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ewe2 posted:Yeah, I'm not looking forward to it, but hopefully the specialist can make a clear enough report that the govt doctor can take on board. I was a bit surprised they found some slack in the system to be honest, but I think the problems with getting DSP appointments etc have been piling up on them in the last couple of years and they're just as frustrated with the limitations. They really need to rewrite the mainframe code hahahaha like that'll happen. People have no idea seriously. Not interested in bringing any attention or doxxing myself even if it's obvious so to put it nicely I don't think the public have the most remote idea of the systems in place, not just on a technical level but legislative functions and the amount of things going on quietly behind the scenes of it all to get to the current state it's in. My job in the place i'm in involves boutique work and "there are no ETA's" means literally that. naeka fucked around with this message at 03:29 on May 13, 2018 |
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The Turnbull government has quietly banked revenue worth nearly $3 billion from a new economic policy expected to be announced this year, as it also moves to demand more tax from multinational tech giants and popular digital players like Uber. Their budget bottom line relies on getting more tax from Uber. lol
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I should also mention that, even seven years ago, I had gotten a job at a major retailer that was opening a store in about three months while I was on newstart. Despite this, I was still required to apply for work and start attending JSA appointments until it opened because apparently proof from a huge global company that I did definitely have a job at the ready was not good enough. Lord knows how much worse it'd be now.
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I think I'm on my third certificate for my bone marrow transplant so god help me when this one expires. Especially because I live with my dad right now and he wants to move to Vic shortly while I need to stay in western Sydney. I think even one bedroom apartments here would cost more than Newstart for rent alone. gently caress.
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JBP posted:I am this thread's eternal friend and only ever post from the heart. I wish you the best. Centrelink will probably be difficult to deal with though. I have a job and centrelink is difficult to deal with. Shall I recount the experience of having a child and lodging the appropriate forms with centrelink? Lodge the form, wait 6 weeks. Ring up to find out what is happening as that is a long wait and the form also needs to be processed for medicare. 2 and a half hour wait on the phone. Man on phone rudely proclaims the application was declined due to insufficient documents and we had been sent an email on mygov. We had checked mygov every week, there is no email. Also, the 'missing information' was a serial number that had been cut off on the document but is actually required to be typed into a section of the application. Meaning they weren't missing it at all. Rang the complaints line, cause this guy was super rude and also no one had told us the application was declined, it still said 'submitted, pending' on mygov. On the phone for an hour waiting. Complaints line person is quite nice, checks and see no message was sent to us. Sorts a few things out. We relodge the form, after mygov has a sad for a literal day and won't upload the document. Ring centrelink to check the application is working properly, this time we're on hold for a literal 2 hours and 45 minutes. They've got the document but the application is still listed as declined on their computer even though on the mygov screen it says pending. They resubmit the application. Oh, and everytime you go into a centrelink office they tell you it would be quicker lodging things online. As if. Periphery posted:Yeah, so if your mental health deteriorates to the point that you are suicidal the only option to get out of looking for work is actually killing yourself? Now that's what I call a safety net! The system is working as intended. 
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Konomex posted:Oh, and everytime you go into a centrelink office they tell you it would be quicker lodging things online. As if. My local one just says flat out you can't lodge a whole bunch of poo poo in person anymore so bugger off and do it at home online.
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Robodog posted:My local one just says flat out you can't lodge a whole bunch of poo poo in person anymore so bugger off and do it at home online. I had to come in for one specific thing (before I got my 5 Austudy payments of $0.00 and got it automatically cancelled).
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I will flip my poo poo if the ALP wins Ryan due to the LNP dumping the local member for no reason.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALngdQl8zcs I have a Pavlovian response of terror and misery to this song
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Anidav posted:I will flip my poo poo if the ALP wins Ryan due to the LNP dumping the local member for no reason. ALP will never win Ryan.
