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'Could cause injury': Aldi recalls mayonnaise over faulty packaging

'Could cause injury': Aldi recalls mayonnaise over faulty packaging

The mayonnaise was available at all Australian Aldi stores.

  • by Rachel Clun

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Cabin-baggage cheats can't carry on like this
Opinion
Air travel

Cabin-baggage cheats can't carry on like this

Frankly, I don’t think the airlines are going far enough. I would ban anything in the cabin bigger than a handbag or briefcase.

  • by Matt Holden
Food price warning as wheat crop plummets
Food & drink

Food price warning as wheat crop plummets

A massive dive in the size of the winter wheat crop on the East Coast has prompted predictions of pressure on prices.

  • by Liam Phelan
New Zealand restaurant has great burgers on the menu ... but no kids please
Food & drink

New Zealand restaurant has great burgers on the menu ... but no kids please

Abbey Road Burgers owner Fabian Prioux says poorly-behaved children and their parents quickly plagued his gourmet burger joint. He wasn't willing to let it be.

  • by Glenn McConnell
'Six panels a minute': Two million Australian homes now have solar
Renewables

'Six panels a minute': Two million Australian homes now have solar

Surging power bills and the falling price of solar panels have pushed more than one-fifth of all Australian homes to have photovoltaics installed.

  • by Peter Hannam
Minister's blast: Power company 'record profits' must stop
Energy

Minister's blast: Power company 'record profits' must stop

As households face ongoing high power prices with little respite forecast until mid next year the major power companies are seeing record profits which are only expected to rise.

  • by Cole Latimer
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'Bootleggers' are transforming the collectable toys of our youth
Pop culture

'Bootleggers' are transforming the collectable toys of our youth

What action figures do you wish you had had growing up? Why not simply make them? That's what some artists are doing.

  • by Rich Juzwiak
Power bills cut for Victorians and at-risk households
Energy

Power bills cut for Victorians and at-risk households

AGL has announced a slight reduction in Victorians’ power and gas bills from 2019, saving them about $30 a year.

  • by Cole Latimer
Gamblers to ban themselves under new national register scheme
Gambling

Gamblers to ban themselves under new national register scheme

A national register will be set up to allow Australians trying to quit gambling to ban themselves from all betting sites and apps.

  • by Nick Toscano
Airport trials 3D bag scans to take away liquid, gels hassle
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Aviation

Airport trials 3D bag scans to take away liquid, gels hassle

Forget the hassle of removing laptops and liquids from carry-on baggage thanks to airport security technology currently being trialled at Melbourne Airport.

  • by Charlotte Grieve
Motorists get 'early Christmas present' as petrol prices fall
Petrol prices

Motorists get 'early Christmas present' as petrol prices fall

Petrol prices have seen the swiftest drop in a decade as oil prices slump to the lowest price in a year, slashing prices at the bowser.

  • by Cole Latimer