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How would you have coached Clegg, Cameron and Brown for their election debate…?

It is always very obvious that when politicians speak they are never actually using their own words and thoughts but rather those of the spin doctors who coach them on what to do and say to the media. Last night was a very good example and you only had to listen to Gordon Brown to [...]

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Has the job of a bank teller become more interesting in the computer age?

I certainly hope so because I recall doing work experience in a bank as a high school student and I found it to be dead boring. I had three days to do at the Commonwealth Bank on The Corso in Manly and by the end of the first day the one advantage I had gleaned [...]

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Getting ‘verified’ is a pain in the a***

For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to get myself one of those handly little paypal debit cards; I get paid for some of the work I do here  via paypal and I have lost patience with the time it takes for the funds to transfer from paypal to my bank account. I [...]

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