If you've been tempted by those local boutique closing-down sales flooding your social media feeds, you might want to think twice; the ACCC has issued a warning about ghost stores that aren't what they seem.

Plus, ever wonder why you just can't get through to that one colleague? It could all be in identifying your (and their) DISC profile.

And in headlines today Victorian state officials have defended their handling of an accused pedophile childcare worker's case after it was revealed he was allowed to continue working with kids despite substantiated claims of misconduct; At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, have been killed and more than a dozen injured, in an Israeli missile strike which the military says missed its intended target; Senior aides to King Charles and Prince Harry have been pictured together in London, in what's reported to be an initial step towards restoring the relationship between Harry and the rest of the royal family; Sotheby’s in New York is auctioning off the largest chunk of Mars known to exist on earth in Wednesday's natural history themed event

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The Fake Clothing Stores Flooding Your Feed & Why Your Colleague Drives You Crazy

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