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  1. J

    2024-25 federal budget: Government strengthens healthcare with $31.60 price cap on prescriptions

    My gp gets nothing like that, all the gp's in his practice bulk bill, so they only get the measly Medicare rebate. These gp's are hard working and caring. I have tried 4 practices in Wagga and my home town, and have been miss diagnosed by several, pand now travel 40ks to Junee to see a decent gp.
  2. J

    2024-25 federal budget: Government strengthens healthcare with $31.60 price cap on prescriptions

    Don't know where you got scripts for $6.30 they have been going up .10c a year since forever. We are point to save a whole .50c over 5 yrs. Some discount pharmacies have scripts for $6.70 against the normal price this year of $7.70.
  3. J

    Passport price hike puts Aussie travel plans in a spin: Here's how to dodge passport fee fiasco!

    It seems half the people who have injuries overseas have been drinking to excess before tripping or falling. Gofundme should be for real emergencies.
  4. J

    Passport price hike puts Aussie travel plans in a spin: Here's how to dodge passport fee fiasco!

    And if you can afford to travel what's another $50. It isn't much in the scheme of things.
  5. J

    'Old-school' discipline is back? Parents share thoughts on classroom guidelines

    Some parents wouldn't know what manners and decency are.
  6. J

    Plus-size Kmart coat controversy explodes online: ‘Come on, Kmart’

    Trushing in Wagga, there is nothing for 14, 16 everything is 20 plus. Some of us are normal sizes and can't buy clothing that looks decent.
  7. J

    'Doing this now!': Tradie blows people away with 'genius' bin trick

    Might be fine wherever he lives,but my garbage is a small bin that goes out weekly and the recycle and greenwaste go out fortnightly on alternate weeks and are large bins.
  8. J

    Attention Centrelink recipients: Claim your energy bill rebate!

    Yes, what about nsw and tassie.
  9. J

    Aussies are torn over this gardener’s green bin trick

    We mow all our pruning or put larger stuff through a mulcher. No way would we waste it by putting it in a bin, all our green waste is used as mulch saving water and plants. Only items in the green waste bin are noxious weeds.
  10. J

    Grieving mother slams Centrelink’s ‘unfair’ rule: ‘It's very wrong’

    Unfortunately everyone seems to want a hand out for whatever they want. Most of us who have been through this type of trauma get up and get on with life, hard as it may be.
  11. J

    Check You Bank Statements..........Strange To Say The least

    Predictive text can change what you put in. I cannot type a certain league players name in right. Mr Mitchell always comes up as Latrine Mitchell, I put the right spelling in and it changes to latrine every time.
  12. J

    Unlock a $500 bonus for your household expenses—find out if you're eligible!

    If we got rid of state governments and only ad federal and local, think of the money savings. The savings could help everyone. This will never happen as politicians would lose places to climb the greasy pole.
  13. J

    Police arrests gardener after suburb incident claims life of 74-year-old grandfather

    Also the mental health act needs to be revised. There are some criminally insane people who should never be out on the lose.
  14. J

    Protect your online shopping

    If you use another account to transfer to the small account some hackers are clever enough to access the linked account.
  15. J

    Popular 'health tip' sends woman straight to the emergency department

    Yes and they are allowed to breed which is even worse.
  16. J

    Woolworths admits to underpaying staff by over $1 million—are you affected by this oversight?

    If there was a decent HR dept this could not happen. Don't tell me they were not aware of wage structures. If we still had unions this would not be going on in most of the retail industry.
  17. J

    A sour taste in Aussie’s mouths: Cadbury just tampered with beloved chocolate bar

    This like the Chico babies (sorry whatever they are called now) used to be $2- $2.50 now $5 and $3.50 on special, love them but will not pay $3.50 for a 180g bag of lollies. Allen's have lost a customer.
  18. J

    A sour taste in Aussie’s mouths: Cadbury just tampered with beloved chocolate bar

    Why once again do the majority have to pay for the minority. Most of us can control how much we eat, if someone can't tell when they have eaten too much, they shouldn't be let out lose. Why do we always pay for the morbidly obese people, who mostly bring it on themselves. OK there are a very...
  19. J

    Escalating crime waves: Tribunal shockingly denies ALDI's plea

    And the judges not dispensing the right punishment.
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