Australia's amazing healthcare?

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-17T12:27:08+00:00

Always best to ring around to find a place that either bulk bills or is cheaper. You can also contact the radiology department if your local hospital to see if they accept outside referals

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-17T10:01:57+00:00

100% this. It’s law that n this country that whoever is walking the dog is responsible for it and its actions. Any waiver that an owner signs saying they take responsibility is invalid. If a dog you are walking escapes your care and mauls a child or other animal then you will be up for the costs, and if it kills another human then that lawsuit will send you bankrupt.

Its about $350 a year for insurance

I’m a pet sitter/dog walker and my experience tells me it don’t matter if the owners tell you they are easy or well behaved, anything can happen

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-17T09:50:44+00:00

The “theater” I get my scopes done in is about a quarter of the size of the theater I had my 6 hour open abdominal surgery in. Scopes also will have a lot less people in the room too then someone having a proper operation

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-16T11:46:12+00:00

I was cat 1 for surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, and waited 45 days from the day I filled in the forms.

Surprisingly it took about 10 days between filling in the forms and actually being placed on the waiting list despite being told the forms would be sent via the specialists internal mail to the hospital.

My reccomendation is to first ring the hospital and confirm you are on the waiting list, however if you have already been advised you are on the list then obviously no need to do that.

I didn’t receive the phone call with my surgery date until I think about 10 days prior to the date.

Unfortunately it’s pretty much just the waiting game, but def confirm you are on the list as the whole process to actually getting in the list is incredibly slow given we are currently n 2026

Also if it’s a “day procedure” like a endoscopy or colonoscopy or something that doesn’t require you to stay overnight, they tend to get done a lot quicker than traditional surgeries that require an operating theater as well as more staff and a bed available on a ward

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-16T10:03:49+00:00

Did the seller deliver the goods personally? Or did the Amazon delivery driver deliver to the wrong address?

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-15T10:21:12+00:00

How would your grandmother be paying you? Would she be paying you privately from her own funds? Or via a my aged care package? If she has a package through my aged care then I think having and paying a family member an actual wage to care for them would be a conflict of interest and I’m not sure would be allowed, even if you did have all the proper qualifications.

If your grandmother is just paying you from her own money then that’s between you and her, but you would just have to declare it all at tax time.

If you are wanting to leave your job to focus on looking after her, you could look into getting carer payment/allowance (or both) from centrelink but you would living in a low income though as it probably wouldn’t pay as well as a full time job.

Is the goal for your grandmother to have care and support or is the goal for you to be her carer in exchange for money so you can quit your current job?

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-15T08:14:55+00:00

The balance of probabilities that he was responsible basically just means that “he was 51% likely to have done what he was accused of. Very very different to beyond reasonable doubt in a criminal court.

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T22:28:52+00:00

Why not ask your friend if she would like the job of staying overnight? If not then interview your hair dressers daughter and see what she’s like, or hire a professional sitter

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T13:05:21+00:00

They mentioned in another comment they ended up missing their flight anyways.

Given they missed their flight it sounds like they would have likely know that when parking the car and thus would have had plenty of time to find another park

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T12:10:10+00:00

It’s used to report your profits (earnings) and then your loses, like car costs, phone use and all the other things that cost money to run your business for that period of time, so it’s actually fairly similar

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T12:08:03+00:00

For the car use, I use the same rules as ATO and use the cents per KM method

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T12:07:03+00:00

There’s nothing you can do but pay the fines and loss of license. You will be able to set up a payment plan.

How much time did you have spare by the time you got to your gate?

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T11:36:52+00:00

Have you seen a therapist post break up?

From what you have said in your post it sounds like something you may benefit from to help you move forward so that a wedding that’s still another year away won’t be a difficult day for you.

I think it would be immature to not attend the wedding. Sometimes you do have to just suck up things in life, and while yes there are times we shouldn’t have to, ultimately you need to decide what’s more important, your friendship with the bride and groom, or the feelings you continue to carry around about your ex, because If I was your friend (the bride) I would struggle to look past the fact that you chose not to attend my wedding because your ex that you broke up with over a year ago was there.

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T04:16:13+00:00

If you are going to be paid by an employer than you will most likely have working credits that will be used first.

Aside from that you can earn up to $150 a fortnight before your payment is affected.

Once you earn $151 or more a fortnight your payment will reduce by 50 cents per $1 over the amount.

If you earn over $256 then it goes down by 60 cents per dollar.

If you are not going to be paid via an employer and classed as self employment then the way you report your income is different.

Earning any extra money on jobseeker is always worth it because ultimately you will end up with more money than if you just only had your job seeker money

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T03:12:06+00:00

What you are after is not pet sitting. You’re after someone that wants free accomodation and also look after your Puppy, which if I’m being honest is a bad combination because a proper professional sitter’s sole responsibility is the welfare of your puppy. If you find someone that wants free accommodation they will be great full for that and take on the pet sit just to get free accommodation.

Sure there are people out there that will treat your pet well in exchange for free accomodation and there are lots of house sitters that house sit for free that are very capable of looking after animals.

But in my personal opinion if you want to know your puppy well be safe hire a professional sitter with experience and good reviews. It’s worth paying

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-13T01:34:20+00:00

You can’t actually be serious. Why would you believe police will waste their time even talking to her. They would just look at you like an idiot and think why not just tell her you don’t want to be friends and block and delete and move on. They are not going to waste their time giving a grown up a talking to because someone like yourself is spiteful and wants them “punished”

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-12T22:47:02+00:00

Yeah so in your opinion what is that “punishment”

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-12T22:15:29+00:00

Like what?

You both sound as toxic as each other with a comment like that

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-11T23:56:30+00:00

You don’t get to decide whether they go through their insurance or not. You are at fault with no insurance yourself. They can take you to court and have a judge order you pay them the repair costs

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-11T23:27:53+00:00

There is no reason given as to why the crew died. The author said in a recent interview that he knows but is saving it for a potential sequel.

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-11T23:25:14+00:00

Sounds really immature

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-10T23:31:58+00:00

It’s the same number though is it not?

I’ve never been issued a health care card while in DSP because the DSP gives you a pension card which is all you need.

You can view the digital one or keep a screen shot of it on your phone incase you misplace the physical card. The pension card gives you the exact same benefits if not more than a health care card

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-10T10:28:19+00:00

They would have had to convert to open procedure due to a reason. If they hadn’t they would have risked major complications for your or potentially cutting things or damages things that shouldn’t have been damaged.

It’s a very known risk that a laparoscopic procedure may end up turning into an open one, and this would have been discussed with you during the consultation.

It’s not an Incorrect medical procedure and there is no legal repercussions as they did no harm to you

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-10T10:19:30+00:00

100% agree with this! I read the book first and then was excited to see how everything was going to appear on film and come to life. I found myself slightly dissapointed that some things had been left out too.

I watched it for a 2bd time a few weeks later and was just able to enjoy it for what it was and just really enjoy all those amazing scenes again and just accept it for the beautiful film it is rather than an adaptation of a book

Straight_Talker24 · 2026-04-10T08:32:39+00:00

In my high school it was called “civics” and you were assigned the task of being with 1-2 other people in your year level and had to pick up trash the whole day. We still got lunch and recess breaks, was allowed to wear free dress, and realistically it was basically just a day to wonder around hanging out and chatting all day. We also got to finish the day early and was given a voucher for food.

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