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Goddamn, that poo poo makes me physically ill.  I would have preferred a page of David Pope, but that wouldn't Maintain The Rage™ quite as well.
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So a month ago I resubmitted an application for Austudy after payments were inexplicably cancelled due to "lack of identification". Went in and submitted ID, was granted the highest possible level of access to online services, which requires *more* identification than a standard application. Two weeks later, and I get notification that my application has been rejected due to... wait for it... lack of identification. Now I get to set aside the uni work I'm doing today after collapsing into an anxiety ridden mess to go into an office and politely ask for a review. 100% bludger 
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Trip report: ... they of course, went through everything with a fine toothed comb to try and prove that the fuckup was mine, not theirs. I pulled  face and only raised my voice once, though. When they tried to suggest that I should bring in my Year 12 report from fifteen years ago as they "weren't sure" if a signed, sealed and dated statement of academic record from my current institution of learning counted as an educational report.I THINK YOU BETTER CHECK THAT, THANKS. PRETTY SURE THIS LEGALLY FITS THE DEFINITION, GIVEN IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS "UNIVERSITY" RIGHT THERE ON THIS LIST OF ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTATION YOU SHOWED ME. Saving grace and sympathy time came when the guy had to call the centralised office that deals with Austudy applications and they grilled him about the documentation just as hard. "Yes, it's not a copy. I'm looking at it right now. No, I'm positive, it has a holographic seal." "Yes, it was scanned into the system" x 500 *across the table, I gives a thumbs up and sympathetic smile* Review is underway, expected to hear from them on Monday. FUN TIMES. If I didn't still have savings, I'd be hosed. How do non-privileged people work within this system? Mattjpwns fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Aug 1, 2014 06:08
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The IMF is proposing a 60% tax on coal to pay for climate/environmental damage it causes. http://www.businessspectator.com.au...cs_daily&modapt In Australia, this would raise $40 billion dollars. No more budget deficit. 
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Aug 1, 2014 06:32
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Albo: saying exactly the poo poo people want to hear from an ALP leader, but instead we get to have Shorten grasping at straws. 
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Aug 2, 2014 03:30
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You Am I posted:Really? Who are they so I can slap some sense into them with a cricket bat. I had a lunch convo at a relative's birthday over the weekend who hated Morrison and Abbott but felt Hockey "had a good heart". I made "I just drank sour milk" face and spent 30+ minutes pointing out why Joe is an out of touch hack with no talent for the job and even less compassion.
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Aug 4, 2014 06:07
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I am a hoot at parties.
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Aug 4, 2014 06:09
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ewe2 posted:Today I got a foot in the vocational teaching door with a part-time gig in a community house teaching basic IT to older adults. Well, that is, if we can get 6-8 people interested. It's not much but I get to design the teaching and it's likely to be freeform since interested learners will probably dictate what they want, there's no actual structure to lean on. But I'm stoked to be doing something positive anyway and getting experience! And hopefully I can use that to sell myself to other community orgs! Congrats! I thought about this as a potential career pathway for a while (I learn best when teaching others, have had to coach in corporate environments, accrued most of a Cert IV in Workplace Training & Assessment while doing it), so I'd love to hear what your experience is like. At worst, you're going to get some good resume fodder from it.
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Aug 4, 2014 07:03
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TEAM AUSTRALIA we're hosed.
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Aug 5, 2014 07:25
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adamantium|wang posted:Tory shitlord can't solve social problem with private money, melts down Mills 101, right here.
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Aug 6, 2014 06:58
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wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-wub metadata wubwubwub wubaddress https://soundcloud.com/something-wonky/george-brandis-dubstep
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Rich white men are PISSED.  http://www.theage.com.au/federal-po...0807-3d9r3.html Currently sitting at around ~$45k, apparently. $10k per hour for the first three hours. e: But let's be honest here, a collective of Australia's richest, most overprivileged white dudes raising $45k in under 24 hours isn't exactly much of an 'achievement'. e2: As it's been forever since I last made a loving awful joke in this thread, I just realised something. Yesterday, in Perth, people freed a man caught between a train and a platform. How? They LIFTED the train by LEANING on it. Take that, Hockeynomics. 
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If Bolt can't have his way, he's taking his ball and going home: http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...en_look/#181723 quote:The Attorney General should not propose tough new surveillance laws when he cannot even explain exactly how they work and how intrusive they will be in checking even your browsing history. SPLITS
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must not.. make.. snarky political jokes.. about current learning institution.. fffududfnjskdlfndsklfn WHY DO YOU TAUNT ME LIKE THIS
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Anidav posted:
Jesus H loving Christ. I've had to read a LOT of IT resumes in my life that have made me go "nuh uh, next", but this one takes the cake. E: WHAT WAS ON THE PONIES THAT NEEDED TO BE CENSORED? 
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Aug 11, 2014 15:12
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I don't want to alarm anyone, but NTATA AND THE LNP ARE FAILING TO PROTECT ARE BORDERS
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Phelps just went full troll:
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Aug 15, 2014 05:29
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Haters Objector posted:who says this? who says this!? there are a lot of massive shitlords working in info tech fields.
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Aug 15, 2014 06:21
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adamantium|wang posted:And then to top it off: nah you guys this is fine, Hockey and team tightened the disability pension, so now disabled people are poor and thus can't afford to drive cars to park in disabled spots, geeze stop feeding the mass hysteria he has a heart of gold!!!111
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Aug 15, 2014 10:02
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Nuclear Spy posted:Just started watching this series, bloody brilliant: All six episodes were great, on the odd chance that you missed this two pages ago - go watch it now.
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I like pasting this link to people who go "stop picking on Joe, he's a good man who is making some mistakes". http://www.edenriley.com/2014/05/the-day-joe-hockey-pissed-off.html No, he's a "good man" to people he considers it worthwhile and in his best interest to be "good" to - like his peers or his wife. Anyone else can eat a bag of soggy dicks, in his world.
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On this day, 12 months ago... http://www.afr.com/p/national/politics/abbott_commits_to_encourage_exports_rWKqdSbg3oV2FcaddjvSnN “I want to see car making survive in this country, not just survive but flourish.” - NTATA
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Aug 21, 2014 05:16
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Anidav posted:Uh hey there, table for Goons *gets arrested by Queensland Police for being in a gang* Except you'd be the only one arrested, because of the curse and all that.
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Aug 21, 2014 05:48
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Zenithe posted:That was the weirdest press interview I've seen in a long time. Ugh. This gives me the chills. Constant referrals to the police not finding anything wrong instead of an outright "Hi, this was bullshit, this was what was alleged, I did not do this. Ever.". E: the unbearable cynic in me thinks "perhaps some of the stuff that happened wasn't 'illegal' but still makes you look like a dodgy fucker, and that's why you don't want to talk about it". I think it might be politics break time again. :p Mattjpwns fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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Les Affaires posted:"I will not go into the details, except to say that the allegation was untrue and abhorrent. The allegation was made by someone that I knew briefly at that time. There is absolutely no basis to the claim." It could very well be Bill being his usual uncharismatic and awkward self reading dry prepared statements. I dunno. "the decision speaks for itself" was the bit where I raised an eyebrow and felt ick. I really have nothing to go off here, aside from the lack of detail and constant referral to the police investigation as the "be all and end all" of this made me feel uncomfortable. That's all. :mills-shrug.gif: Mattjpwns fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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