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    Are Gen Z Aussies onto something? How bold cash move led to a $97 fine

    I saw this on the news, yes he is a lawyer in training. The university put up notices 4 weeks beforehand advising the change to cashless.
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    Are you ready for Albo’s bold new cash plan? Here’s how it could change how you pay every day

    Very true words, I won't pay trades etc cash because this is what happens. I have worked hard all my life and pay my taxes so these people should as well.
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    Grandma’s got a gadget: Seniors embrace smart tech for everyday life

    Thanks for this article, all my life i have seen technology change and I just knew that no matter how exasperating it could be I had to try and learn. The changes we have embraced over the years, people now whinging about closing ATMs, remember when they first came out with the plastic card...
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    Farmers seek direct partnerships with meal kit and ready-made meal makers

    My daughter uses these meal services, there are never any leftovers, if you miss a meal you end up with waste, the amount of packaging is excessive and they are bloody expensive. The money she spends each week for 'convenience', I could have well over a weeks meals, with left overs for lunches...
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    Major checkout change quietly rolls out across supermarkets

    Woolworths have had digital receipts for years. Extremely handy if you need to return something, you don't need to go rummaging through the bin
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    Tap-and-Go Nation: Inside Australia’s $160 Billion Cashless Boom

    The generic ATMs are owned privately not by the banks
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    Tap-and-Go Nation: Inside Australia’s $160 Billion Cashless Boom

    One issue the article did not address is the cost of transporting cash around the country so it is available to all. Recently banks and businesses that rely on having cash available like Woolies and Coles and Post offices have paid millions of dollars to financially bail out Armagard as they...
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    Are You Ready for Australia’s Drastic New Internet Rules? Face Age & ID Checks Could Change How You Go Online Forever

    I welcome this, if I am just looking up the news or a recipe or my general extremely boring scrolling and searching and you find the need to verify my age from my boring very uninteresting usage history feel free, but if I was a child and wanting to visit sites that may be inappropriate or...
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    This silent sleep condition was hard to detect—until the Apple Watch stepped in

    I had the complete opposite experience with my Samsung watch, detected falls when I was asleep, at a concert and other times. My poor daughter getting panicked because she gets a message that her mums had a fall, turned the 'feature ' off
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    Tiny sign reveals surprising rule at Australia’s top holiday destination

    Not as many cash carriers now, rules have changed on limits for flights etc and the charges are huge
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    Tiny sign reveals surprising rule at Australia’s top holiday destination

    This place is an island people, I can only imagine keeping cash available for the small minority would be a logistical nightmare.
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    How Do Score?

    I would eat everything on the list, especially snails, dripping in garlic butter they are delicious
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    Outage Anxiety: Centrelink Crash Leaves Older Aussies in Limbo

    Again a long rambling article trying to incite a response. Who is reporting after 10pm? Memories are very short, phone lines use to go down all the time, there use to be a several hour wait to get through to centrelink and in times gone by you had to physically front up to centrelink. This big...
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    Major bank threatens account closure over unexplained home cash

    I think there is a lot more to this story
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    ‘Back to the Stone Age’: Blackouts Show Why Cash Is King in Australia

    Wow this article is very dramatic, love the reference to the 70's and 80's, that is over 50 years ago and we have come along way since then. Heaven forbid you are in a natural disaster but the community spirit comes alive and whether you have cash or not is not something that is an issue or...
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    From Swimwear to $58,000 Weddings: Inside the ATO’s Outrageous Tax Deduction Hall of Shame

    I certainly hope all the businesses are declaring all the cash income that goes through their income takings
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    New ban risks costing Australians $140,000, experts express fear

    Not to the retailer, costs them a lot to process cash
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