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I used to be clean and healthy, now I'm an OzBargain addict

Usually threads like this don't gain much traction heaps of people still upvote the techfast deals and if you mention the poor build…

damn I've been working in IT for years and been getting CPU fan wrong all this time?

What car is it?

That scenario can occur at any house and not everyone has public liability insurance

I did that once with ING for a couple of dollars of interest that wasn't meant to be there - and they credited $20 for it

Agreed, on top of that the ones on student visa working 12 hour days end up becoming PRs... then buy a house. Then the sensible citizen…

We do buy 10kg bags of rice, other things we do is buy discounted food, think reduced price bread and freeze it if your going toast it who…

+1 for effort... he asked me the same question and no way was I wasting my time to go thorough receipts and give him an itemized breakdown

> I want to learn as well Step 1 - Live paycheck to paycheck Step 2 - Adapt

You believe what you want, that's your prerogative. For reference youfoodz or hellofresh is at about 5$ a meal - without discounts, that's…

Yes 3 adults, 2 above 70 though, they do not eat much. The poll suggests otherwise and a few other replies in line with 50 per person -…

> Biggest cost I would say is some of the kids stuff like nappies and wipes etc (for our 18 month old). Will be easier when the kids are…

Breaky would be something like coffee(instant nescafe) and toast, spread like jam and egg Asian household so usually core is rice & Asian…

150 week, 3 people I did a budget in previous post a few days ago and got ridiculed because 150 for 1 person was "hilariously low".

Land tax applies to an investment property, commercial property (and no its not any different) and holiday home. Yes, the OP was talking…

The absolute values are in the story as well. Commerical or Residential it doesn't matter - It's all a single land tax, if land is used to…

How much more than [2240%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgN8oQxR4Kg) in 10 years?

This already occurs via increased stamp duty and land tax - what % of rent charged should go towards land tax is a justified amount?

lol... all I'm saying live frugally (to me it's normal, I grew up with that because that's all we could afford 40 years ago) you interpret…

You're 100% right it will. You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you choose to play the hand. I'd make the same choices to get…

> Your idea that you can just 'improve skills' and get above minwage is also completely out of touch. I'd like to think agency still…

I'm not current with Sydney prices since I'm from Melbourne, I know you can definitely get a 3-bedroom share house for $150 week pp and you…

Fair enough my bad didn't look deep enough, though my budget still stands if rent is 200$ a week for a studio

And this person, even though after 2-3 years they would move above minimum wage we'll assume they are on minimum wage which is currently…

Does this one person have personal responsibility, budget well, build up their skills up to progress in pay and make sacrifices in life?

Let me get this right, your point is, we live in a world where no one, not 1 person can afford a house by working?

I think the same when I see family with 2 cars... how is it even fair some people can own 2 cars but I have to take the bus because I don't…

I'm pretty disappointed when it's only 2 pumps

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