Just weeks after announcing a premium rise, Medibank has written to its members warning they will lose key benefits under the government’s Gold, Silver, Bronze and Basic reforms.
Just weeks after announcing a premium rise, Medibank has written to its members warning they will lose key benefits under the government’s Gold, Silver, Bronze and Basic reforms.
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Glitches hit $80m Powerball draw
The Powerball dream is not over yet for punters, with the prize jackpotting to a record $100 million next week.
Stuff of nightmares: Snake covered in 511 ticks
An unsettling sight welcomed one Gold Coast resident on Thursday, who came across a python covered in hundreds of paralysis ticks in their backyard. SEE THE PHOTOS.
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Public corridor home to mental health patients
A corridor at a major southeast Queensland hospital has been turned into a mental health ward for involuntary patients.
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$3m Coast property abandoned to squatters
Squatters have overrun an abandoned building that was used as a Thai restaurant on a block worth almost $3 million next to one of the city’s busiest roads.
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Hundreds of perverts stopped from preying on kids
Hundreds of paedophiles looking to prey on Australian children have been stopped at the border as authorities clamp down on sick sex tourists. Two teachers, aged 33 and 52, are among the men...
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Australia goes wild over cricket photo
Australian cricket players and fans lost it yesterday when this photo was unveiled, giving everyone a rare reason to smile in these dark times.
Tragic tale of love, loss and a bag of stolen coins
Having pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his wife of three months, former Queensland businessman Lewis Bennett now awaits sentencing in the US. But many questions remain in this mysterio...
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Weet-bix price switch leaves shoppers reeling
Upset fans of Weet-Bix breakfast cereal have complained about paying the same for less product. Others have been hit with higher prices.
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There’s a price to pay for parading virtue
By now, politicians should be well aware that their private behaviour will be scrutinised if it in any way conflicts their public utterances. And so it should be, writes Terry Sweetman.
