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Power Bills Slashed To The Lowest Level In Five Years 08/12/20

Power bills will be slashed from next month to the lowest level in five years. Energy retailers are feeling festive handing out Christmas discounts to half a million Victorian households.Explosive testimony involving sexual misconduct has been heard about a sacked St Kevin’s College teacher who is seeking reinstatement. During a four day Fair Work Commission hearing Mr Simon Parris admitted to initiating hugs of students, sending a tweet about wet dreams and storing “hard core gay pornography” on his school computer.Retail workers and hospitality staff will be given greater flexibility to work extra hours under proposed changes to Australia’s workplace laws.Consumers will pay less for red wine, but more for white wine as part of the fallout from COVID-19 and China’s import taxes on Aussie wines.For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at heraldsun.com.au.

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