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Get your employer to pay for a Working with Children check. Australia post gives you the 5 spare photos and you can use them for a passport.

Aah that sucks. It's clear you'll always need a walking aid of some sort and be a risk to yourself and others if you had to walk through…

Which state are you in? It's not the GP's decision in WA, the form asks objective questions about the condition, whether you use…

FYI for WA folks feeling left out, Costco Casuarina has Asahi at this price

Optometrist is bulk billed to Medicare if you are due an eye test. Frames $60-450. Lenses are not as cheap as specsavers for basic ones,…

I've been depositing everything I earn into my mortgage redraw which is supposedly excluded, but I just went to my HSBC app and it had a…

You can live on the edge of the zone for your public high school and still be up to 5km away so no. If you are made to go out of zone by…

Not financial advice but.. Generally the most tax effective way is 25, 37 or 49 months to get the benefit of the next year's reduced…

As in cost of fuel vs electricity? Petrol is $1.70 to $2/litre, efficiency is 4L to 15L per 100km depending on the car. Electricity in WA…

https://www.toyotafleetmanagement.com.au/novated-lease/novated-lease-calculator Scroll through the car type to 'electric' and adjust the…

My car specifically (the short-lived Smart Roadster cabriolet with sports package) was 3x in 2008, as only 12 were ever sold in WA. UK spec…

What are you going to be doing for work? If you're eligible through your employer then a novated lease on an EV is a no-brainer, fewer…

City driving with regenerative braking is the most energy efficient way to drive an EV, so you can get 7km from 1kWh urban but about 4km on…

Business membership used to be $5 less, but now it's the same. It allows you to have a second card for someone else in the business,…

I pass it on the way home from work, don't usually take a special trip there as it's 50km round trip. Regularly buy eggs, milk, potatoes,…

This is exactly how we ended up with a Haval Jolion. We wanted a replacement for a big 15 year old wagon but there was nothing affordable…

Employment contract technicality rather than the car being Spanish. I was on a casual contract during the initial probationary period and…

I've been a hot hatch fan too. I drive a Cupra Born EV and I would never go back to manual or ICE. Being VW built it's very Golf gti-like…

Yes if the 2nd driver is considered lower risk than you. I lowered my husband's premium by $50, until I I had a not-at-fault accident (my…

"We'd naively assumed that given the popularity of novated leases that they'd be transferable between employers without too much difficulty…

EV green loan rates are a bit lower, I recently applied for 4.89% 5yr fixed (4.93% comparison) via a credit union (although rejected,…

In most parts of the country an 850k house = at least 2 empty bedrooms. Rent $100/week x2 rooms x 18 months =$15,000. 70% of rent is…

We had a room flood about 6 weeks after laying DIY hybrid. Lifted it up, dried it out then put it back down, still looking good 3 years…

X-posted my reply with yours. You can get woks made for induction which have a flatter heavier base. Alternatively there are electric woks…

If you have any doubts at all get a plug in induction for $50 (I have the Aldi one, IKEA also v. popular). I used to love gas cooking too,…

I've been able to wash a young cat under 12 months in the sink, if the water is very warm they don't get stressed (cats are 1 degree warmer…

Wagons are amazing. Washing machine broke on a Saturday night and the only store with stock available is 75km away? - no problem drive down…

Finally someone gets to the issue. If you are a true contractor you are selling a specific service (your knowledge, time or skills) to XYZ.…

My HCF patient is a 60+ grandmother so definitely not just for students

Private ED is very different to public. They cannot possibly offer what the public system does. Their ideal customers are the simple…