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What's open October long weekend, from supermarkets to bottle shops (opens the original)
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Millions of Australians will kick back and relax this weekend with some states and territories enjoying a public holiday on October 5. NSW, South Australia and the ACT will celebrate Labour Day while Queensland will celebrate the King's Birthday. The number of public holidays in states and territories is not equal, with workers in some states enjoying up to 15 public holidays in 2026, while others will get only 11. Here are the trading hours for the main supermarkets and shops for those states a
Using a pillow in the car? New AI road cameras could fine you hundreds (opens the original)
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Fines for not wearing seatbelts have surged by almost 700 per cent in one state while experts believe artificial intelligence (AI) technology is unfairly penalising some drivers. New analysis from Compare the Market shows NSW seatbelt fines have soared by 690.2 per cent between 2023 and 2024, following the introduction of AI-powered cameras capable of detecting drivers not wearing their seatbelts correctly. Tasmanian fines in the same period increased by 98 per cent and Victorian fines by 75 per
The Golden Girls movement: single Aussie women beat the housing crisis (opens the original)
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Tara Morelos was a single mum in the 1990s when she moved into a housing co-op that became a lifeline, a concept she and many experts believe could help alleviate the country's housing crisis. Co-ops are common in other countries like Denmark, Sweden, and Canada, but they only make up a small proportion of community housing in Australia - less than one per cent of the overall housing stock and roughly three per cent of the community housing sector, according to the Australian Co-operative Housin
Senate inquiry: pensioners voice outrage over health rebate changes (opens the original)
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Pensioners have lashed the federal government in a Senate inquiry examining proposed changes to the private health insurance rebate. Mary Parsissons, an 83-year-old Hobart pensioner, told the inquiry she has paid for private health insurance her whole life and had budgeted for it in her retirement. She later told The Senior she was raised "to have a social awareness about taking responsibility for my own health". "That's been important to me all my life." Recently both she and her husband have h
Why over-60s are outdrinking Gen Z and the one habit that helps (opens the original)
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Older Australians are drinking at "risky levels" while Millennials and Gen Z are pulling back, but one woman who beat alcoholism says "it is never too late". Heather Pickard, from Elwood in Melbourne, opted for sobriety over 30 years ago and told The Senior she's seen many older people overcome the deadly illness. "I've seen women who've come in with nothing, no schooling, they've worked on the streets for a long time, chronic alcoholism has led them into a really bleak life," she said. "They've
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