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IMO extra charges should be related to mass (road damage) and size (general obnoxiousness, pedestrian safety, local amenity, occupting…

Two claims for me, submitted 30/4, both accepted. One of the two came back with the "technically..." spiel, but both were pretty much…

Same logic with feedback surveys - I try to allocate my personal ratings rationally, so most customer service experiences can expect to be…

Not really. Local content is mandated at 60% for the trains, 65% for the trams, measured by AUD value and audited by DTF.

Dandenong does build a [flat pack body](https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=819501683547257&vanity=100064622982215) for assemby (bolted…

Not quite true. The body shells are built from raw materials (casting locally, sheet steel etc), and then fitted out and painted. The…

Potato/potato then? Hard to tell whether the equity or the tax deductions would cost more from what I'm reading. Surely there's a place for…

> We’re all individuals [I'm not (1:10:25)](https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/326242883808)

As someone who's not going to be able to benefit from either of these, which one costs less for me as a taxpayer?

Albo's explicitly said a lot of things. Could I offer you $275 lower power prices on average in 2025 vs 2022, and no changes to the…

Generous idea: Refund the amount of stamp duty they paid, adjusted by CPI between the purchase date and today. if they want to avoid agent…

> Just as dumb as whether people work from the office or work from home. Imagine if everyone is back to office 5 days a week. The nation…

Take the cones to the local police station as lost property. You can cite the $100M economic impacts mentioned above. Just being a…

Pretty unlikely. Maybe $12 at a stretch but it wouldn't be as frequent. Not interested in a drink bundle to increase it to the $15 either,…

Not keen to spend more than $10 on lunch if I'm in the office, otherwise I'll just bring something from home or not bother at all. Do a…

> has anyone come across this situation? Looks like many respondents in this thread have, yes. Probably didn't need to make a new account…

I've got a loyalty card with these guys somewhere that mentions "one stamp per $6 spent" which I think was the price of a bag (as opposed…

Lots of companies issue iPhones to employees, and you can bet that when the SE runs out of stock they'll be shifting plenty of these

Fingers crossed! I'm not even expecting to be able to access my own super at that point, so I suppose I'll be either proven correct or…

Sure, and doesn't that gift stop being considered 5 years after it's made? Being many years away from having to plan for such things, I'll…

I'm sure their kids can cover it from the massive piles of cash they were gifted just in time to have it drop off the radar for the pension…

Also contributions to assisted living / aged care etc vs covered by public funds if you have nothing.

> Please Explain Age Pension Sure - People who worked for a couple of decades (or have never worked, but tend to keep quieter), are…

Afternoon drivers around the sububs are so much worse than the morning crowd from what I've seen - morning commuters and tradies etc (say…

Roads are maintained using general revenue, not registration or fuel excise etc. Vehicles / drivers creating a disproportionately large…

Absolutely - and this is why I largely didn't bother after the end of the V10s

I saw one with a jammed transmission blocking all the Route 86 trams on Smith St Fitzroy once? Near the Woolworths, took about 45 mins for…

Ask the office to schedule a 5-10 minute phone call

I willl agree that this scenario is more reasonable than many other examples - no one could physically block you merging even if they…

By any conventional definition, I think you are in a queue, i.e. > Queue: *a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to…