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Telstra, Optus, Vodafone: Who Has the Best Phone Plans?
Telstra, Optus, or Vodafone is the decision many make when choosing a new phone plan. The three are Australia’s biggest mobile providers, but they’re all very different. All three have their strengths and weaknesses, which can make choosing tricky. Telstra has the largest network but is also by the far the priciest. Vodafone doesn’t quite…
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How to Survive Magpie Swooping Season
September is the peak of Australia’s own version of “home-grown terrorism” (as memorably described to me by a distraught and bleeding school principal, valiantly attempting to protect his pupils), when a small but conspicuous proportion of magpies throughout the country begin to attack otherwise innocent passersby. It is certainly the most significant human-wildlife conflict in…
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The Best Ways to Get Windows 10 for Free
Even Zune-clutching Windows loyalists have to admit that Mac owners have it pretty great ” at least, they do now. Apple hasn’t charged for macOS, nor macOS updates, for years. Of course, you need to buy your computer from Apple to use macOS (pretty much), but at least the operating system is free. Windows ……
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Reminder: These Are The Worst Super Funds, According To APRA
If your money is with one of these super funds, you might want to consider swapping. Late last year, the super industry’s chief regulator APRA named and shamed the superannuation funds deemed to be the worst underperformers, making lacklustre returns and charging customers highs fees in return. On December 10 2019, it released its much-anticipated…