Better Off Than We Were 30 Years Ago! How? |
| Sunday, 06 May 2012 01:49 |
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A new report says we're better off than we were 30 years ago, and the reason we're reportedly struggling financially is because we want too much. 30 years ago in 1982, there were no mobiles, internet,Ipods or Ipads. Today we are a generation of must have now. It’s little wonder our credit card debt in Australia is $49.3 billion and the average mortgage around $300k. The advances we’ve had in technology in the last 30 years is amazing and has helped us domestically and in business. Are you better off now than what you were 30 years ago? Could you live without today’s appliances .. wide screen TVs, computers, mobile phones? |
BARRY MAC'S BLOG
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How Long Do You Have To Wait To See Your GP?
One in four Australians are waiting more than 24 hours for an urgent appointment with a GP, and even more face an "unacceptable" wait for a GP. And in the last three years, the number of people finding it difficult to see a GP has leapt 53 per cent according to a Council of Australian Governments Reform Council report released yesterday. Waiting times for hospital emergency department care have improved with 70 per cent of patients seen within recommended times in 2011-12, up from 67 per cent in 2007-08. However, despite the Commonwealth spending billions of dollars... Read more
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Masterchef Australia is set to go to war against some of Australia's highest rating TV shows when it returns in just over one week's time. Channel 10 has announced that the fifth season of its hit cooking show will premiere on Sunday June 2 at 7.30pm with a 90-minute episode. MasterChef Australia will continue on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 7.30pm in the first week and expand to Thursdays, with MasterClass episodes, in week two. Ten's move puts MasterChef Australia smack up against fierce opposition including 60 Minutes, The Voice, The Block Sky High, Celebrity... Read more
Ford to Cut 1,500 Jobs
Ford Australia has been given $1.1 billion in state and Federal Government assistance since 2000. Over the same period, Ford says it has invested $3.3 billion in design and engineering of future models. Today came the news that Ford will close its Broadmeadows car factory and Geelong engine plant in October 2016, a move that will cost at least 1500 people their jobs. Ford will however keep the 1100 jobs in design and engineering, based at the Broadmeadows site, although those staff will now work solely on Ford’s foreign vehicles. ... Read more
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