2020-21 budget provides $250 cash payments for aged, family, disability welfare recipients and self-retirees eligibility

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2020 Budget provides $250 cash payments for aged, family and disability welfare recipients Criteria confusion for self-funded retirees – Seniors urged to check their eligibility Cash payments totalling $500 are about to line the pockets of around 5.1 million pensioners and other eligible recipients. Two $250 payments — to be paid in December this year
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Sleep experts debunk 10 sleep myths

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Sleep experts debunk 10 sleep myths 😴✅ There’s a lot of misinformation circulating about the best way to sleep, so we asked sleep experts to debunk some of the most common slumber-related myths. Each myths is debunked by a PhD postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and a professor
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Veterinarians Debunk 11 Cat Myths

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Veterinarians Debunk 11 Cat Myths 🐱 Over the years many myths and legends about cats have circulated, some are fun, whilst others are a little frightening. For example, it’s said in England that a cat who claws at the curtains or the carpets is predicting windy weather, and the Welsh believed rain was coming when
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Spine & posture techniques for Over 60s

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Spine & posture techniques So what is good posture? ‘Posture’ is the position we hold our body in during sitting, standing, or lying. Good posture involves teaching our body to sit, stand, lie and move with the least amount of strain imposed on the muscles, joints and ligaments during everyday activities.   Importance of good
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COVID-19 vaccines as of September 2020

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COVID-19 vaccines as of September 2020 Over 165 vaccines against COVID-19 under development and 37 at human clinical trial stage With over 30 Million global cases of COVID-19 and passing 943,000 deaths – a vaccine could not come soon enough. (view COVID19 global live infection map here). The good news is there are more than
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2 simple techniques to accepting stress

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Two simple techniques to accepting stress 😊👍 Accepting stress is the first step in bouncing back and beating stress. Whilst these techniques may seem self explanatory after reading them, it can be difficult to acknowledge how stressed you may actually be, until you stop to recognise it. Let’s delve in to some of the more
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15 ‘sleep hygiene’ tips to get you snoozing better

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Try these 15 sleep hygiene tips to improve your quality of sleep 😴✅ With many research-backed articles linking good health with good sleep, the Centre for Clinical Interventions has offered 15 tips for good sleeping habits. By following these tips, should see improvements in your sleep and make you feel revitalised and overall better.  
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Michael Moore film ‘Planet of the Humans’ removed from YouTube amid controversy

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‘Planet of the Humans’ finds Michael Moore pitted against Left-Wing activists he once inspired Academy award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, known for inciting the right, is now facing criticism from people who would ordinarily align with his views. As America’s most famous activist filmmaker, Michael Moore has made his name with documentaries that prompt strong reactions
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Australians Over 55 lose 260 million from scams in 2019 | 60 Plus Club

Australians Over 55 lose $260 million from scams in 2019

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Scams cost Australians $634 million last year Total losses from scams in Australia are doubling year-on-year Australians lost more than half a billion dollars to scammers in 2019, according to the latest figures in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Targeting Scams report released last week. Total reported losses exceeded $634 million. That’s $141
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The 3 most common types of investment scams | 60 Plus Club

The 3 most common types of investment scams

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The 3 most common types of investment scams Don’t be fooled into thinking you can’t be fooled Australians lost more than half a billion dollars to scammers in 2019, according to the latest figures in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Targeting Scams report released last week. Total reported losses for 2019 reached $634
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Free exercise videos on YouTube for the over 60s | 60 Plus Club

Free exercise videos on YouTube for the over 60s

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Free exercise videos on YouTube for the over 60s 💪✅ Regular physical activity is important for the health and mental well-being of people 50 and older — exercise boosts energy, strengthens the heart, and helps older folks manage illness or pain as well as weight. We understand that going to the gym is a high
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Toxic content continues to runs rampant on Facebook

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Toxic content continues to runs rampant on Facebook Facebook has published new figures showing the amount of controversial content it took action on (i.e. removed or flagged) in the first three months of 2020. Amid the spreading of fake news, conspiracy theories and increasing levels of inflammatory content circulating online, the social network, along with
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What we know about the coronavirus tracing app, COVIDSafe app

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The Australian Government’s tracing app explained – COVIDSafe app The Australian Government are working tirelessly on ensuring that a second wave of COVID-19 cases don’t emerge once restrictions are lifted. In doing so, a number of measures are being explored to give Australians a better chance of going back to some form of normal life,
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Common questions about the coronavirus for over 60s

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Common questions about the coronavirus for over 60s How long does the coronavirus live on different surfaces? Do face masks help? All of your COVID-19 questions answered. Life in the time of coronavirus can be confusing – mixed messages from state and federal leaders and new discoveries about the nature of the coronavirus being made
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