2017 – Wyndham City

NAB refunds $1.7 million for overcharging interest on home loans

National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) has refunded $1.7 million to 966 home loan customers after it failed to properly set up mortgage offset accounts. Following customer complaints, NAB conducted an internal review which found that between April 2010 and August 2017 it had not linked some offset accounts to broker originated loans. This resulted in those customers overpaying interest on… Read More

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Class Action Suit Filed Against Google over ‘Illegal’ Safari Browser Tracking

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An unprecedented class action lawsuit has been levied at Google in the United Kingdom, claiming that the company owes compensation to millions of iPhone users in the country. A consumer campaign group called “Google You Owe Us” is now taking Google to court in the UK, alleging that the company had unlawfully collected personal information by bypassing certain privacy settings… Read More

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Thousands of American Airlines Flights Might Not Have Pilots This Holiday Season

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It’s amazing the havoc a little old computer bug can wreak. This morning Apple patched a flaw that granted an unauthorized user root access to the macOS system and earlier this year a DNS-related issue brought down large portions of the Internet. Now, Bloomberg and others are reporting that American Airlines—the largest airline in the world—may have as many as… Read More

Keneally caught out on Medicare claims

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The Hon Alan Tudge MP Minister for Human Services Kristina Keneally has serious questions to answer about her claims regarding Medicare. Official data from the Department of Human Services shows that in the week before the October long weekend, not a single person waited over an hour at the Ryde Service Centre in the week that Kristina Keneally claimed she… Read More

Record bulk billing numbers under Turnbull Government

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More Australian patients are visiting their GP without having to pay, with the bulk billing rate for the September quarter increasing to a record 85.9 per cent. More Australian patients are visiting their GP without having to pay, with the bulk billing rate for the September quarter increasing to a record 85.9 per cent. This is the highest bulk billing… Read More

Australia and Sri Lanka develop action plan to fight Chronic Kidney Disease killer

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Australian and Sri Lankan medical researchers have forged a new action plan to investigate the causes of a particular form of chronic kidney disease. The plan was formed at the first workshop held since the two countries agreed to join forces to fight the illness that kills roughly 1,500 Sri Lankans every year. ANSTO sent a delegation of researchers, led… Read More

17-405MR Former executive chairman of Healthzone sentenced to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment for fraud

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Former Healthzone Limited director, Mr Peter David Roach, was sentenced on Friday 24 November in the Sydney District Court to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment for fraud and related offences. The sentencing comes after Mr Roach was found guilty on 12 October 2017 of conspiracy to dishonestly obtain a $1 million director’s loan, as well as two counts of… Read More

Lifestyle News

What are birthmarks?

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A birthmark is a colored spot on or just under the skin. Most birthmarks show up when a baby is born. Some are noticed shortly after the baby is born. Some birthmarks fade away as the child grows up, but some stay and get bigger, thicker, and darker. Nearly all birthmarks are harmless and painless. They can be almost any… Read More

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How many cells are in your body?

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There is no real consensus on the number of cells in the human body. Estimates put the number between ten trillion and one hundred trillion. A trillion is a million million—it’s a word that crops up when we talk about the size of our national debt! The number of cells depends on the size of the person: bigger person, more… Read More

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CEDAR WOODS CONFIRMS TARGET HQ RELOCATION PROJECT

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Cedar Woods is proud to announce that Target Australia has confirmed it will move its national headquarters to Williams Landing, its masterplanned development in western Melbourne. Target has signed a 10-year agreement for lease with Cedar Woods for a 12,600 square metre office building over eight levels. The building will cater for 850 employees and will be located in a… Read More