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Woman’s outrageous act to catch cheating partner

<p dir="ltr">A woman has issued a desperate plea online for someone to help her catch her cheating boyfriend in the act. </p> <p dir="ltr">The Sydney woman, named Ariana, listed a job on the site Airtasker for someone to drive her to the suburb of Five Dock to catch her boyfriend, who she suspected was having an affair. </p> <p dir="ltr">She asked the potential driver to sit with her in the car for a few hours, in exchange for $350. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I need someone to drive me and a friend to Five Dock and sit in the car with us for a few hours so I can try and catch my cheating boyfriend,” she wrote. </p> <p dir="ltr">The ad, which was posted just before Valentine’s Day, quickly went viral and received mixed reactions. </p> <p dir="ltr">“The way I would do this for free,” one person said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Wow, who would've thought of putting it on Airtasker! This is genius,” another wrote. </p> <p dir="ltr">However, some people didn't see the point of going through so much trouble and wasting $350. </p> <p dir="ltr">“This never makes sense to me - if you don't trust him, just leave. The relationship is dead regardless of if he is cheating,” a woman said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Despite garnering massive attention online, it is not known if Ariana’s stealthy operation was a success, or if she is still in a relationship with her boyfriend. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Getty Images / Facebook</em></p>

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Police caution against the use of Airtasker for unlawful jobs during lockdown

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A selection of unusual services have been requested on the outsourcing platform Airtasker during the NSW lockdown. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dozens of questionable requests have been spotted, including transporting adopted cats, cleaning fish tanks and installing wine fridges.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some of these requests have come out of the Sydney suburbs of Liverpool, which is one of the city’s high-risk Local Government Areas (LGA). </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Residents of high-risk LGAs are not allowed to travel </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">more than 5km from their home and can only leave their homes for a limited number of reasons including exercise and essential shopping.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While most unusual requests were confined to the Sydney area, one person </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">requested two cats she was adopting in Bathurst be picked up and brought to Sydney for $250, with instructions that “the current owner of the cats has agreed to meet at Bathurst KFC and the cats will need to be dropped off (to Sydney).”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon has warned users of the site that a lot of these tasks are in breach of NSW public health orders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deputy commissioner Lanyon urged the state’s residents to use “common sense” when requesting a job be performed through Airtasker.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I‘m concerned … it’s really about making sure people who are bidding for (and posting) those jobs understand the public health orders,” he said on 2GB’s Ben Fordham show.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I‘m sure there are tasks on there that fit the reasonable excuse but that type of act (transporting a fish tank) would not fit that reasonable excuse to be away from their homes.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We’re asking people to apply common sense, this is not the time to do those jobs,” he said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tim Fung, co-founder and CEO of Airtasker said in a statement, “The safety of the Airtasker community is a top priority and we’re taking important measures to ensure all Taskers and customers are aware of their local restrictions before posting or accepting a task.“</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credit: Airtasker</span></em></p>

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Coles and IKEA's next big move

<p>Coles and IKEA have expanded their partnership with online jobs marketplace, Airtasker, potentially changing the way Australians shop.</p> <p>Both retail giants are running a state-based trial in NSW, which offers shoppers the option of using Airtasker to find someone to do their groceries or hire a person to come and help build their IKEA furniture for them at home.</p> <p>The separate trials began in NSW last year and both have been deemed a success.</p> <p>Airtasker confirmed the move to roll out both programs nationally in a blog post last night.</p> <p>“We’re incredibly pleased to say that both partnerships were a standout success, so we’ll be rolling out Australia-wide!” the statement read.</p> <p>For Coles shoppers, users can get their shopping “delivered on the very same day — even in a few hours if you’d like” by Airstasker.</p> <p>The Airtasker site also promises that shoppers can “get the chance to change any items on your list while the Airtasker Worker is at the store”.</p> <p>Shoppers post on Airtasker asking for someone to deliver their groceries from Coles but must have a budget for how much they’re willing to pay for the delivery.</p> <p>“Airtaskers can then make you offers to pick up and deliver the items on your shopping list. Once the shopping’s been done, you’ll get a notification so you can approve the cost of the shopping,” the site states.</p> <p>“If there’s an item on the list that isn’t at the store, the Airtasker will get in touch with you so you can figure out what you’d like to replace it with.”</p> <p>With IKEA, users post a task asking Airtaskers what, where and when they want their items assembled, and then suggest a budget for the task.</p> <p>“Taskers with Ikea Badges carry out assembly tasks posted through our Airtasker IKEA portal,” the website states.</p> <p>“These badges are exclusive to those with both extensive furniture assembly experience and a Police Check Badge.”</p> <p>Ikea offers an in-store assembly service, but operates on a fixed-price based on the value of products to be assembled.</p>

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