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Mine also, as she owns her own home. But I think for those still paying rent in their golden years this is just not possible.

It is a mix of both. For some people, after paying rent and power, no amount of budgeting can make the remaining few dollars go far enough

'Relief' would not be needed if our government (there is only one, it just has 2 heads) actually made living affordable in the first place.

I am amazed at the pride with which they tell us of this increase. They truly seem pleased with their efforts

This poor woman has been badly damaged and is coping the only way she knows how. Any children she managed to raise to adulthood would be just as damaged, and the article says she has since had another child! Making babies is very easy (too easy, a lot of the time!) but caring for them is beyond...

I really don't care who people want to have sex with, or how, so Mardi Gras to me is just a bunch of narcissists who do nothing good for Australia. But each year, the 'look at me, look at me' gets me outrageous. Now they will be over the moon, they've got the churches involved, and acts of...

5 stars! (There was no option for 6)

That doesn't sound like anything that should be called 'ice-cream'

Same, they sent me a letter telling about this wonderful thing they would be installing to make my life so much easier, lol. I phoned them and said "No, thanks!"

I'm sorry you have been so hurt, Peter. You obviously had some good times together, to get married in the first place. There is no reason to be lonely until your last breath, there are lots of other people in the world who are also lonely. Go about your day with a smile and see who smiles back!

48 years ago, at the tender age of 17, I married a man I couldn't keep my hands off! We had no money, so we hired a celebrant, I wore a dress borrowed from my sister, and we married in my parents' backyard. I've got no idea where the time went, and we've both changed a lot, but I still find him...

All businesses should be required to accept cash, not just some. Sure, some items/services cost a lot, and it's unlikely that someone would pay cash, but the option should always be there.