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Faulty meter reader sees power company sting woman with $600 bill 20 Jan, 2021 03:38 AM 4 minutes to read There was a fault with the smart reader in Rowdon s home for months. Photo / 123RF There was a fault with the smart reader in Rowdon s home for months. Photo / 123RF A power company fixing a dodgy meter reader in a new Omaha home resulted in its owner being stung with a $630 bill just before Christmas. Jill Rowdon s home is only three years old but between May and December last year the smart meter stopped communicating properly with Genesis. The meter is connected to a direct debit payment, meaning the retiree had no idea there was anything out of the ordinary until a contractor was sent to fix it last month. ....
Rock pool plundering prompts petition The petition was launched at Omaha last month by Mary Coupe and MP Chris Penk. A group of Omaha residents fear continued plundering of marine creatures from beach rock pools will render the rocks devoid of sealife. Resident Mary Coupe has gathered neighbours together to launch a petition to Parliament, formally asking the Government to reduce the number of several identified species that an individual can take. “We want to make sure that when we take future generations of tots down to the rock pools, we can show them shrimp, oysters and rock crabs,” Mary says. ....