OMG Centrelink are slow

Oh, all right...

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Originally Posted by Davo

I'm sure someone will post a photo soon . . .

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:D

Well there you go!

Meanwhile, I'm not able to look at a Victorian licence plate without smiling.

...or more crudely....


:D


I can do that 'cos I know the bloke (in the photo).

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Originally Posted by Davo

Also, I mentioned the remote teachers up here as an example of what you could do later on. You could perhaps get a decent student loan to allow you to get on with things, and you wouldn't have much trouble paying it back with the sorts of conditions you get up here. And you'd also get some priceless experience that you could then take with you overseas, because most Aussies go abroad knowing very little about their own country.

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I have to say I know more than a few teachers who went remote fairly grudgingly, and the vast majority loved it. We had a couple who moved here to the metropolis of Proserpine (pop 3000) after 5 or 6 years in Bamaga, and went back to Bamaga after a year because it was just too fast paced here in the Whitsundays. :)

And I know that Proserpine really isn't remote, but we had only planned to do our three years before heading back to SEQ, and here we are 13 years later with no plans on going anywhere.

er... you did mention that Sweden has free education? I assume the missus is from there and studying there? why not jump on that bandwagon and study together?

I had a year of living apart from the missus while she was contracted into Singapore - not fun and this was in the days prior to skype so weekly phone calls and hand written letters were it!

it is free for all EU citizens to study, and i can't be one for at least 2 years.
We skyped so much, but because we were both at school and there being 8-10hr time difference sometimes it was hard to find the time(i missed out on a lot of sleep). We still sent letters probably 2 a week, just because they are a bit more personal then emails.
I start my new job tomorrow so i will have to see how many shifts and hrs i get. i would like to save at least 8k before leaving but 10k would be better

Just rang centrelink i had to hold for about 20 minutes, which i suppose isn't to bad compared to some. Apparently it shouldn't take longer then 3 weeks after sending the claim, and mine has been 6 weeks.
The person on the other end was really nice but confused with my application as i stated i was single yet they were asking me to fill out a form regarding my partner. ( the reason i stated i was single is i can't prove that i am in a relationship).
so now it is getting sent off again and i should have a result in roughly 2 weeks.
not very happy with the service at the local centrelink, as i got told different things by 3 different people, but i am fairly happy with the phone service(apart from the music while on hold)