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    Is your local branch closing? Customers react to controversial bank closures

    People First Bank? Npw there's a misnomer if ever there was one. In fact, I'd call that false advertising.
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    ‘We have been unable to achieve a sale’: Why two popular chains are closing for good

    Try 9 popular brands and thousands to be made redundant with those already put of work because their stores (Rockmans, W Lane, Katies, sone Noni B stores and sone Rivers still awaiting their payout (holiday pay, long service pay, redundancy etc) and the last quarter's superannuation yet to be...
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    ‘Why doesn’t everyone do it?’: Sam Newman’s latest act leaves eventgoers stunned

    Cannot stand the man but agree with him on this one. I refuse to acknowledge this rubbish. Sick to death of it. Everywhere you go it's rammed down our throats. It's become totally meaningless.
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    Gravely ill Aussie dad can't get help, shocking reason will stun you

    Parameters need to exist, but they are only parameters. Human beings managing the NDIS need the flexibility and ability to think and operate outside those parameters when someone's situation doesn't fit "in the box". Peopke need to be able to think and assess outside that box everybody is...
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    Cracker classic gets a makeover—what’s changing after 70 years?

    Too darn expensive. Arnotts. You really are taking the .... $4 for something that probsbly costs you <$1 to produce? In fact all you products are overpriced. Take a hike Arnotts. We'll stick to Aldi for the chocolate ones. Kids prefer them to yours anyway
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    Discover how Peter Dutton's latest Centrelink proposal could affect your benefits!

    Having spent time in Katherine in the NT and seen what goes on itsthe bedt wsy yo manage the benefits paid to the indigenous people. The Woolies bottleshop didn't open until 2pm in an attempt to prevent them drawing their welfare ftom the ATMs, beating up their women to get the cash and...
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    Popular Aussie restaurant shuts down after 25 years: 'We had no choice'

    Well you'll soon be losing Katies, Millers, Noni B, Rockmans, Rivers, Autograph, BeMe, W Lane etc so that will leave a dent in the shopping centres.
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    Is your privacy at risk? Aussie’s unsettling phone call raises alarm over scams

    Problem is, if you have your phone set to block unknown/private numbers, you cannot receive calls from unknown from Centrelink because they are from a private number. It's a ridiculous state of affairs.
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    New road rules coming in 2025: 'Drivers should be aware'

    I say it's high time police targeted all those who do not indicate! They are at best, selfish and lazy and, at worst a menace on the roads and dangerous!
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    Is someone profiting from your loved one's care benefits? This family's fear could be your warning sign!

    As soon as the government announced the NDIS scheme the vultures/thieves began planning. The government does it every time. The same when they turned retirement homes over to the private sector with no control over them. Look at what happened there. Same with iverseas student vusas and the...
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    Major Centrelink payment changes begin this week: What you need to know and how it affects you

    We are being rammed by the government and banks into electronic transfers when there is so much fraud, corruption and scamming and yet the government refuses to force the banks into taking responsibility for any transfers that are fake or go missing. Tell us. What happens if the money goes astray?
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    Could your phone plan be putting you at risk? ACCC sues telecom company over alleged exploitation

    The only way to stamp out this sirt if unconscionable behaviour which, incidentally, goes on across most corporates, especialky retail, banking, insurance, finance, law (yes law) is to make it illegal to set unrealistic targets (known as "stretch" targets to staff. These targets vegin at the...
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    Economist proposes controversial change to superannuation: ‘It’s a really ugly mark’

    Totally agree with him. It's a rort whichever way you look at it.
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    Major Aussie fashion brand enters voluntary administration

    Myers is buying Solomin Lew's Premier Investments. He struck a deal with Myer to get a controlling interest in Myer (something he's long coveted) and will take his brands into Myer, rather like David Jones did. Shopping is becoming more boring by the day. Myer is NOT buying Mosaic Brand which...
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    Should we be worried about Australia’s declining life expectancy?— by Noel Whittaker

    Natural attrition. The world cannot sustain longevity. Although a possibility we should be worried seeing what Healthscope is up to.
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    Healthscope's latest move may change private health insurance soon

    This has been brewing for a long time. And we have politicians to thank for selling our new hospitals, which should have been public, to foreign providers (Brookfield/Healthscope) for $1 to operate as part private, part public. The private equity company has broken its contracts anyway by not...
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    Major Aussie fashion brand enters voluntary administration

    Myer is NOT buying any Mosaic Brands. Solomon Lew is taking his brands (Dottis, Just Jeans Jacquie E, Portmanz etc into Myers. Nothing to do with Mosaic Brands. So ni doubt, that'll be around 1400 stores that will disappear from shopping centres and around 7000 employees who lose their jobs...
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    Luxury fashion empire Harrolds crumbles with millions in debt

    Crooks. Ran away with the money and left the employees high and dry.
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    Cook your favourite dishes for less with this supermarket find!

    I thought this was a well known fact. The cheap olive oil is not true oluve oil. It always comes down to "you get what you pay for"
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    Royally captivated: King Charles and Queen Camilla charm Aussie crowds

    A republic is something we do not need. A new "head of Australia" we di not need. And tbe support stull shown for the Royals is widely apparent. Politics is corrupt enough. Can you imagine what it would be like if we had some dictator like Xi or Trump as the head of Australia? Corruption would...
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