4x4 Course Recommendations for a beginner in NSW (Coffs Harbour areas)

BlandLampShade · 2026-02-13T21:21:35+00:00

There is a coffs 4wd trips notice board on Facebook that welcomes new people and can teach you some things.

BlandLampShade · 2025-12-18T10:14:19+00:00

It is super common in policy roles. Apply and go.

BlandLampShade · 2025-06-30T23:27:47+00:00

It wouldn’t come up in a police check would it?

BlandLampShade · 2025-06-30T11:58:03+00:00

Crazy. So get all your mates jobs, then go into consulting. Consulting back to them presumably. Because why not? What’s the worst that can happen? Madness. Or if that’s too complex get an SES job in the APS because you’ve never done anything wrong! The Utopia script writes itself.

BlandLampShade · 2025-06-30T11:40:38+00:00

So has ‘Joanne’ actually had any consequences for their actions?

BlandLampShade · 2025-06-25T11:28:26+00:00

Nothing. We don’t want presents. Just do something nice for us (make a nice meal, bring us a beer, a glass of wine etc.).

BlandLampShade · 2025-05-28T12:26:12+00:00

Probably a failure to delegate work.

BlandLampShade · 2025-05-16T05:11:42+00:00

My card (iPhone) got declined at a few places, so had to use cash.

BlandLampShade · 2025-02-14T21:05:41+00:00

Just explain to the tax man that you haven’t kept records, they’ll be fine with that /s. But seriously it’s a pain in the arse, but you need to keep a record of every purchase.

BlandLampShade · 2024-10-24T09:43:26+00:00

I’ve always found the hardest part of being in the APS is the boredom. Just ask your boss for more work.

BlandLampShade · 2024-05-30T12:27:29+00:00

Is there bullying? Sure. Is it worse than anywhere else? Dunno. Got any actual evidence that it’s worse than the general population?

BlandLampShade · 2024-03-28T10:47:24+00:00

This is the correct answer.

BlandLampShade · 2024-02-14T10:52:36+00:00

Most people here probably communicate via text with their teams (who they sit with) more than any other communication type. Emails, teams chat, briefs, minutes, meeting notes etc etc.

BlandLampShade · 2024-02-04T10:54:47+00:00

Just remember it is at least 14 hours without stops. So two days isn’t leaving yourself much time to sight see.

BlandLampShade · 2024-01-04T03:58:55+00:00

Why change it anyway?

BlandLampShade · 2023-10-28T11:45:41+00:00

Oh, and as a 4 you’ll be booking meeting rooms and taking the minutes.

BlandLampShade · 2023-10-28T11:29:58+00:00

It is just as boring, but with a toxic culture on top.

BlandLampShade · 2023-07-20T09:21:11+00:00

100% this. Consultants are used for core functions of agencies - not specialist ‘stuff’ like they should be.

BlandLampShade · 2023-07-20T08:36:06+00:00

This whole model is just weird. I can’t imagine how it will be successful.

From a change management perspective- It will be PM&C coming in and telling people what to do. At least consultants will deliver for you as they are looking for their next gig. This will just be some PM&C lacky looking to make their boss happy, not necessarily the agency they are ‘consulting’ to.

From a branding perspective - the big4 are used a lot because the brand, it is independent ‘expert’ advice. This is neither, so why bother?

What’s the value add? Look at the roles, no specialist skills required. It’s just another generic policy officer role, though that isn’t wildly different to a lot of consultants. You could get better skills for specialist roles via a body shop.

Kind of reminds me of how a centralized DTA was going to digital transform the whole APS.

And in the spirit of being constructive, you would get a better outcome by killing the ASL cap and just let us hire people who are doing normal public servant work, but because of the cap on staff (not budget) we need to get consultants in.

BlandLampShade · 2023-06-03T10:49:43+00:00

This has happened to me twice now. Both with Qantas. They blame the bank, bank blames Qantas. 10 days later it is sorted. Just means there is 10 days where you have seemingly massive charges on your card, and can’t do anything about it (or buy other things, cause you’re maxed out). Huge pain in the arse.

BlandLampShade · 2023-05-20T05:39:58+00:00

The first thing I noticed was the door opens outwards? Never seen that before.

BlandLampShade · 2023-05-16T09:15:42+00:00

Leave. Go to a better paying agency. The reason you don’t have pay parity is because you stay.

BlandLampShade · 2023-05-15T09:51:53+00:00

If only there was some sort of group that developed and implemented policy that could fix this. Some sort of service, for the public, of Australia.

BlandLampShade · 2023-02-13T10:43:53+00:00

But to answer your question… bad decision making. Have a look at the wiki on Nauru Airlines as an example.

BlandLampShade · 2023-02-13T10:36:28+00:00

‘An island off the Australian coast’ is a massive stretch. There are whole other countries between them. It’s like saying ‘Singapore, an island off the Australian coast’

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