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    Report reveals hidden Telstra tax, adds nearly $1000 for premium users

    sounds like a plan except that every one uses NBN as the base carrier and some rips up your cable , or the is a power outage then you are down along with all the rest because the NBN has no battery back up
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    Report reveals hidden Telstra tax, adds nearly $1000 for premium users

    You might have to pay for your own modem, deal with less responsive customer service, or miss out on certain feature Well waiting more than 1 hour to get to accounts or service is not exactly responsive -- think not Then finding out that there is a bad connection in the NBN line but to be told...
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    He caught a $14,204 overcharge—this one habit could save you from the same mess

    just goes to prove that using plastic is not always a good thing Imagine the rake in for the banks with their card surcharges being added 100 times The refund will be for the goods but will the bank refund the surcharges as well WE need strict regulations because a refund in a few days time...
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    Secret speed camera feature catches drivers faces $1800 fine

    Sadly, the need for these cameras is backed up by some sobering statistics. In 2024, Queensland recorded its highest road toll in 15 years, with 303 people killed. If these are indisputable facts then why are the cheeky cameras only applied around road work areas-- You see the trouble is while...
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    Does Centrelink actually owe you money? Here's what you can do with unexpected overpayments

    this little gem of advice-- good that it is , raised a smile as the word immediately can take more than 2 hours waiting if you are on the phone-by the time you get through , the process of having you charged could already have started -- If you notice an unexpected boost in your Centrelink...
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    Microsoft axes important security features for one of its tools

    I use Kaspesky password manager and when you save a pass word it can be saved there automatically A better security than defender or any other crap that Microsoft has and it has to be remembered that many hackers are ex dissatisfied Microsoft employees
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    New ban risks costing Australians $140,000, experts express fear

    card charges are so different from other charges in that they do not have to be charged at all-- the banks just want total control of your cash and the surcharge is just another way to take more from you for a service that they wanted you to believe was going to be free
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    New ban risks costing Australians $140,000, experts express fear

    remember when the ATM was going to save us money The use the debit card to save us money and then tap and go to save time and money well it was all a clever plot to do away with cash and to charge everybody the surcharge to use what was promoted as free and convenient The banks profits soared to...
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    Nationals MP reveals cancer diagnosis after noticing small detail

    ...........generally it is best to have the radiation after the prostrate is removed as it is the final barrier having it before only prolongs the anxiety for it to come back with a vengeance. with keyhole and robotic surgery , the results are astounding so the old problems only occur if you...
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    Nationals MP reveals cancer diagnosis after noticing small detail

    I had it and beside the real advice of get it early and save your life is top of the importance in conversations The second bit a advice is --get a professional urologist to do the operation and not some specialist butcher like the one that did mine The difference is the quality of life you...
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    Council rules spoil camping plans as local landowners slam new restrictions

    just goes to show that some people do not know the difference between movies and reality and allows it all to affect their judgments
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    Council rules spoil camping plans as local landowners slam new restrictions

    I can understand you perception as it is another overboard reaction from councils who are flat out running their own business efficiently but if you want change , we must all get together and tell the councils to stick their regulations up where their brains are and leave it up to the travelers...
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    Council rules spoil camping plans as local landowners slam new restrictions

    we not in the USA and Australians can be held responsible for their own actions and suing people is not the done thing Your experience is from a neighbour just meters from your boundary but with a farm it is hundreds of acres and hundreds of meters apart-There is no reference to permits for...
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    Council rules spoil camping plans as local landowners slam new restrictions

    At the end of the day, farm land is private property and the farmer gets to say who can , who cannot and where they park their vans.A farmer to allows a van on that is not fully self contained is asking for trouble and that would be a condition of entry for all vans if the farmer is half smart...
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    Australians to withdraw massive cash sums in this movement: 'Banks need to give us access'

    if you were correct which you aren't, the smaller business all charge a surcharge on card transactions-- I have been in servos that have a surcharge, donut king charge a surcharge and banks have a charge to get cash out across the counter --Maybe you get a surcharge and are not smart enough to...
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    Australians to withdraw massive cash sums in this movement: 'Banks need to give us access'

    right now the world is going through a majour upheaval with trump tariffs wars The US dollar is falling in value taking our dollar with it My parents went through the great depression here in Australia as the American collapse effected every where and back then when it was all cash or cheques...
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    Cole’s ‘controversial’ change you need to know

    they go back to the recyclers as a deposit on the new baskets --Coles never miss an opportunity to make a dollar.
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    Cole’s ‘controversial’ change you need to know

    what has any government got to do with Coles greed and baskets that are not fit for the purpose-- unless you are referring to Dutton and the LNP who want to strip away penalty rates and decent wages for coles -- please keep on the subject agenda.
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    Cole’s ‘controversial’ change you need to know

    just another gimmick to get people to buy more Larger baskets sounds good but how do you handle the basket when you have a heavy object like a large bottle of milk that will not sit in the middle These stupid ideas come form people who study economics and demography and are rewarded with bonuses...
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    Garbo collectors are onto you: This bin day mistake can cost you $1,674!

    they day they pay me to sort out the plastics is the day I will do my best to sort it out for them and save them the cost of employing people to do it. AS that day will never arrive, then plastics is plastics, paper is paper and anything I consider recyclable , goes in the recycle bin If the...
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