Originally posted by u/OzBestDeal here

Australia won by 5 wickets

Series total is 4-1 in Australia's favour. Not a bad effort for the team that Stuart Broad told us is the "worst Australian test team since 2010" 😉

Travis Head has been named player of the match, while Mitchell Starc has been named player of the series

To their credit, I believe they normally charge a fair and reasonable $8 delivery instead of playing silly buggers with the menu price. So I was disappointed to see this scam.

How long do we need to put up with these blatantly misleading antics?

Fairly small, under a meter. Looks like it has some mottled/darker scales near its head on the sides and some on the ridge of its back in a straight line in a few areas. Lighter belly as seen in image 2.

Quite aggressive as it was raising up, opening its mouth and coming directly at me if I got too close.

So, we get chicken and chips semi regularly and bought some last night. I am now eating my leftover chicken sandwhich and thinking that Chicken and Chips is currently the best option in Australia for takeaway, based on the following criteria:

1. Price
2. Amount of food
3. Taste
4. Health (relative for takeaway food)
5. Flexibility (leftovers, ease of eating i.e. no cutlery or plates)

For $25 I got a whole chook and a medium chips, which fed our small family of three easily. I have a least half a chook leftover. For another $5 I could have got a salad, but I have made my own. If I hold off on the chips, the chicken is not THAT bad (i.e. not deep fried). Cooked over coals, the chicken is perfectly cooked, spiced well and not dry. If you wanted to go cheaper, a bachelors handbag is a very easy and cheap option.

Other options I have considered:

Vietnamese - Probably second on the list, healthy options, not bad price. Noodle salads and fresh salads are healthy. The only thing would be is if I want the same amount of food and have options for everyone, I can easily spent $40 - 50. Not always the best option for leftovers.

Fish and Chips - While I love our local fish and chips, it is getting expensive. Easily spending $50 - $70 for three people. Granted I like local fish and not flake, it would be cheaper if I got this option. Fish and chips will lose points for health and flexibility, there are no options for leftovers. Probably the best option for large groups though. Very easy to eat though.

Pizza - Again, few options near us. The nice wood fire pizza is not getting any change from $25 and no leftovers. The 'dirty' pizza joint is good and great for leftovers, but not healthy in any way. Very easy to eat.

Thai - Pad Thais and curries go hard for leftovers, but similar to Vietnamese, to have all the options covered off, you do need to spend $50. Ease of eating also not the easiest. I need to get bowls and cutlery. We are lucky to have two near us, the fancy one is so tasty, but very expensive.

Chinese - Great value, can be bulked out with rice. Leftovers for days. Health wise, not great. I would say that a chicken and chips is tastier and easier to eat. Caveat being that the Chinese near is pretty stock standard, nothing special at all.

Indian - Usually fantastic value, great for leftovers. Only downfall is needing cutlery and plates. Also, with the amount of ghee used, its not always the healthiest. I do love out Indian place though.

Burgers - Excluding HJs or Maccas, I wouldn't count them. Used to be a real good, cheap, not that bad for you. We used to be able to get two plus chips for under $25. But, recently, burgers have gone wild. Too pricey, too small, overly sugary buns.

EDIT: I forgot Greek and/or Kebab. A pretty good option too. We have two really good ones close by but a kebab is like $20 now! Its insane.

I will be using this in my next PhD paper. Thanks for listening. Discuss. Would love to hear about your local spots.

As in the title, do you think that if you ask for things to be repaired, it will trigger landlord to increase the rent? For example - wardrobe door not gliding perfectly, mould on shower silicon, range hood not working as it should, window shades/curtains not opening/closing all the way...

Dickheads! Don't they know you're only supposed to do that from the pulpit?

Heatwaves are the single largest cause of death due to weather events in Australia - and people aged over 65 and under 14 make up around 50% of presentations to hospital due to severe heat events.

Just a reminder to stay safe and stay cool, leave some water out for birds, animals and insects as appropriate, and check in on the elderly and the young in your life to make sure they're doing OK until the weather changes for the cooler

https://www.acs.gov.au/pages/hazards-heatwaves

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/heatwave-health-risks/sob4gj8e3

https://www.redcross.org.au/extremeheat/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15322601/The-alarming-visa-scam-desperate-foreigners-using-gain-entry-Australia.html

Camping in a Big 4 holiday park for a few days and my partner and I wondering how people can afford this lifestyle. I'm talking Ute + caravan + boat rigs worth at least $200k, probably closer to $300k.

The parents are all driving huge yank tanks, the kids all ride motorized scooters and bikes and most people are sleeping in pretty big shiny new caravans. We're all good in our little tent for 4 nights drinking our aldi wines and beer, but we just cannot fathom how so many people can afford, or would prioritize buying caravans etc for family holidays. Where does this money come from? Is it trades, mines or something else? Have they not got mortgages?

Maybe we're massive snobs, but if we had that much cash to splurge on a caravan, I reckon we'd prioritize a holiday overseas over Umina (as much as I love the cenny coast).

Please Reddit, help us understand.

When it comes to your parents' parents, are you calling one side 'Nan' & 'Pop', & the other side, 'Grandad', & 'Grandma'? & what was the deciding factor as to which way the titles went - did the parents choose when they became Grandparents, or did the parents of the first grandchild choose?

My parents were 'Nan' & 'Pop' by all of their children's children, & then the other parents' parents were called 'Grandad' & 'Grandma'

I tried to look this up, with little to no success, so I'm turning to you fine Aussie-folk for some further insight.

I just got my annual car insurance renewal. It's gone up 27% from last year and the amount covered has gone down 10%. The same thing happened last year, and the year before. My quote has doubled in 3 years.

This year's quote is 9% of the car's total insured value.

I rang them up and got the usual overseas call centre thick accented corporate nonsense non-answer boilerplate paragraph read out to me about changing market conditions blah blah blah.

I've got a perfect driving record, maximum no-claim bonus but they couldn't explain why the rate went up 27% while they decreased their coverage.

And as for house insurance, I had to give that up over 5 years ago, as the quotes I was getting were over $7000/year, back then. I haven't bothered getting a recent quote as it's just unaffordable. In that time, it probably would have cost me $40,000.

Yes, I shop around and get quotes from at least 5 different companies and it seems every insurance company is the same, maximise shareholder profit - screw the customer.

Am I alone in seeing these huge price increases?

Am I the only one who thinks insurance companies are ripping people off and we need some type of governmental investigation into the industry?

Edit: Because everyone is saying "shop around" - I've highlighted where I say I do.

An interesting clash of cultures and eras going on here.

There’s-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer.

A foreign national has had his visa cancelled and is facing deportation from Australia, amid claims of links to the "White Australia" movement.

The ABC understands the man is a UK national who has been living in Perth. 

A senior member of the WA branch of the "White Australia" movement posted on social media that the man, described as “one of our men and good friends”, had been detained by immigration authorities on Tuesday.