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    Shocking supermarket inflation: Are Coles & Woolworths ripping you off with Smith’s chips prices?

    It is not just the grocery stores and suppliers implementing higher prices or the same price for less quantity. Telecomunications companies are also providing less service for the same money, for post paid accounts (shrinkflation). One company has introduced a connection subscription service...
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    Chicken McNuggets disaster: McDonald’s in hot water after it was found to blame for young girl’s injuries

    It would be nice if McDonalds in Australia got their food to something like 75% of the temperature in this story. I am getting sick of eating burgers and fries that are cold upon receipt from the outlet.
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    Are Buy Now, Pay Later Services Pushing Australians to Choose Between Essential Medications and Debt?

    It is all and good stating that PBS medications are covered by the safety net etc. What about non PBS medications, a person is required to use because PBS covered medications are either not suitable or the person has a reaction. A person maybe taking five or six PBS medications when they can...
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    Woolworths goes green: Say goodbye to 15c plastic bags in ALL stores nationwide!

    When the first ban on plastic bags came into force the number of green cloth bags on the sid eof the road jumped. Plastic bags are not the only plastic needed to be removed from shelves, what about milk, detergent, cordial and condiment bottles.
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    Aussie farming family devastated by plans to build a road straight through their house, revealing the HEARTLESS way they were notified

    Why did the council not take the road through vacant land next to the family home? Is it because it is owned by someone with money? Why are they not looking for the person/s responsible for putting the provisions in place not to do so?
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    14 of the most annoying ‘Americanisations’ of the English language

    Some I find hard is PORCH for VERANDAH, timber sizes are backwoods i.e. 2" x 4" instead of 4" x 2". changing world also sees the loss of certain words, i.e. news reporters and others use the word amount across the board instead of number (eg amount of cars has increased clogging the motorway...
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    Irate woman slams 'ridiculous' fine for street parking – was she wrong?

    I wish councils were as pedantic for all parking vioations how often do you find parked vehicles not within the lines, or parked on nature strips between roads. Then you see them fining you for parking at 8:30 am on a Saturday and the driver having to look for change to pay the meter, not 5...
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    Can you answer this simple ROAD RULE question?

    This is not so. Continuous lane lines You must not cross a continuous line separating 2 lanes unless the lane you are moving to or from is a special purpose lane, such as a transit lane, and the driver is allowed to use the special purpose lane.
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    Can you answer this simple ROAD RULE question?

    This is the case where there is a dividing line between the two lanes This is the case where there is a dividing line between the two lanes. When there is no line marking then the car in front has the right of way.
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    Federal government announced $250 one-off cash payment for pensioners, advocacy groups slam the government for “insufficient” financial aid

    The Government need to get their heads out of the sand. There are a number of people who will receive no assistance at all from the budget. They do not receive any of the current assistance from LMITO so haow does the Prime Minister and the Treasurer think they there will be assistence flow on...
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