Your sphincter control declines if you use your phone while sitting on the toilet? Ahem...
... relax (or don't) just enjoy the weekend!
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Don’t read this article on the toilet
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People who take their phone with them to the bathroom are at risk of developing a painful condition that could require surgery to fix.Parramatta is supposed to mean "the place where the eels lie down".
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'Shocking, scary': The eel-tailed catfish terrorising Sydney swimmers
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As the venomous eel-tailed catfish enters breeding season each spring, some swimmers at Lake Parramatta know what to expect, while others leave the water bleeding.Struggling to find holiday destinations and getaways during the pandemic? You don't have to be limited just because there are restrictions.
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Ultimate ’Playcation’: How to spend a weekend in Sydney
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If one city knows how to do summer well, it’s Sydney.Ummm... so what was the problem with this?
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Big W recalls popular Christmas buy over X-rated discovery
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'I just spat out my coffee!' The retail giant has been forced to pull a festive item from shelves after a shopper's rude findGetting ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Watch out for the scammers and hackers...
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URGENT WARNING: Why you need to be especially careful during Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales
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With billions being spent on this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, cybersecurity experts are warning shoppers to be vigilant.It's a shame that some people still see it as an opportunity to 'scam' other people. Selling puppies is such a lucrative business, why do they have to resort to criminality?
If you put two dogs together and give birth to a couple of puppies, market forces (ie, the demand) ensures that you can sell them (each of them) at a substantial profit. Since people are prepared to pay, let them pay - and it's legal, it's just the market, it's just business.
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'Alarm bells should go off': Puppy sale scams increase fourfold amid pandemic
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Puppy prices have soared during the pandemic and so too have the number of scams targeting buyers, with the consumer watchdog reporting people have been swindled out of more than $1.6 million this yea...Prisoner swap? It really just means she's become a political pawn for other purposes irrespective of the basis of any original charge - being espionage.
Unfortunately, it's one of the inherent risks of travelling or working abroad, especially in 'less friendly' countries governed by regimes that are culturally and legally very different to our own (and dare we say it, especially as a woman).
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert released from Iranian jail as part of prisoner swap deal
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Iran frees Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a British-Australian academic who has been detained in Iran for more than two years, in exchange for three Iranians held abroad.Does a hybrid model - splitting the workplace between the office and the home - actually work in terms of being more productive, efficient and cost effective?
We've always enjoyed a flexibility, subject to the primary objective of best serving our clients. This means working from the office is sometimes a necessity to ensure that our clients do actually receive the best service and outcomes possible. Working from home, while remaining an option for our own individual and collective benefit, comes second place to the needs and the wants of our clients.
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Madeline's employer is going 'hybrid'. Now major corporations are following suit
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The pandemic has brought on a spectacular upheaval of working arrangements that looks to be settling in long term. One major corporation has told staff they will be splitting their time between office...Do the changes to fees (and the basis of those fees) suggest that university (or at least some university courses) is a bad investment?
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Why science degrees are no more 'job relevant' than humanities and social science degrees
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Chair of the Group of Eight research universities, Margaret Gardner, says people who do humanities and social science degrees get jobs at about the same rate as science graduates. Is she correct?This was a post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping event, so why has it become popular in Australia when we don't celebrate Thanksgiving? Any excuse for a sale.
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Two online sales events could be your answer to a bargain Christmas this year
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Originating in the US and held annually after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become major online retail events in Australia in recent years. And 2020 promises to be even bigger.