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If the phrase "lest we forget" BELONGS anywhere, it belongs to ANZAC Day! The RSL claims to represent returned service people from all wars, or so I understood. So any returned service person should be able to wear that slogan with pride, whether or not they are a member of the local...

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I don't see you have an option - he's bullying your mother into an early grave, bullying you. Emotional blackmail will come - how could you leave him alone? But with your Mum in your care, what's to interfere with his proposed holiday? Tell him to piss off on it and forget to come back.

I wouldn't spend $55 for a burger at the Ekka or anywhere else!

If the problem with druggies, drunks, dropouts and no-hopers is closing down businesses, then the police should be doing something about it - regular patrols, arresting or moving on all who behave objectionably. Bad luck to the safe injecting room, pub, club or whatever venue is...

It'd be a good way to reduce costs for all - provided the baskets are left out for the next delivery man (using the generic for those who insist on being Politically Correct) to either refill or replace.

"No price, no purchase" is fair enough. Otherwise say - no price marked, so it must be free. I'll bet prices will soon be quoted/available if you insist on that one!

1. Authorities should intervene in any theft. 2. Anybody in Australia on any sort of visa (including 'refugees') found guilty of breaking the law should have their visas revoked - ideally, permanently barring from them ever returning to Australia - and be deported. We have enough home grown...

When forced to use a self-service checkout, I stand there looking like a helpless old granny until someone does it for me. That way I get the service I am paying for. After all, it's no cheaper using a self-service checkout that it is going through the (rapidly diminishing number of)...

It certainly isn't suitable except perhaps for the odd treat for a dog - and certainly I'd be very wary of feeding it to a cat (highly processed food is too often deficient in thiamine, among other things, and cats have a very high dietary requirement for thiamin. This is a retired vet...

It's still meat, and in hard times, it's a shame to waste it. But it is rather overpriced for off cuts/short-dated food! $1.00kg is more reasonable - and that $1 to go to charity kitchens. After all, the supermarket would otherwise just throw it out.

How about an alternative - pay a premium to drive through the congestion OR 1) a well-marked detour for those who don't want to actually visit the site 2) a remote car parking area (clearly signed) with free shuttle service to the congested site for those whose destination is the venue

The problem has nothing to do with climate change, rising sea levels and all the usual religious dogma. The problem is: a beach is a living ecosystem. Sand builds up, sand is taken away as the winds and tides dictate. If the residents want to do something about it, their best bet would...

Ellenberger's Theorem: One good turn gets most of the blankets.

My only issue with registering cats, restricting movement of cats or facing fines etc is - how is it enforced? Those who abide by the rules pay registration fees, pay to cat-proof their houses and yards etc. Those who don't - don't. Admittedly, this also applies to dog owners - but...

Per-kilometer road charge would be fairest - if there was a way of measuring it reliably. People are not always honest. An easier way, albeit not necessarily a fairer way, is simply to - scrap the fuel levy - when a car is registered, or re-registered, add a levy (aka tax) depending on the...

I would like to know what this 'biodegradable' plastic actually is - does it return to the carbon/hydrogen/oxygen molecules (plus whatever other elements in its makeup), or does it just speedily turn into microplastics? In my experience, "compostible" plastic bags do not turn into compost at...

Why should we complain? We have to pay to see many of our own natural wonders. We'd complain a lot louder if these sites/sights were not maintained