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    Centrelink recipient shares $100 fortnightly grocery haul: 'People who believe Jobseekers are out here living the life are wrong'

    I sometimes do what my mother taught me. I buy a roast chicken, it feeds my cat and I. Then I strip the chicken of the meat, freeze some and then put the bones in a pot to make soup. With vegetables it's wonderful and filling. My mum was born just before the depression and lived in London during...
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    Roald Dahl publisher’s crackdown on 'offensive' language receives backlash: ‘Absolutely insane’

    I don't like Roald Dahl as a person, his politics and views, but his books should be left alone. When we are told what we can read and what we can't that's a slippery slope to fascism or communism.
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    Woman commits shocking in-flight crime during new airport crackdown: Find out what happened!

    The woman should be charged. It doesn't matter what her age is or what the problem was, nobody should feel so entitled that they can behave that way!!
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    Unbelievable! Watch as supermarket CEO tackles alleged thief in citizen’s arrest

    I'd say definitely that the meat was stolen to sell for drugs. I know some people where I live who do that same thing.
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    Abandoned retirement village to be converted into social housing

    It's a great idea. I live in Melbourne and was effected by the Black Saturday bushfires. My house mate was housed in an old nursing home, and it worked. There were a few people housed there, it was temporary in their case but it showed that it could be possible for disused buildings.
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    Driver spots 'baffling' habit - why are people doing this?

    If you're too close to the line and someone hits you from behind it could push you into the intersection or at the very least into the pedestrian area.
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    Cleaner’s frightening experiment will make you never want to use fabric softener again

    Has he tried a different material to test? Microfibre is not supposed to have fabric softener used upon it. I think it negates it properties.
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    This British woman reveals the three things she HATES about living in Australia

    I live in Melbourne and there's no problem with traffic lights, cafes or toilets, although the key thing does happen in some places. I avoid the places where you have to have the paddle with the key.
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    'Do not do this': Experts warn this internet cooking 'hack' is dangerous

    It seems that the person is trying to emulate the old vertical grill. I used to have one in the '80's and it was great.
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