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Since they removed Target from Dubbo & replaced it with K-Mart I have been left wondering where do I buy the things I loved at Target. I definitely won't shop at K-Mart with their checkout in the middle of the store & someone requiring you to show your shopping to them at the exit. So you have...

Looks like council were not content to build a pool but had to have a space that looks like it belongs in the Middle East. No wonder they went over budget & now they have to find a way to pay for it & so they look to "the bank of local residents". My response to this council would be, you...

When was this article written? It says "... from Friday 1st December ....". It's been a few years since 1st December was a Friday since this year it is a Monday. How about SDC give us current & relevant articles? Is that too much to ask or are we, as seniors, not supposed to notice how out...

For you arrogant information - I worked very hard in large hospitals for most of my life, both as a clerical worker keeping the hospital functioning & reports reaching your doctor, and as a nurse for many years, helping people to recover from illness & injury. So, Mr. Govt employee who likes to...

You are obviously a member of the part of govt which receives all this additional revenue. Have a good day.

When I retired I moved from Newcastle to a small country town in the north-west of the state. I thought that, being a country town, it would be friendly. How wrong can one be?? I soon learned that "if you were not born here, you are a stranger" forever. There is virtually no way to make...

This is why I hated working with married women with children, or those who could be pregnant. They go on their leave (I'm not disputing that it's legal or warranted) but the rest of the staff are left to pick up the tab. I have spent many days having to do someone else's work as well as my own...

One more instance of revenue raising. If there is no traffic in sight, what is the danger if a person crosses the road away from a zebra crossing or against the red light? None. So, that makes it definitely revenue raising.

Unfortunately this idea would not work in any institution. Staff have to work to timetables & routines to get their work done. Showering could possibly be done at different times but meals need to be at a set time so kitchen staff have time to prepare, serve & clean up from one meal in time to...

When I told them it was their property, not mine, I was told in no uncertain terms that there is some local govt legislation that makes it my responsibility to maintain & that if I didn't mow it they would lay some charge against me & I would end up in court!!! Shortly after all this I asked...

The local council will be at your door before you die if you let the grass grow. Believe me, I know as I have had them chasing me because I didn't mow the "footpath" - right to the verge of the tar strip down the middle of this country road. I said to my neighbour that I was just going to kill...

I have spent the last 9 months (since my aged care plan was approved but not yet financed) researching companies which operate in my area to see who are the robbers & who are genuinely doing their best to help. In fact, I met with a company just moving into the area a couple of weeks ago to see...

First thing, you can get your cataracts removed at a public hospital at no cost. I know, because I have had them removed from both of my eyes with no hospital cost, just a smaller fee to the specialist for pre- & post-surgery review. Couples pensions are not meant to be divided & each carry...

I'm 84 & don't have a family. Sure, I have nieces & nephew on the other side of the country but they have their own families to care for & should not be responsible for my care plus only o& ne of them ever makes contact by phone with me (& that is only on rare occasions). I have worried for a...

I'm not sure how big Mildura is, but I have to go to Dubbo (NSW) & while it is a city, it is still a regional city & nowhere near as big as cities on the coast. I think he just wants to use one provider & not do his research to find anyone else. I went to Dubbo Base Hospital & asked the girls...

Specialists can get a direct link with Medicare so that the patient pays the fee at the surgery, the details are immediately relayed to Medicare & the rebate is in the patient's bank account the next day. So, the Dr does not wait 90 days for payment (as stated above) & the patient doesn't have...

Unfortunately for those who regularly get caught speeding, cruise control doesn't really work in residential areas where you are constantly stopping or, at least, slowing down requiring the resetting of cruise control after each time you apply the brakes. For those of us lucky enough to live in...

This is poorly written. It talks as if 1 Nov 2025 is in the past & that the new programme is already active. As far as my poor, old, (probably decrepit if the govt had any say in it) brain knows, 1 Nov 2025 is still nearly 6 weeks away. "Have you or your loved ones faced challenges under...

In all my years on this earth, I have only ever gone into Sussan's once & walked out again without even trying anything on. The clothes were horrible & definitely not fashionable. Should I look again when next I am in Dubbo? Maybe. Maybe not. Trouble is, there is hardly anywhere else to buy...