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    Woolworths customer exposes ‘dodgy’ checkout flaw: ‘How much extra are we paying?’

    We have never been offered an item for free if it’s priced wrong. When asked for the discounted price or free (because it’s their error) the staff just laugh at us.
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    Is your wallet about to become obsolete? Discover when Australia plans to go completely cashless

    2022 was still coming out of Covid when so many places would only do card transactions to avoid handling cash. So that data is not really relevant. Cash is still very necessary. Especially in rural areas where the internet is dodgy. The EFTPOS lines went down for 10 days in December in our town...
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    What these new road cameras revealed in this state will blow your mind!

    What dos all that have to do with cameras on highways?
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    Services Australia not meeting own processing time standards, data reveals

    We’ve been waiting since 5 Dec for our LHCare card to be renewed. I filled out an on line complaint form yesterday. Lo and behold today it’s been approved. 108 days later! my husband applied for the pension yesterday and was informed it will be assessed between June and July. (Our healthcare...
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    Mum shares money-saving secret to bagging grocery shopping bargains

    We don’t have fresh food markets in the country. While I’d like to have chooks, we don’t have the hundreds of $$$ it would cost to build a fox proof coop. It’s cheaper to buy eggs every couple of weeks! Good on her if she loves veggies! My husband won’t eat anything but basic food so WW or IGA...
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    Centrelink scam texts

    The government are actually doing something. They caught 3 Chinese nationals only a few weeks ago. These scums had 29 phones set up continuously sending out text messages. It’s the phone calls that worry me, how do you determine if they are genuine or not? I know to never reply to emails or...
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    Service NSW will not provide phone support to the elderly-

    You obviously didn’t read the article. And my 91 year old mother can’t use a smart phone either so telling them to use an App is just ignorance On your part. She doesn’t have home help, her friends are the same age and her nearest family are 1500 klms away.
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    Explosive court verdict may scrap all COVID-19 fines in this state

    I would love to see some compensation by WA government to all the people who were banned from visiting dying family members. Every possible precaution was taken but still banned. (4 tests if going by road across Aust) Yet people from another state were allowed to fly in without any precautions...
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    Aussie drivers might have to start paying fees to access this beach soon—find out why!

    Go for it. As long as ratepayers are exempt. I cannot understand the joy some people get out of vandalizing toilets or why it is so hard for people to take their rubbish with them.
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    5 plants to build your immune system

    1: You can’t get into a GP every 3 months for a blood test. 2: You can’t get a GP to test you for what you want. 3: you don’t say what to take every day!!!
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    Major Aussie retailer faces serious allegations from the ACCC

    Not just them. We ordered an urgent product from Perth, paid extra for express/overnight delivery. 12 days later when we rang Star Track they said our parcel was waiting at the Perth depot for more parcels so they could send a crate load together. We never did get a refund. Agree with PattiB...
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    Drivers beware: Speeding could cost you way more in this state starting July!

    Under 11 ks over the limit, that fine is a bit steep. Otherwise fair enough! I wish they would reduce the speed limit in our rural living estate. Houses every 100-200 meters or so, narrow roads and pedestrians, cyclists, families and dog walkers out all the time yet the speed limit is 80. so...
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    Brain tumour survivor slams Centrelink after support payments cut off mid-recovery

    You cannot get through to Centrelink. I tried calling several times and had to give up after being on hold for an hour.
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    How Aussies can get health insurance for less than a cup of coffee a day

    Who can afford a minimum of $1400 a year for health insurance that doesn’t give you much anyway? with everything going up all the time private health insurance is oneof the first things to be dumped.
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    What would a vehicle efficiency standard for new cars cost – or save – Australian drivers?

    I agree with the previous comment. In my last job it took 20 - 30 minutes to drive, depending on traffic. To go by public transport?. Well I couldn’t. There was no public transport anywhere near where I worked and very few buses where we lived. (A well populated residential area and a huge...
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    Are ‘elites’ using secret codes on your toothpaste tubes? Dentists reveal the truth!

    coming from a manufacturing background, I know for a fact these marks are often used to line pre cut tubes up in machine when filling and crimping. Other marks obviously for the cutting. Machines often have sensors the pick up these lines and marks.
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    Expat is baffled by something at servos: ‘It's a bit annoying’

    Well we can whinge about the opposite, if you prepay you don’t know exactly how much you need. If you pay for more than you need you have to wait up to 4 weeks to get your refund. There is plenty of 24 hour servos around in the big towns and cities. You just have to use a thing called a smart...
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    Shocking discovery: ALDI’s self-checkouts break the mould compared to Coles and Woolworths!

    Went to Woolworths today and the self serve told us a store person had to check in, as we still had items in our trolley( which we didn’t). We hadn’t used all of our bags that we carry and the cameras picked up that they were in our trolley. so you‘re supposed to hold your empty bags in your...
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    Meet the award-winning brand Emma Sleep and unlock the best sleep of your life

    We had a memory foam mattress in our caravan, it certainly didn’t promote good sleep, nor did my memory foam pillows. They were all rather firm and uncomfortabl.
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