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    Could your morning brew be harming your eyes? Doctors weigh in

    Having been born with bad eyesight as a baby , my mother could not take me outside for 6 months without she placed a shawl over my eyes i couldn’t stand the sunlight . After many trips to eye drs, and optometrists I’ve heard that many things , then Macular degeneration hit the limelight . It...
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    Member Spotlight: A story of courage through adversity

    Thank you for your ❤️ story . The fact you had 2 ❤️ children after you arrived . , following the loss of your baby to SIDS . The old saying It’s an ill wind that blows and doesn do somebody some good came to my mind . My mother was a First World War bride ,my father landed in Galipoli but...
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    TV host breaks down on air as shocking scandal rocks community

    Hidden cameras should be installed in all classrooms offices ,play care centres . Everywhere children are attending . Cameras can be turned off ,and how many times do we hear “ the camera was checked but found not to be working” Not only will they show if teachers have been assaulted by older...
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    NSW man in hospital with state's first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus

    I read on wikipedia when they first started inquiring how Covid started they identified bats as one of the creatures spreading it. Cannot stand the filthy things! Have 3 beautiful black grape bushes growing on my back fence in small yard . Just on dark at night in Hervey Bay they are like a...
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    A 'special' kind of price squeeze is hurting seniors... but is the extra pinch valid?

    I notice on my reply at the bottom it always says Edit or Delete I am blind and not very technically minded so what am I doing wrong.
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    A 'special' kind of price squeeze is hurting seniors... but is the extra pinch valid?

    Gezzabel ,I thought I was being ripped off when I went to heart specialist exactly 12 months ago and cost me $500. Due to go again Monday guess it will be $600 and you get stuff all out of Medicare I have a pacemaker and have to see another specialist to see if that is set properly,battery ok...
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    Why senior shoppers are demanding clearer labels

    I have been carrying magnifying glass with me when I go shopping for 20 years . Chemistry etc is the worst on prescription packs . When it says DONOT TAKE if yo have ….. and the printing is so faded , their printer needs new ink … Also when I have to check ingredients for sugar % I have someone...
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    Cost of living relief kicks in July 1: What Aussies can expect

    Did not see anything at all that was going to make all aged pensioners jump out of bed with real happy smiles on our faces . Plus I could scream every time I hear and been told “I can’t believe how you have slipped thru the cracks” by these government department assessing people .I must be the...
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    Eye Transplant Breakthrough: How the World's First Procedure Is Sparking Hope with Miraculous Signs of Sight Recovery

    Pity this didn’t happen 20 years ago .I don’t need nose or face EYES YES I would have broken down the door to be first in line Now at 88 too old
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    Australians are being hurt by this vitamin—here’s how to protect yourself!

    Having difficulty to get my tablets out of packets because I am blind I was advised by heart specialist to apply for Webster pac . To qualify you have to take 5 prescription tablets a day . If you take the same tablet 2or 3 times a day it only counts as 1 tablet which I do so I didn’t have 5...
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    She moved to Australia thinking she was ready…then came the 'dunny'

    We don’t have Donald Trump ….. Maybe I will …Maybe I won’t ….. They don’t know what I’m going to do . He doesn’t know what he is going to do either lol
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    Pigeon killer fined $48k, one of WA's largest animal cruelty fines

    Wottoval …you are so right it’s a wonder they didn’t try that caper. Reading other comments that were said “What would they do to a person?” . I have read when police are interviewing person on murder charge they always check to see if perpetrators have worked in slaughter house or any previous...
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    Shoppers trash store aisles, leave Kmart staff to clean up mess

    When we were raised as kids many many moons ago IF you got milk out of the fridge or you cereal out of the cupboard you put it back immediately you finished with it . Many a smack round the legs with the wooden spoon for that! Our clothe’s woul be ironed and left in our rooms on bed to be...
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    Are you breaking this unspoken Aussie rule without even realizing it? Many residents are fed up!

    Many years ago when the river run through our dairy farm there used to be trout in the river Every so often the fisheries used to release extra trout for fishermen to catch . The farmer couldn’t refuse the fishermen going thru your property then but they were supposed to be walking only and...
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    Former Australian Army reservist jailed for lighting neighbour on fire

    Caron I agree with you some of the sentences do not fit the crimes watched ABC news last night wher the 2 men in W A were sentenced to LIFE for killing 10 year old aboriginal boy with blows to head from metal bars from shopping trolley . 29 year old the judge said showed no remorse but will...
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    Calls grow louder for the government to stop stalling on home care

    Having read all the previous comments I can understand and relate to all of them . It’s 4 years ago when I first applied for homecare package when I was diagnosed legally blind . First of all I was placed on homecare that I subsidised myself . Someone to take me to dr I paid halt someone to take...
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    Petrol price hits $2 mark as Middle East conflict drives global oil surge

    Not only Albanese all the ministers with cars no matter what party don’t have to worry . one of my relatives used to be a ministerial driver . That’s one of their perks !!
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    58,000 Aussies in caravans get payment clarity under Centrelink’s latest update

    Gordon 1940 not necessarily so they make them up as they go along! It all depends whom is assessing your case . I know my comments are not to do with caravan owners but it is to do with centrelink rulesWhen I applied for the blind pension my eye surgeon PROFFESSOR [name withheld] filled out the...
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    Do you have a favourite quote that inspires you?

    If someone is doing something better than me I’m all ears I want to know how they are doing it “.
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    Hard to Handle: How Everyday Products Are Failing Older Australians

    This is my kind of article I read it with great enthusiasm . I am blind . It would take the whole page to list my frustrations on products we can’t use . My motto is if someone is doing something better than me I want to know how! 1st question WHY do they make tablets ROUND . I was given a...
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