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    Are you ready for a cashless society? How Coles' latest change will affect your shopping routine

    To the respondent who said cash was mainly used by 'criminals and tax cheats' - how appallingly ignorant and short-sighted you are.
  2. J

    Why did Qantas forcibly remove a 78-year-old Vietnam Veteran from business class?

    I do not understand why anyone would choose to fly with this airline. Their service has been appalling for years not just since covid. After being brought up to support 'our' airline I gave up abour 20 years ago. I would never recommend them to fellow Aussies or my overseas friends.
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    Could Australia go cashless in just three years? Here's what a finance expert wants you to know

    No cash means EVERY financial transaction you make is trackable by banks, governments, not to mention nefarious scammers. OF COURSE, governments want a cashless society. They can then control EVERY INDIVIDUAL, EVERY MARKET, EVERYWHERE. The right to be able to spend our earnings in any legal...
  4. J

    Are your airfares set to soar? Virgin Australia's grim news for travellers amid emission reductions

    Possible 500% increase in airfares? Unbelievable! So .. in an effort to 'save the world', companies will put themselves out of business? Or provide services only for the extremely wealthy? Back to the Dark Ages for the rest of us. This is 'progress'???? Ridiculous.
  5. J

    Woolworths' BIG change: They’re doing what with their shopping trolleys?!

    Go fully 'woke preachy', Woolworths, and just sell what YOU deem the 'right' foods. After all, this move informs us your business 'leaders' think we are too childish to make our own informed choices. Why not go the whole hog and move on to all the other categories of merchandise in your stores...
  6. J

    Pinapple crisp perfect deserts top with icream

    What is a 'stick of butter'? 'All purpose flour'? Translating recipes into Australian measures and terms before including them in an Australian newsletter would be appreciared. Thank you.
  7. J

    Are you among the 2 million Australians who may be eligible for a two-year rent freeze?

    I rent and am a pensioner but I do not agree with this plan. *How would landlords wear the costs of increasing rates, taxes, compliance etc over a 2 year period? Landlords are NOT charities. Many more would probably sell their properties leaving even fewer housing options for renters. *It...
  8. J

    ‘Extraordinarily low’ branch usage behind creeping bank closures, ANZ CEO says

    When I was i n Scotland in mid 2019 When visiting the UK in mid 2019 I visited the small town of Mallaig in Scotland. That area of islands, small and often isolated coastal villages, had also suffered 'bank closure disease' however they instituted an excellent alternative - a mobile bank that...
  9. J

    Bittersweet nostalgia: Video from the past reveals shockingly low grocery prices

    My parents owned a suburban milkbar in late sixties /early seventies. Milk was 10c a pint, and a loaf of bread was 20c. (1 and three-quarter pints equals a litre.) Cigarettes were from 34c to 40c a box of 20, depending on the brand. Petrol in 1974, when I bought my first car was 38c or 39c a...
  10. J

    Australian Four Pillars Distillery bought out by global company in landmark deal

    Very disappointed that Four Pillars is now, like so many Australian companies, completely foreign-owned. I have enjoyed their Bloody Shiraz Gin for a few years now and loved the gin tasting experiences at Healesville. I also was delighted in 2019, when visiting friends in Yorkshire, England...
  11. J

    Aussie restaurant stuns diners with an unusual menu request—it's not what you'd expect!

    I would definitely not patronise an establishment which set such unreasonable demands. This is not the way to entice, much less keep, happy customers. Of course, maybe they are not wanting 'toastie and coffee' customers, and this is their way of discouraging pensioners! Big 'thumbs down' to...
  12. J

    'Genius' tea towel DIY by a Kmart shopper leaves the internet in awe!

    These have been around for years so not someone's new idea but clever to copy the design. They sre very useful item to have handy in the kitchen.
  13. J

    Save money & protect the planet: How switching to an all-electric home can benefit you

    I certainly do not want to be all electric at any time and definitely not unless/until we have a100% reliable, countrywide electricity supply. And that's guaranteed to be in place by 2050? I very much doubt it at the rate our governments work. And the enormous cost to homeowners if they have to...
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