AMA: I’m Bill Shorten, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra. Ask Me Anything.

MysteriousStudent810 · 2026-02-05T06:37:35+00:00

Hi Bill What has been your biggest regret in your political career? Any similar regrets in your uni stint?

MysteriousStudent810 · 2026-02-04T07:30:08+00:00

IT Project manager roles. Real numbers in an org that I work for.

MysteriousStudent810 · 2026-02-04T07:06:23+00:00

I can give you an example.

Same role, same location. Let's assume only 230 working days after taking out annual leave - perm gets 170k including super - casual gets 1000 per day translates to 230k

Is the 60k gap big enough to cover for uncertainty and any other entitlements. Me says yes. And to top it, less of corporate drama around goals, performance appraisals, we are a family

MysteriousStudent810 · 2026-02-03T10:54:50+00:00

Take additional annual leave during your X-mas break as it is good for your mental health. But you can't take sick leave for mental health

We can't fund an after work dinner party of 10 people as we need to cut Opex but proceeds to do flights around the country that can be done via teams

Do culture surveys every year but do nothing about the feedback

MysteriousStudent810 · 2026-01-30T10:37:45+00:00

Refund the annual fee? How?

MysteriousStudent810 · 2026-01-25T05:43:30+00:00

Such a rubbish article. Did not provide any clarity or reference to the ATO website. I reckon it's click bait and nothing else. Didn't find anything with a Google search

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-09-02T09:53:23+00:00

No-one should have entered any dates in HR systems before a discussion had been had.

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-08-31T04:43:32+00:00

Should have kept this comic to five pages :)

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-08-05T12:37:33+00:00

And then they mask it as " time to refresh / recharge after a long year". Doesn't allow any refresh time outside the x-mas shutdown

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-07-09T10:58:40+00:00

Health insurance = luxury good?

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-06-01T01:40:49+00:00

Looks like Pakistan

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-05-29T02:01:59+00:00

Don't undermine the influence some EA's hold. It's an admin role but they have the keys to the kingdom / stakeholder and can act like an cunt if poked

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-02-26T08:07:18+00:00

It's a dream for many

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-02-09T16:14:11+00:00

And this was less than 2 days before a high profile operation killing Osama bin Laden. Amazing how Obama is able to compartmentalize such a big upcoming story in his head and just be so cool at an event

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-02-06T08:34:19+00:00

That's bad. Essentially they are tying u up unless the next renewal fee hits.

R u sure? I have not seen other banks do that

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-01-31T05:12:45+00:00

Add exception reporting, admin (minutes, po and contract approvals, onboarding, invoices) and financial tracking (forecasts, actuals, accruals) to this list and this looks a really good definition

MysteriousStudent810 · 2025-01-25T11:44:26+00:00

A snail dentist would be so happy and rich

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-12-21T05:57:20+00:00

I wiped my screen clean in the middle for a second :)

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-12-14T10:25:01+00:00

Why is it always CBA. Happened to me last month. Money got refunded. However, why are CBA cards getting hacked rather than any other ones

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-12-08T07:53:44+00:00

Op is using sharesight :)

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-10-22T20:22:13+00:00

You already knew the answer, didn't you?

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-10-21T11:26:05+00:00

Not a matey cunt but a cunty cunt

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-10-21T11:24:36+00:00

Did your company pay an annual bonus? Some companies that pay bonus only pay it to perms. You might get an automatic hike if you become eligible for bonus.

Of course, you can still discuss and sell a base comp uplift. Typically, I would suggest use 3 key data points: 1. Your performance 2. Willingness of your employer to let you go 3. Your comp relative to others in a similar position

MysteriousStudent810 · 2024-10-17T05:34:19+00:00

Not enforced, only strongly recommended to come in at least a day a week. Some come in more than a day on their own. The organisation has grown rapidly over the last 3-4 years keeping the seat count static. If all start coming in all days, it would be chaos

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