanting to read test questions that were more than a sentence in length and, as far as...
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    Store’s ‘no refunds’ policy baffles shopper after item return denied

    The store should consider giving a credit for the value of the product, for change of mind, if they won't give a refund, which is illegal in itself. That's probably why their no refund sign was in small print. However, is this really a change of mind? If her husband had purchased a charger...
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    Are Australian students really falling behind? It depends which test you look at

    How can this be so?? What happens at VCE (Victoria) when you can get more Wrong than you get Right and still receive a pass. Yep, in Victoria 40% is a pass. This has obviously flowed through to trade training. My husband and I are having a new home built and this is becoming very obvious...
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    This simple photo taken at a supermarket checkout ignited a massive debate—see why it's causing such an uproar!

    Customer service does NOT mean that the customer is the one who has to do all the work. I refuse to shop at Coles in Karingal, Frankston anymore because without warning they removed the Express checkouts, which were close to the entrance (great for if you needed to rush in to grab an item or...
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    The Cranky Codger: Self-Checkout Machines: The Silent Con Artists of the Supermarket Aisle

    Oh, I LOVE you! You have made my day, I love a well written rant that many agree with. Keep being a Cranky Codger and keep us informed with your next rant.
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    Dreadful Woolies self-service check-out experience

    Supermarkets are actually making BILLIONS in profit. I refuse to use their self service machines. What I read about them only makes me more determined never to use them. I do most of my shop at ALDI, but unfortunately, they too have introduced self serve aisles. Seems everyone has forgotten...
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    Another supermarket item just got more expensive, and shoppers are NOT happy!

    That must mean that it will be on special next week for its normal price of $4.50. They have been using this trick for many years. My mum told me about it and I told my kids. Be observant any watch the pattern.
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    This mum urges Woolworths and Coles to stop delivering her groceries in paper bags—But why?

    My mum used to line cake tins with the brown paper from these bags before plastic became the new thing. As this lady has children why doesn't she cut them so they are flat and have the kids use them for drawing, painting, finger painting or printing. Collect leaves to print or cut vegies to...
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    Maryanne's battle with delayed jobseeker payments: Could this also be your struggle?

    Centrelink in Victoria make you wait up to 6 weeks to get anything out of them. My son was living in his car and getting food from the Salvo's and still they made him wait........just to make sure he was desperate and needed financial help.
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    Joke ''Hello?''

    My thought exactly!
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    Get your items faster than ever as Australia Post announces new service

    I would prefer if parcels were actually delivered rather than just taken to a post office of the drivers choice. I was waiting on a delivery on a particular day (text arrived saying it would be delivered that day. Imagine my surprise when it did not arrive; a text message arrived instead saying...
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    Driver slammed online for hogging four spots, including disabled bay, in Bunnings carpark

    It's typical of the 'Me, Me, Me. It's ALL about ME, generation. Their attitude is, I want to, so I will. They don't appear to care about anyone but themselves.
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    This Aussie cafe is under fire for a ‘scam’ at their counter

    They cannot refuse to take coin of the realm. This discriminates aged people who do not have credit cards and wish only to deal in cash.
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    What's this bizarre $2000 mistake? Woman discovers a ‘surprise’ in her online order from Kmart

    After making a click an collect purchase from Kmart and making payment, I received an email from Kmart to say part of my purchase was coming from another store so would take longer to arrive. I was given the option of doing a part collection and then doing another collection, or I could wait...
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    Impossible Quiche very easy

    Might I ask what the ect after the first ingredients is? If it is meant to be the abbreviation for the word etcetera you can see that it would be the first three letters as highlighted. The word is NOT ec tetera. I have used this recipe for many years and it has always gone down well with...
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