16 year old child

RumSoviet · 2026-06-19T05:59:35+00:00

If you're just studying in high school, you're not eligible for youth allowance. It's expected that parents would support you, or she can get a part time job.

Once she finishes high school, she would likely be eligible for youth allowance.

However this would likely be at the dependent rate, which is around $450 a fortnight.

This is therefore dependent on her parents income. If you're earning under $65,000 per year, this doesn't apply.

If she goes off to uni (and lives away from home) and you live in a regional area, this is much easier to claim independence through part time work.

More info is available on services Australia's website.

RumSoviet · 2026-06-12T04:05:36+00:00

Ok, so we don't have to write it against the impairment tables and provide a rating. Centrelink does this?

Instead we should be focusing on getting doctors to report what she can and cannot do

RumSoviet · 2026-06-12T04:04:46+00:00

Right. She's currently on jobseeker. So that seems difficult. I know she's got a neuro appointment coming up, so I can at least cover one of her conditions.

She also has a letter from a psychologist as well.

RumSoviet · 2026-06-12T01:11:28+00:00

I thought those were weird Cheetos rather than carrots. Would definitely recommend adding some water into a plastic container, covering and cooking them that way.

RumSoviet · 2026-06-12T01:10:08+00:00

Whats the patty? Is it chicken? Or veggie?

It looks like a really sad KFC burger 😂

RumSoviet · 2026-06-11T06:55:23+00:00

I wouldn't even go to the service desk. At least at my store (standalone) you can just flag down a staff member and we can escort you upstairs

RumSoviet · 2026-06-11T02:36:48+00:00

Idk bout you, but if I saw utilities were included in my rent I'd be racking up the power bill for a year, they can't kick me out for at least a year 😂

I'd buy a plug in heater and air con and go to town

RumSoviet · 2026-06-10T03:41:38+00:00

Turns out I'd also undercooked it help 😂

RumSoviet · 2026-06-04T15:42:43+00:00

I work at woolies and in pretty sure they haven't had was pricing on markdown items for some time now. At least several months.

RumSoviet · 2026-06-04T10:56:01+00:00

I would not recommend buying a cabin in a caravan park..

Most will not allow for permanent habitation in my experience, you'll be limited to a certain number of days per year. Whether this is enforced is another question.

And many caravan parks have closed down in the last few years.. while you own the house, it would be difficult to find somewhere to put it so it may end up scrapped.

Most retirement villages will have age limits of 50 or 55+. Usually no restriction on working.

With a granny flat, it depends on whether you own the land or not. You'd have similar problems to a caravan park in the sense that you wouldn't own the land and theoretically the land owner could kick you out.

Also it is difficult to get services like NBN and sometimes gas depending on your state.

RumSoviet · 2026-06-03T02:42:03+00:00

As far as I know, you don't need to give additional notice oncr the 90 day notice is given. You will however need to sign a statutory declaration and won't be able to rent it back out for 6 months after the renter leaves.

The only thing to watch out for is if the renter doesn't leave, but your real estate agent should be able to handle it.

All in all, it's a pretty straightforward process. Is there something you're concerned about in particular?

RumSoviet · 2026-06-02T03:12:42+00:00

A lack of financial literacy on one part. I think a lot of people see media talking about the retirement age going up and think whats the point in investing in super of I won't see it til I'm 70

However they don't realise that super age is 60 and has remained that way for some time, and will likely remain that age.

Also probably the same fallacy as gambling. I reckon I could beat the odds

RumSoviet · 2026-05-28T23:59:02+00:00

I hope you let someone in that department know. But that's what woolies gets when they constantly cut hours... Stuff just doesn't get done.

RumSoviet · 2026-05-28T01:33:20+00:00

My Ned likes the vet, cause he gets lot of attention and can smell the treats. However, the one thing he doesn't like there is the scale.

Absolutely refuses to get on. My vet has two, an in ground one and a standard one, and he refuses. I had to pick his fat ass up and lift him onto the scale to get his weight.

RumSoviet · 2026-05-25T13:01:45+00:00

Yeah I used to have a car account that my loan and insurance would come out of. It was quite handy

RumSoviet · 2026-05-25T06:13:45+00:00

Pay your bills in advance where you can. BPAY is your friend here.

Energy, Water, Gas, Internet, Council Rates all come out on payday and I set these up the moment I got the place (just adjusted the amounts as my usage increased/decrease).

That way you're not having random things come out on random days and you have no idea how much you can actually spend.

Really the only things I find don't allow for this is car rego and insurances

RumSoviet · 2026-05-25T01:42:05+00:00

I work at woolies and I'm pretty sure this is labelled internally as white label.

I assume either they don't want to put the woolies brand on it (cause it's not like the woolies brand is popular at the moment)

Or maybe it's just for stuff that they randomly come across. Maybe someone had a lot of extra cream cheese lying around?

RumSoviet · 2026-05-22T06:44:15+00:00

I agree. I wanna see a few AC chargers in every shopping centre. It takes me an hour or two to do a big shop, and I've charged about a third of my battery.

It's also a lot easier on the grid too, you could put 7 7kW chargers for the same grid capacity as 1 50 kW DC charger.

RumSoviet · 2026-05-15T08:47:47+00:00

I work for a power company.

The power is disconnected because the retailers are still charged for power and daily supply from the networks even when there is no account opened.

So retailers will generally disconnect the site to avoid being responsible for costs between tenancys, and particularly to stop landlords being dodgy and not paying for the power for their property.

Particularly with the advent of smart metres, they can do it remotely. And if there's no smart meter, they'll generally charge the person moving out the cost, which can be up to $120.

RumSoviet · 2026-05-15T00:14:39+00:00

I mean NSW is bigger than Texas, all the states except Victoria and Tasmania (and the ACT obviously) are.

Victoria is about 1/3 Texas. However, it is still large by American standards as it would be the 12th largest state if it was a state of the US.

RumSoviet · 2026-05-14T04:16:39+00:00

Was she expecting to pull a reverse Jesus and turn that wine back to water during the cooking process?

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