TheEnd ... relaaaax, the situation is not permanent Assuming your posts are 4 real you don't qualify as a bludger. You're not even on the first rung of bludgery. I should know, I have decades of experience to call upon. So I don't know what the moralising is about from some posters. The dole is a social control tool - very hard on those it is applied to. All the best and try to enjoy some of the free time!
You're problems are all self inflicted. You need to take responsibility for them, instead of pointing to everyone and everything. It's Centrelink's fault Centrelink "dose'nt pay enough" "its very hard to get to local Centrelink office for appointments" It's the system's fault It's all the forum member's fault for talking about 'world financial collapse' - I blew all my savings on a bad investment because of SS. The phone bill is too much My internet is too much There's no jobs where I live I can't put petrol in my car I can't afford the rego ...
Hey TheEnd, just a tip to save some money. I'm not sure if you're on a lockin contract or prepaid plan at the moment for your phone and internet (I was under the impression you're living with your parents for some reason, if so I'm not sure why you're paying for the internet), however if you can I would suggest changing to Aldi Mobile. For $35 per month you'll get unlimited calls (including 13, 1300 and 1800 numbers), text and 5gb of internet. While 5gb is obvioudly not enough to sit around and watch porn all day, it would be more than enough for you to do everything job related. Just by doing this you could cut you phone+internet bill from $120 to $35 per month, saving 70%. This is just an example of how to be thrifty and make your money go further, you can find ways like this in all different parts of your life, you just have to look for them. Also, I'm onboard with everyone else telling you to go to the mining sector, I have no idea why you haven't been there for the last 10 years that you haven't been a DM.
If you're really tight with cash, get Skype and buy an in-bound number. It's much cheaper than any mobile phone plan and eliminates one bill altogether. Skype also has pre-paid credit for making calls. http://www.skype.com/en/features/online-number/
Yes you do. But from what I understand the OP has both internet and mobile bill. Having skype would cut out the mobile bill.
Yes but his internet bill is $70 and mobile is $50, why not have both and only spend $35 without a contract. I had a quick look and that option is cheaper than just getting the internet by itself and there is usually a contract for cheap internet. Like that Mexican girl in the taco ads... why not have both?
Centrelink is there to help, not to wipe your arse for you. 'The system' has limited resources and is there for people who need it. From everything you've said in this thread, it's pretty clear that there are many other people out there who's need is greater than yours - you're not suffering a debilitating illness, you have a trade, you have years of experience, you have a car, you have a roof over your head, you haven't said anything about having children to look after so you might well be mobile and able to travel and on top of all that you live in a country that actually has a social welfare system that can give you a couple of hundred bucks a week to take the sting out of not having a regular source of income. I've been a lot worse off in the past than you are right now and even through all that shit that was going on in my life, I still thought "Boy, am I lucky that fate dumped all this crap on me because there are so many other people out there who just couldn't handle what I'm going through now".
Yep well said bigad .It builds character & is one of lifes lessons to make you stronger & wiser (hopefully ) U cant win em all. Take it in your stride & move forward
And yet a private company like Holden gets $275 million dollars of our tax money because they "need" it? Get real.
I was talking about individuals, not corporations, however there are plenty of examples where government subsidies for industry has an overall benefit to the community that is greater than the cost of the subsidy. Personally, I don't think subsidizing the car industry as it is now represents good value at all. I'd much rather see production of whole cars stop if it isn't commercially viable here and have the government subsidize 30-40 start-ups who can import cheap "bare bones" kits and customize them locally to the individual buyer's specs. Many of those companies would ultimately fail, but there would be a lot more innovation, a lot more competition and a lot more jobs for people like TheEnd. If we are going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on subsidies, we should get the best possible value from it and make sure the money is helping lay the foundations of a high quality, sustainable industry. In the mean time, individuals shouldn't make the mistake of relying on 'the system' to take care of their every want. It's a safety net and it's purpose is to make sure people don't ever fall so far they can't ever pick themselves back up again.
Mind your language. There is an elephant in the room. US carmakers' double dip on the Australian taxpayer "Ford received a special bailout of $53 million in January this year, just in time to commit to wage rises of 3 per cent every year for the next three years. Holden made the same promise in 2011." http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/us_carmakers_double_dip_on_the_australian_8p72yGrd40BCU3v4eHS4GM Yet more handouts: another $118,000 per Holden job http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/..._more_handouts_another_118000_per_holden_job/ Public tax payer money is not meant to wasted on private companies. And yet some people cant see the big picture making judgements on someone getting a meagre payment just to try and get by a little bit. Apparently i have to spell it out to you.
And Big A.D. already addressed that. I was talking about the $30 a day comment (i.e. the one I quoted).
Read post #116 or get someone to explain it to you ...and then read #114 and around in circles we go. Wheeee.
