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  1. J

    Corporate watchdog slams superannuation funds on 'customer service', communications with retirees

    HESTA was one of the ones that was found to be dodgy when the royal commission into banking , insurance.and financial services was held a few years back. I have noticed that HESTA have had a add campaign going on television of late You can find the HESTA submissions to the Royal Commission on...
  2. J

    Hundreds of phones went dead and couldn't reach Triple Zero when it mattered most—are you next?

    Just a bunch of mongrels the CEO won’t take responsibility for the outage he should be sacked F them
  3. J

    The GP crisis Down Under: Why three new bulk billing clinics could be a game changer for seniors

    I was going to a bulk billing practice then one day they had a sign up saying they would be a private practice at a certain date and there would be no more bulk billing So I asked the question why? I was told the practice has been sold What do you do after 8 years so I found another...
  4. J

    Your power company won’t tell you this—but THIS new rule will force their hand

    I am of the belief that the majority of these large corporations are corrupt in some way They cry they need to make a profit for their shareholders and their CEOs need to be paid millions . How much is one man worth .Each company needs to have a social conscience because there will always be...
  5. J

    Trust betrayed: Aged care worker's alleged $30,000 shopping spree exposes Australia's growing elder abuse crisis

    This type of abuse has been going on for years I remember there was an aged care home at Sandgate in Brisbane ( maybe still there) and it was found that some of the abuse was horrific. From memory the state government got involved ( and may have been state run) I just can’t remember all of the...
  6. J

    Optus triple-0 outage turns deadly—could you be at risk?

    I wouldn’t trust Optus as far as I could kick them They are always having issues with their network and I don’t understand why people go with them unless they offer a cheaper service I don’t know as I have never had the displeasure of having their service if you can call it that I feel so...
  7. J

    Free no more! Why everyday aged care support could now drain your savings

    I can only sympathise with everyone and there circumstances as I know how hard it is out there My wife and I are in the same boat. I worry that soon the electricity subsidy will finish and where do I get the money from to pay it. I already have money deducted from my pension in advance so...
  8. J

    Aussies say enough! Government finally targets sneaky supermarket tricks

    Once again we have the suppliers and supermarkets working in collaboration to rip of the general public ( not all suppliers) The amount of groceries you can buy for 100 dollars has surely shrunk to 5 years ago There are 3 adults in my house hold and we are spending about 250 dollars per...
  9. J

    Paedophile priest John Sidney Denham dies in prison hospital

    My apologies everyone I should not have written that
  10. J

    Paedophile priest John Sidney Denham dies in prison hospital

    I hate these stories it just brings back bad memories
  11. J

    Online predators raise alarm over everyday school snapshots

    I don’t have facebook so I don’t have a problem. What I can’t understand is those people who post everything on Facebook They must be very lonely. My wife and I were driving from Darwin to Melbourne and we were in the middle of central Australia and my wife was trying to post on facebook where...
  12. J

    'The End of an Era': Music venue closes after decades as live scene faces crisis

    It’s a shame a lot of these old venues have gone I remember the Cloudland Ballroom when it’s was in in heyday I first met Colonel Harland Sanders (KFC fame) at the Cloudland Ballroom. From my memory I woke up one morning and the Ballroom wasn’t there anymore The Dean brothers had struck...
  13. J

    Sudden shift turns premium laptops into outdated tech, sparking concerns for owners' wallets

    I am of the opinion that it’s a ripoff no matter whether it’s Microsoft or apple It’s all about the mighty dollar These companies need to be brought to bear and continue to support what they call OBSOLETE It’s just a pity that we are caught between a rock and a hard place
  14. J

    MasterChef star’s ambitious restaurant ends in heartbreaking failure

    I don’t know how people afford his products as I have looked on his website and one of his items went from 75 dollars to 480 dollars most that I liked at were in the 175 dollar range He also give a rating of how many people each cake serves To expensive for me
  15. J

    Iconic $3 treat returns as shoppers race to get it: 'There's something special about it'

    When I was a boy we lived at millmerran on a wheat property and we would have go to Toowoomba for our shopping while we were there my dad would pick up a couple of boxes of Weis bars and take them back to a small shop at Millmerran I so enjoyed the Weis bar which my mum would give us as a...
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