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Zenithe posted:ALP will never win Ryan. I think it's possible but the green vote needs to hit 20pc
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Robodog posted:My local one just says flat out you can't lodge a whole bunch of poo poo in person anymore so bugger off and do it at home online. It got really depressing to have to argue with the reception kiosk about that for the while when I didn't have a phone or the internet, just let me in to use the loving computers here that work a quarter of the time
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I know there's an app, I can't afford access to an app you nerd
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Zenithe posted:I had to come in for one specific thing (before I got my 5 Austudy payments of $0.00 and got it automatically cancelled). hahaha I literally had this exact thing happen about 15 years ago cheque from centrelink for $0.00, I think I've still got it somewhere as an object lesson in bureaucracy. took about eight months to get to me as well iirc
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Konomex posted:I have a job and centrelink is difficult to deal with. Shall I recount the experience of having a child and lodging the appropriate forms with centrelink? I'm on Newstart now and if I ever need to call for confirmation or anything, I'm blocking out that entire day. At best I'm going to be on hold for two to three hours, at worst I'm going to try calling (on one day I got to 75 times in 3 hours and about a hundred call attempts all day long) and not get through because the lines are busy. Efficiency dividends paying off!
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It's ok though because they're going to put on like two hundred more casuals for two years, because everyone on newstart will have died off by then so the queue will be reasonable.
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budget bump https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/995630043119239168 the change to newspoll methodology still handing a few extra points to da libs
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Reclines Obesily posted:also Best state
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i know preferred leader is a nonsense polling question but still amusing
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Reclines Obesily posted:also Literally never heard freckle's name before
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ewe2 posted:If half of government systems are the mess that Social Services are in, we're in a world of trouble. It's like sticky-tape fixes at best. social services is the high water mark for functionality at the federal level
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Queensland is actually really good at the moment. Meanwhile Victoria is on the trajectory to elect a police state. It's nice to see the Queensland farmers chucking a fit over land clearing laws has done nothing to the current pretty good actually Queensland Government. Deb! is literally only known as the female leader elected only because the LNP thinks that Annastacia is only popular due to her gender. Also Deb! Is only campaigning on being against removing gender from drivers licences and taking talking points from Tim Mander, former rugby league referee and current deputy leader who flirts with One Nation Tim Mander.
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Reclines Obesily posted:budget bump Ipsos has a different interpretation https://twitter.com/GhostWhoVotes/status/995640391083806721
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Australia phasing out cash transactions of >$10k. So would this mean if I bought something for $15k, I couldn't buy it in a layby fashion and pay it off $5k in cash at a time? There's going to be old people who will be soooo mad about this. froglet fucked around with this message at 14:50 on May 13, 2018 |
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froglet posted:Australia phasing out cash transactions of >$10k. Good.
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I'm so glad any basic control of my meagre financial power will finally be taken from me forever.
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froglet posted:Australia phasing out cash transactions of >$10k. This will bring back barter for people who don't want a money trail.
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Anidav posted:Queensland is actually really good at the moment. Meanwhile Victoria is on the trajectory to elect a police state. Wait what’s this about Tim mander and one nation? I used to make coffee for him and he seemed like a lovely bloke but I don’t actually know anything about his politics apart from being the deputy to an incredible failure
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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:Wait what’s this about Tim mander and one nation? I used to make coffee for him and he seemed like a lovely bloke but I don’t actually know anything about his politics apart from being the deputy to an incredible failure He was elected deputy on a platform that the LNP should treat One Nation like The Greens and preference them accordingly. (higher)
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froglet posted:Australia phasing out cash transactions of >$10k. where are you getting all this cash?
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Anidav posted:Queensland is actually really good at the moment. Meanwhile Victoria is on the trajectory to elect a police state. Vic Labor have a solid lead over LNP at the moment. It helps that most people will have forgotten about the 'rorts for votes' thing by the time the election rolls around, but nobody's going to forget "LOBSTERS WITH MOBSTERS".
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BBJoey posted:social services is the high water mark for functionality at the federal level The ABS and the census.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-14/hillary-clinton-warns-of-chinese-influence-in-australia-politics/9754928quote:Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has warned Australia to be wary of Chinese interference in domestic political decision making.
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The Before Times posted:Vic Labor have a solid lead over LNP at the moment. It helps that most people will have forgotten about the 'rorts for votes' thing by the time the election rolls around, but nobody's going to forget "LOBSTERS WITH MOBSTERS". Super keen to quote this post when Victoria turns Liberal Majority in November 
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