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Why Are Electricity Prices Going Up Again?
Households and businesses are set for more hip-pocket pain after regulators on Wednesday released draft details of electricity price rises in four Australian states. The Australian Energy Regulator revealed residential customers on standard plans should brace for price increases of up to 24% in the next financial year. The price rises apply to households in…
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An Expert’s Predictions for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars
Of the ten films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, six are really good. That’s a high percentage for a year – 2022 – in which most cinematic offerings seemed drab. This year sees films that are less moralistic than usual and less pretentious. The worst thing you can say about the worst film is…
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What Fair Work Says About ‘Reasonable’ Work Hours
The court case against federal independent parliamentarian Monique Ryan by her former chief of staff Sally Rugg will, according to Rugg’s lawyers, open the door to legal action “by every Australian worker experiencing exploitation because of a contractual obligation to perform undefined ‘reasonable additional’ hours”. Given the pecularities of the case, that’s unlikely. But the…
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ShopBack Allows You to Essentially Get Paid to Shop, Here’s How
Given that we spend so much of our time shopping online these days, cashback sites offer an easy way to save money while shopping. If we’re going to be spending money on something anyway, why wouldn’t we save some extra cash if we could? ShopBack is one of the best cashback sites in the game…