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    Do you think it's reasonable to leave your family in this situation?

    I have experienced this situation. Please leave and have a great future. I would ask that you contact welfare for the sake of your young brother and ask them to do welfare checks. Does he go to a special unit? They need to Know about the family situation.
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    Billionaire brothers who invented penny-pinching: How ALDI got its name and conquered Australia

    I enjoyed this story and will remember it whilst I shop
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    Silent conditions dismissed as everyday symptoms leave many unheard

    My mother passed at 60 because her liver problems were never taken seriously until a locum saw how yellow her skin was. Alas too late. She rarely drank alcohol and I now read that there is a high number of people with liver cirrhosis who have no history of alcohol abuse.
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    How safe is your face? The pros and cons of having facial recognition everywhere

    They just changed the card for tax file number with the ATO. When your da e is no security how do we safeguard our super?
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    Why Aussies throw away rotten groceries when you can get a refund instead—here's how

    Faulty goods can definitely be returned and must be refunded. However change of mind is at the discretion of the store.
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    When the safety net breaks: How one family's 40-year support system vanished overnight

    Closing nursing homes should not happen. NDIS and aged care are a government responsibility and privatising only allows rorters to make money
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    Toilet paper scare that has experts concerned—but not for the reason you think

    So still no idea why these marks were in the toilet paper? Surely they tested it
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    Older Territorians say they still feel unsafe as residents' homes targeted by armed thugs

    Banning weapons only allows non law abiding citizens to be way ahead of citizens who respect the law. The government and courts have lost the plot
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    Good News You Might Have Missed

    This was supposed to be an uplifting post. Sad I read it
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    Audit finds state government-run aged care facility inappropriately used restraints

    Kingston Hospital in Frankston did the same. 2008 I saw patients being restrained. One actually sourced a knife to cut himself free. This is disgusting.
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    Melbourne’s funniest typo just went public—and it’s exactly the laugh we needed

    It was finished otherwise there would not have been a capital E.
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    This part of Oz plans to stock life-saving overdose medication in Australian first

    So much money to save people from themselves, whilst others who have conditions through no fault of their own cannot afford medicine or professionals to ease their burden
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    When social media goes wrong: Meghan Markle's Paris post sparks Princess Diana controversy

    How stupid that people will actually think she even knew where she was. People will go to great lengths to be nasty about anyone else.
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    BIG W employee's search-and-rescue mission proves good service isn't dead

    Same happened to the claw in my ring. I fell over. Didn’ t notice it was missing until I came home. Went back but unfortunately never found it.
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    Australian men facing life-or-death battle as groundbreaking treatment vanishes from public hospitals

    Sadly we all want the best medical care, but unable or unwilling to pay the cost. Taxes need to go up if we want governments to pay
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    ‘Fortress stores’ can fight theft – but is it how we want to shop?

    I back all security measures. The teens are getting away with so much, and harassing shoppers in malls. No one seems to be able to stop them. The laws allowing them to get away with it has made them the target for criminals to use them as stooges.
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    Australians are paying $73 million a year to clean up this tiny trash—and most of us don’t even notice it

    And now we have the disgusting habit of e-vapes littering roadsides It would seem people who have no regard for their health also have no regard for the environment. Stupid is as stupid does
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    End-of-life choices: Only 1 in 6 aged care homes tell you about THIS life-altering choice

    Thank you SDC for bringing this to Our attention. Sadly if staff do not wish to participate, so be it. Not selfish at all. If you are not happy with the quality of a doctors advice you can always get a second opinion.
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    The benefits and risks of sleeping next to your dog

    Yuk. When they stop licking their private’s and use toilet paper maybe I would consider it.
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