When electricity companies won’t let go
ENERGY Australia has sent a family an overdue notice for an outstanding bill of just four cents. They want to pay up, but there’s just one problem.
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Obama’s $29.6 billion climate fail
WELL this is awkward. As climate enthusiasts meet in Paris, one of the world’s largest renewable energy firms is facing a record collapse.
Australia’s most unlikely tourist attraction
THE southern hemisphere’s largest cemetery is enticing tourists and shaking off its macabre image to become a “cultural destination”.
‘People cannot control the bloody dogs’
AFTER a lazy delivery driver was exposed this week, couriers everywhere have been copping our complaints. Now they’re hitting back.
Blitz on fake online reviews
BUSINESS owners who write their own glowing reviews online — and even negative reviews of competitors — are about to have a bad time.
‘This is getting out of hand’
TURNS out this isn’t the only lazy postie not even attempting to deliver mail. Dozens of dissatisfied customers have descended on Australia Post.
‘Poles and wires’ offloaded in $10bn deal
A MULTI-BILLION dollar lease of ‘poles and wires’ to Canadian, Middle Eastern and Australian investors will boost public spending, Mike Baird claims.
Macca’s has a new drive-through plan
MCDONALD’S latest move to improve customer satisfaction is targeting its drive-through business. It’s called “ask, ask, tell”.
Salim’s wife becomes property mogul
SALIM Mehajer’s wife Aysha has gone from a former beautician to the director of 12 companies in record time.
The woman who spies on Islamic State
ONE woman has taken it upon herself to uncover terror hidden in the deepest corners of the web, publishing it for the world to see.
Ugly court row over funeral ‘horror story’
THEY just wanted to lay their loved one to rest, but this Victorian family was forced to fight a vicious court battle for their funeral to go ahead.
Female Viagra has been an epic fail
“My husband wouldn’t be satisfied with that.” Why the little pill that’s supposed to revolutionise women’s sex lives is leaving them cold.
Coles and Woolies are selling time now
COLES and Woolworths have begun stocking an unusual new product. You can now give the ultimate gift to your loved one of choice: free time.
Hollywood on the Gold Coast
TINSELTOWN can’t get enough of the Gold Coast, with three major Hollywood films soon to be shot. So why does everyone want to make movies here?
MP’s rates smackdown letter
“I RANG last Saturday, and again on Sunday, but there was no answer.” MP sends hilarious letter to industry boss, drops mic.
Fallout from YourTaxi disaster grows
THE Victorian taxi saga is still ongoing, with the Melbourne PR company behind YourTaxi’s embarrassing stuff-up dumped.
Spud king: ‘I am not afraid to go to jail’
IT’S the decision that has WA’s self-proclaimed Spud King spitting chips — and has left WA being labelled a “nanny state”.
Hidden danger of ‘Big Brother’ insurance
“AT THE end of the day, the insurers are only going to want to insure those people that are fit and healthy and don’t need anything done to them.”
Salim fights for his future in court
DEPUTY mayor Salim Mehajer allegedly voted on changes to a development that added $1million to its value without declaring his financial interests.
‘We’re showing that for the first time’
THERE’S a new porn boss in town, and she wants to show you a type of sex that’s previously been largely unseen. WARNING: Adult themes.
The laws that are worrying sex workers
FLEUR* is worried. Worried she will be blackmailed into sex, worried she will be forced underground, most of all, worried about police.
How holiday oasis became ‘no-go zone’
OUTSIDE the luxury resorts available only to the world’s elite, Sardinia is plagued by poverty, crippled by corruption and has resorted to testing bombs.
Meter maids threatened with jail
METER maids threatened with $10,000 fines or two years in jail as battle lines drawn on Gold Coast’s Surfers Paradise beach.
Union shopping spree at Tiffany’s
“OH MY God, oh this looks bad.” Union staffer breaks down as the royal commission hears allegations that she shopped at Tiffany’s on a union credit card.
Candy Crush sold for $8.2 billion
THE company which creates the popular Candy Crush Saga video game has just been bought for $8.2 billion. Yes, billion.
Big names that don’t make money
SPOTIFY lost $276 million in 2014 despite earning $1.82 billion. How do big companies like Amazon, Uber and Twitter survive without profits?
Salim sued over marble staircase drama
CONTROVERSIAL deputy mayor is being sued by a marble importer in latest drama involving a spiral staircase inside his mansion.
Salim sued for $700,000
THE legal woes are piling on for Salim Mehajer, who’s now being sued over a former company, but he’s maintaining his innocence.
Workers paid chicken feed for 19-hr shifts
A CONTRACTOR to suppliers of chickens to Coles and Woolworths paid its workers as little as $11.50 an hour for 19-hour shifts.
How I foiled an online scammer
YOU’VE probably gotten an email from a person offering to send you lots of money. Just for the fun of it, I responded.
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