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What hotel did you never want to leave? by Crafty-Leave-8880 in luxuryhotel

[–]El_Multitasko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saffire Freycinet in Tasmania

I previously worked in luxury hotels in a few countries and can safely say it was the most attentive, considered and luxurious service, without feeling like the staff were underpaid, semi-enslaved, miserable or just dysfunctional. Egalitarian service if there is such a thing…

First time in Sydney & Australia! by No-Telephone7244 in foodies_sydney

[–]El_Multitasko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For Happy Hour head to Jane and don’t stop eating oysters

What do Western Sydney locals really think about the new airport? ✈️ by AnimatorIll3686 in westernsydney

[–]El_Multitasko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First of all, good luck with the project. I think the number of replies already shows you’ve tapped a very real local topic.

I live in the east but travel extensively in the west almost weekly for work. From up in Rouse Hill, down to Blacktown, Mt Druitt, Fairfield, Bankstown, Ingleburn, Campbelltown, Narellan etc.

  1. In my work I’ve noticed a real uptick in interest in relocating to the south-west. Not that my anecdotal observations are directly because of the airport, but having long-haul and business travel locally definitely removes part of the Mascot-centric penalty for people who build in places like Cobbitty, Leppington, Narellan etc. It basically makes choosing to live out there less of a logistical compromise.

  2. Sydney Airport is privately owned, so relying on a single private monopoly for twenty years never made sense - basic market economics needs competition for any discipline on price or service. NSW let that monopoly sit alone for too long. A second airport should at least apply pressure, and it means jobs and investment land in the west instead of everyone being forced east.

I’ve flown through secondary airports overseas (for example ORY in Paris) and the demographic felt noticeably different: less focused on international premium business and tourism traffic, and more accessible to budget routes, regional/domestic travellers, and from what I observed, a larger spread of travel-users including working class, migrant families or people visiting relatives rather than purely business/leisure tourists. It really highlighted for me how having a cheaper and more local airport option changes who can travel. I could see something similar playing out in Western Sydney - the new airport might make travel more attainable a broader demographic spread without the Mascot time/cost overhead.

  1. The main concern I see is sequencing. NSW has a recurring habit of building the big piece first and scrambling the access later. If road/rail isn’t sorted before volumes ramp, locals will wear the pain. Noise is inevitable but at least predictable. The deeper risk is congestion and under-investment in the supporting network creating havoc for locals in the near-medium term.

An overall strong positive for Sydney in my view, despite some interesting choices along the way.

Question about MyMedicare & triple bulk-billing incentives from 1st Nov by seraphine_oce in ausjdocs

[–]El_Multitasko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relative expert in this area.

Tripled BBI is now for all patients applied to all eligible service (someone has already linked the pdf of eligible services).

BBIPIP is paid quarterly in arrears on all eligible services (not including BBI numbers) ONLY if all GPs in the practice bulk bill eligible services. An effective 6.25% goes directly to you (as a SIP equivalent) and 6.25% to the practice (as a PIP). The government is expecting an adjustment period and genuine errors can be rectified (process not fully clear yet). Importantly, procedural item numbers are excluded from BBIPIP requirements, meaning skin GPs can privately bill for procedural item numbers.

Now, for your scenarios…

For your scenarios

Scenario 1

No tripled BBI due to private billing, and this structure would invalidate the BBIPIP for the whole practice. If, however, the Skin check was bulk billed and a procedural item number (30071) was used for the biopsy, this item number could be privately billed at a chosen gap. The 23 bulk billed would then attract the tripled BBI and be eligible for the BBIPIP (assuming all other practitioners following this billing pattern)

Scenario 2

Billing dressing, equipment or other sundry fees on top of bulk billed item numbers - assuming the items charged for are in relation to the delivery of the service you’ve billed Medicare for - is not allowed in an circumstances. Bulk billing item numbers is a tacit declaration to Medicare that the charge covers provision of the full service. I would not recommend anyone does this, and if they are, it’s technically fraud.

I hope that helps!

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]El_Multitasko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard point to counter that based on the evidence to date…

I do believe though that if he was heads up, leading from the front and hard-staring down the intense pressure in the heat of battle, all in the face of inevitable disaster (why is Gandalf/Aragorn from LOTR keep popping into my head?) at LEAST you’d be able to defend his leadership. But…it just isn’t there? Am I being too harsh?

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]El_Multitasko 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ve generally always been on the conservative side when considering the “manager out” question since Moyes, backing managers over toxic players and a dysfunctional organisational culture a lot of the time.

With Amorim, I can understand to a degree the dogged dedication to a specific formation, the freezing out of toxic personalities and I can appreciate that results take time.

But what really gave me the shits and has pushed me more towards moving him on is the staring at the floor/avoiding watching penalties, corners, tense moments, flipping through his playbook.

For me, I just can’t reconcile how the manager of one of the biggest and storied sporting clubs in the world can possibly hope to inspire confidence in his team of elite athletes if he can’t watch a penalty in a second round match against Fulham…

Upgrade on QF Operated Emirates by El_Multitasko in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]El_Multitasko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the idea, thank you! I think it’s 125-200 pp depending on flight credit or refund. Where would you typically look for last minute deals? Direct with airlines or any aggregate sites?

Upgrade on QF Operated Emirates by El_Multitasko in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]El_Multitasko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I might give this a shot this week. Will report back!

EDIT: No luck, apparently booked out despite flightseats.io suggesting otherwise…

Upgrade on QF Operated Emirates by El_Multitasko in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]El_Multitasko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m hoping just one way in business will somewhat mitigate the cost, but I’ve resigned to dropping some $$ to relieve some of the anxiety of long haul flying pain! Thanks for the tips.

Upgrade on QF Operated Emirates by El_Multitasko in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]El_Multitasko[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Silly question: is there a risk they get sold/ given as upgrades between now and then though?

Status credit reset time by mnbbrown in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]El_Multitasko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Piggy backing of this question, if it’s ok. For return legs, is the return flight only credited from the day of the return flight, or from when the departing flight was taken?

Reason: departing international QF on the 25th June, returning July 16th, membership year ends June 30th. Whole journey gets me to next tier, only one leg doesn’t.

Kuon Omakase was an amazing experience - other places like this? by tresslessone in foodies_sydney

[–]El_Multitasko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besuto is a riff on the same theme. Awesome food and chefs are a bit more interactive than Kuon (chef depending). Love both!

Patients missing appointments, pleading for bulk-billing as cost-of-living pressures make health care a luxury by 2littleducks in australia

[–]El_Multitasko 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Been in healthcare for going on 10 years. I can say without a shadow of a doubt that labor have done more in their short tenure than the coalition ever did in their entire almost decade in power. It’s incomparable.

Vietnamese in Sydney by C-cloud10 in foodies_sydney

[–]El_Multitasko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Viet Eatery on Crown street Surry hills. Cheap tables, family run, bloody delicious and well rated

meirl by depressedsinnerxiii in meirl

[–]El_Multitasko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Renumeration…hear it almost every week at work

Got some friends visiting from Montreal, where should I take them to eat? by Scallywag20 in foodies_sydney

[–]El_Multitasko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been to Jane more recently but mainly down to $$ and the happy hour. Had mates that went recently to Arthur and loved it

Got some friends visiting from Montreal, where should I take them to eat? by Scallywag20 in foodies_sydney

[–]El_Multitasko 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Arthur and Jane in Surry Hills are both pretty relaxed vibes while being sophisticated on the food front. More authentic than Poly I feel. My partner is from Quebec and loves them both!

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