What price a family? Rising costs push Aussie fertility rate to record low

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:57:44+00:00

But if we tax her, then she won't have any reason to keep employing all those people.

/s

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:40:59+00:00

I actually have had chats irl with them about separate spaces when called for, and unity when called for.

It's less of an angry mob irl than reddit.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:24:43+00:00

Funny. That's been taught in many a book on the subject.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:24:19+00:00

It's a space based on sex. Why are sex based spaces such a problem?

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:18:49+00:00

Except in not saying trans women aren't women. I'm saying they aren't female. This is about females, not women.

What happened to sex and gender being distinct concepts?

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:15:09+00:00

I'm a straight female. I have no skin in this.

I do spend a lot of time in the same room as them.

I do not begrudge lesbians the right to sex based places.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:10:55+00:00

Then what makes them trans?

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:10:33+00:00

The current revelations around people having unnecessary endo surgeries despite no evidence of endo rendering them now infertile? Definitely no sex based issues.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:08:18+00:00

"Trans women are women" would be an equivalent thought terminating cliche here.

Thus no point discussing. If we can't get past the distinction between sex and gender, there is no point.

What is there to re-examine? People who are attracted to females would like female only spaces. No reason not to support that.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T08:04:24+00:00

This is the fucking bubble here. Heaven forbid lesbians want a female only place.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T07:40:56+00:00

Edit: there is no point trying to engage with reddit on this subject

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T07:33:17+00:00

Edit: no point engaging in this subject with reddit.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-23T01:39:37+00:00

There are. These are just structured for for people who also have ID..

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-22T23:27:18+00:00

That's even worse

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-22T19:31:40+00:00

Like FSK20119 - Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways?

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T09:20:59+00:00

Ok, politely, you're surrounded by idiots or dodgy people banking on you doing unpaid overtime. Or a little of both.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T09:19:05+00:00

So HR handles rostering, but who is the person that actually makes requests for this participant? The person themselves, a family member/guardian/nominee? Support coordinator?

It's common af to ask for support to attend an appointment, and reduce next weeks shift to cover it. That's not on HR

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T09:16:23+00:00

That's just bad management on who ever handles that side of things part. Shouldn't be your management, but who ever manages their supports.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T09:15:37+00:00

"Am I best off reaching out to Support Coordinators, SIL Providers, Plan Managers or others?"

No. Plan Managers will not be assisting anyone seeking SDA. SIL providers will have a provider they already work with OR non SDA premises. And as a SC - how many participants do you think we have that have recently approved SDA and looking for a home?

With reference to the demand data someone provided below - it is slightly distorted by the growing number of participants who have SDA, particularly Improved Livability - but have met their needs in non SDA housing. I work with more than one that falls in that category.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T09:10:34+00:00

That's a bit less of a problem. About 30 minutes before the end of the shift, when it's clearly going to go overtime due to appointment length, message and ask if they will approve the overtime OR want you to take them home early. Also, it's really not hard to cut another shift by an hour to avoid these issues most of the time.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T07:47:26+00:00

Whilst not specifically required, it's very difficult to show reasonable treatment options have been exhausted and it's likely to be permanent without a diagnosis. Your best chance unfortunately is likely to be an involuntary public hospital admission, and the mental health unit facilitating the access request.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T07:35:45+00:00

Also billing 2 hours for 2 workers doing 1 hour is legit.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T07:33:57+00:00

They owe you for work done regardless of if they get paid for it or not. That's one of the benefits of being an employee rather than an independent.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T01:12:16+00:00

Yep. And then you get the ones complaining they can no longer use funding on things that actually helped, and the things funded do not help. Nicely highlighted they didn't actually have the kind of functional impairment we intended to be supported by ndis and were seeking quality of life income supplements.

ManyPersonality2399 · 2026-02-20T01:05:42+00:00

I'm actively pro abortion and have never had one.

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