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I went to Maninjau in 84 too. Great place. Nowhere to stay there in those days though.

More to the point the article was written by THIS LADY:…

Maryanne Demasi and journalism are two entirely separate concepts. She was suspended for several dubious reports on Catalyst and can take…

I have made around 18 trips to Sumatra. It was the very first place I went overseas in 1984! Travelling conditions back then were wild.…

What a lazy, cliched and ignorant comment

I was one of only two foreign journalists (the other was from Al Jazeera) to get into Aceh the night after the Tsunami. No other reporters…

As I said the bulk of journalists I worked with in combat zones were outstanding. They all worked for MSM... some of them even for Murdoch.…

As a foreign correspondent working in the West Bank in the early 2000s I was at a 2nd intifada skirmish in Ramallah and one of the other…

This will typically defeat the minimum clearance to wall measurements for the fridge causing it to run hotter and costing more in energy.

My Mistubishi Electric white glass door french door non plumbed fridge is a thing of beauty. Faultless. Read the reviews. No other make of…

I rarely login to ozbargain to make a comment but I do so on this case only because I have a very strong view on the subject. If you scour…

Extortion racket. Pfft. Thanks for voting yourself out of society. Please hand in your Medicare card.

That makes sense about SR if your super is earnings based not defined benefit. Re property: even in places like London and Tokyo property…

Why is SR higher in early retirement? Also sequencing risk can as easily occur with property especially if you are forced to sell at a…

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Great in Adelaide useless in Brisbane.

Ducted heating has to go. Reverse cycle air conditioning is the cheapest heating esp if you have solar.

Definitely the best option. Beyond that solar power or put it into your mortgage.

Alice are you likely to have a self managed super fund or a compulsory super account of the type that most PAYG taxpayers have? What age do…

Currently yes but you are dealing with a population that worked a large part of their lives before compulsory super so this will change.

You are abssolutely correct but you shouldn't be. The exemption of the family home from assessment of the fringe benefits of the pension…

If you couldn't there would be no such thing as reverse mortgages.

But wage growth rarely exceeds inflation in our enterprise bargaining economy.

I don't know many financial planners that would recommend you put all your retirement savings into one class of asset. You should diversify…

I know the one you mean.. when she changes from demure ingenue to sex siren in a second?

How do you know that rent increase is "relatively low". There are no data on renewed lease rental trends: only on new bonds lodged.…

It's not a criminal matter. s10 pleadings are to not have a conviction recorded.

Everything eh?. Better drinking water? Cleaner beaches? Less corrupt police? More consistent rule of law? Safer roads? Better medical care…

To me the decision is easy. Get enrolled in the Veterinary course and pursue it for a year. You will then have a good idea whether the vet…

It sounds to me that despite all the turmoil that you have been through you are going pretty well personally (your attitude in particular)…