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AU Financial Review
23-05-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
The 65-year-old Victorian too taxed to retire
When a Melbourne city water main burst last year and flooded Caterina Borsato's beloved Italian restaurant, she thought that it might be the end. Even her husband gently suggested that after 30 years, maybe it was time? Twelve months later, Caterina's Cucina e Bar on Queen Street is back. But it's not just for the love of her restaurant: 65-year-old Borsato says she can't afford to retire, in no small part due to the growing and crippling taxes of the Victorian state government, the prolonged lockdowns of the pandemic, and rising labour and supply costs.
Top Gear
13-05-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
The AM Rina is a lightweight Italian speedster with a 500bhp American V8
The AM Rina is a lightweight Italian speedster with a 500bhp American V8 Carbon-tubbed supercar arrives to celebrate the 1960s with a proper open-gate six-speed manual gearbox Skip 18 photos in the image carousel and continue reading Turn on Javascript to see all the available pictures. 1 / 18 It's been a good week or so for the manual gearbox. Just a few days ago we discovered the Yugo was making a comeback as a small, affordable hatchback with a dinky petrol engine and a DIY gearbox. Exactly as a Yugo should be. Here's another new manual motor, although this one won't be quite as affordable, and its engine is a little more… substantial. What you're looking at is the Automobili Mignatta (or AM for short) Rina. And no, the name isn't supposed to be a nautical nod to Riva – we're told it was inspired by the founder of AM's grandmother, Caterina. Advertisement - Page continues below Quite the tribute, too. It's a carbon-tubbed speedster that'll be handbuilt in Piedmont and celebrates the Italian sportscars of the 1960s. Looks rather special too with its long bonnet, individual aeroscreens and protruding roll hoops. Oh, and that engine. Like lots of niche Italian supercars of the past, the Rina uses a proper naturally aspirated American V8. AM doesn't explicitly say this, but it's fairly obvious that it's the 5.0-litre Coyote engine from a Ford Mustang connected to a six-speed manual gearbox and a limited slip diff. The engine isn't just plugged straight into that Kevlar-reinforced carbon monocoque though, it's first sent to Italtecnica Engineering for tuning and there's a bespoke exhaust system to ensure it sounds mighty. We're told 'maximum power and torque values will be made official at a later date', but AM has said it's aiming for a 1,000kg kerbweight and that it'll have one bhp for every two kilos of mass. Yep, that sounds like a 500bhp V8 to us then. Rear-wheel drive, too, with carbon ceramic brakes optional and 19/20in wheels front and rear. Excellent. Just 30 of these will be built each year, and the 'interior' features no infotainment at all. Probably wise not to ask the driver to jab at a touchscreen while piloting a windscreenless muscle car. Instead, you get leather-clad seats bolted directly to the chassis, elliptical dials, lots of aluminium and even more exposed carbon. There's even a special spot inside the door panel to store your helmet. Advertisement - Page continues below 'Rina is proudly linked to Piedmont, the homeland of many milestones in the international automotive industry,' says AM founder Josè Mignatta. 'It is a sports car that celebrates Italian style and conveys the feeling of driving 'for real', perhaps on the hills of Monferrato or the Langhe, enjoying the evocative Piedmontese landscapes and the inebriating sound of its powerful V8 engine. "With Rina we aspire to make the art of making cars coincide with pure grace, creating a beauty characterised by noble simplicity and quiet grandeur.' Top Gear Newsletter Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter. Look out for your regular round-up of news, reviews and offers in your inbox. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. Success Your Email*
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Yahoo
Woolworths customer's checkout dispute reveals little-known Everyday Rewards card rule
An unexpected dispute at a Woolworths checkout has revealed a little-known rule about using Everyday Rewards membership cards – and it's very likely you may have done the wrong thing as well. Caterina Tan told Yahoo News she was buying some groceries at Perth's Murray Street store and called over a worker for assistance when she was having difficulty scanning her partner's Rewards card. But things then escalated with the supermarket worker allegedly accusing her of identity theft for using her partner's card. "When I said it was my boyfriend's card she went on a big rant about how I'm not allowed to use his card... She said that I was committing fraud by using another person's card and I'm supposed to use my own Rewards card," Caterina told Yahoo News. "She wanted to report me to the police." As a tourist visiting her partner in Australia, Caterina was confused by the accusation and admitted she was apologetic, but confirmed her partner had given her permission to use his card. Rather than his actual card, she was trying to scan a screenshot of the card sent to her phone. "I was confused and called my boyfriend but he said it's ok," she said, adding that her boyfriend pointed out over the phone he has used other family member's Rewards cards in the past. After a continued confrontation, the worker eventually helped Caterina apply the Rewards card to her shop and she paid before swiftly leaving the store. The incident happened last June and it's only now Caterina feels comfortable sharing her story, admitting she is "still upset about what happened". "I felt she was picking on me," she said. ‼️ Woolworths denies responsibility after pensioner slips and shatters wrist 🤖 Woolworths responds to bizarre robot footage, vows to roll out more 😲 Mum stunned by free $10 voucher from Woolworths staff member Woolworths confirmed to Yahoo News that it is not permitted for shoppers to use other people's everyday rewards cards, regardless if the other person is their partner, family or friend. "Everyday Reward cards should only be scanned by the individual member making the transaction," a Woolworths spokesperson told Yahoo News. The terms and conditions of the membership scheme details that members should only have one card per person, and shoppers can gift their points to other members if desired. The Rewards scheme is an immense data harvesting operation by the supermarket giant. The program collects huge amounts of customer data to track shopping habits and even personalise sales. The information Woolworths gathers are the checkout is linked to shopper profiles and used to inform other targeting and marketing efforts. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.
