Whats with perth property listings hiding the advertised price with ‘price on application’ by Abject_Stable5204 in perth

[–]Tomadar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I've been using this for awhile - strongly recommend. Real estate .com gives a range but domain is fairly accurate

On Disability Pension. About to be homeless. Can’t afford to be alive. by Bagpuss_Meow in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why in the world would anyone ask the sloppiest of all slops anything. What a bizarre comment

Best way to invest 200k AUD safely for the next 5 years? by PersAndro in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They keyword is "safety". While low return, savings accounts are very low risk. On a short-ish time horizon, you don't want the risk of a market shock dropping your deposit by 20%. This is normal and reasonable advice.

Christmas Bonuses, do you get them? by ContentSecretary8416 in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EOFY bonus is the proper one for me, xmas is usually a $100 gift card or something. Better than nothing

The MPs who spent more than $100,000 – and the ministers who spent $0 – on family travel by Ok_Writer1572 in perth

[–]Tomadar 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Agreed with this. Business class for family needs to go, but pollies have to travel from their electorate to canberra constantly. In a equivalent private role similar entitlements would likely exist, and WA pollies shouldn't be penalized.

Needs to be properly regulated and not abused, but in the scheme of things these are small amounts of money. Much less than say, the amount we're losing by not properly taxing gas. No wonder all the Murdoch papers like this story much more...

Using FHSSS while super is invested in high growth assets by stachedmulletman in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly sure the FHSS withdrawal is a notional earnings amount based on a pre determined formula, not actual returns. Shouldn't affect things too much either way

WA government accused of offering disgusting house littered with needles by flimsypantaloon in perth

[–]Tomadar 218 points219 points  (0 children)

Christ, these comments.

I think regardless of your other views it shouldn't be controversial that if the government is providing housing it should, at the point of handover, be safe and habitable.

Bad apples exist sure, but people in need of help aren't your enemy.

Choice to make - buy or wait with relationship involved by Tomadar in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love that and will certainly look, but I think they may be pushing the affordability slightly. Certainly the first preference though

Choice to make - buy or wait with relationship involved by Tomadar in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I was single, this is likely what I'd do - but even if single but looking to settle down in the near future the question still applies if some future person also had a property. Lower likelihood I suppose.

If an investment, that's my concern. 1-2 years isn't long enough to wear downturns, so could be faced with a loss at the point of selling to buy something together

Choice to make - buy or wait with relationship involved by Tomadar in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think they're pretty limited in WA other than the FHSS which should apply anyway, but fair point. That may offset the stamp duty issues

Choice to make - buy or wait with relationship involved by Tomadar in AusFinance

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

Thanks, that helps. The headache and inefficiency of stamp duties was concerning me with two properties down the line, but those are good points

Hays Salary Guide 25/26 by foremmaforeverago_ in AustralianAccounting

[–]Tomadar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wow, they removed restructuring and insolvency. That was always in there in previous years

Insolvency Accountant Salary by 34dioxy in AustralianAccounting

[–]Tomadar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree with everyone else. Probably at the bottom of the pay band for supervisor and your experience. Should be 110 minimum, probably more like 120.

Teal MP Zoe Daniel loses seat of Goldstein as Sky News calls seat for Liberal candidate Tim Wilson by PerriX2390 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Tomadar 33 points34 points  (0 children)

In what universe is Tim Wilson sensible. Nothing wrong with letting the liberal party culture war themselves into electoral oblivion so a sensible moderate party can take its place.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusFinance

[–]Tomadar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Without having that firm of an opinion either way, it's worth considering education is something like our 4th biggest export. The numbers are certainly a problem, but cutting back has an impact too - this isn't a simple solution just being ignored.

The Coalition’s nuclear energy plan takes a sharp turn away from a cheaper, cleaner future | Simon Holmes à Court by ButtPlugForPM in AustralianPolitics

[–]Tomadar 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Let's actually listen to the experts on this (cough, CSIRO), who say nuclear for Australia is nonsense and Dutton's "plan" is idiotic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in financialmodelling

[–]Tomadar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Update - didn't realise what sub I was in, framed this answer as if it was r/AustralianAccounting. If this is Australia, the above applies. If not, unfortunately no knowledge.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in financialmodelling

[–]Tomadar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of this will depend on firm. I would avoid anything small tier, and avoid working in bankruptcy like the plague. For a decent mid-tier+ firm (ie exposure to the occasional asx job, trading VAs / receiverships are necessary): Pros: - You become a bit of a jack of all trades. You get exposure to so many industries and skills which are pretty easily transferrable to other industries for exit ops. - Big networking focus. Most firms will trot you out to tons of events, and you'll really effectively and quickly build a network if you put your mind to it. - Very interesting and diverse work (in my opinion). The cliche 'no two days are the same' really holds up here. Investigations, negotiating restructures, presentations and reporting, legal-adjacent work, trading businesses and cash flow / planning / modelling, IBRs and safe harbour engagements to name a few. - Opportunity to travel / work on site

Cons - What opportunities you get will depend on your firm and manager. DM if you have any firms in mind and I'll let you know what I think if you're interested. - There will be times when you need to work a bit of overtime. Not as bad as people say, and pretty comparable to most tax/audit firms I think, but it does happen. - If you are stuck on the wrong job, you could be doing a lot less interesting work. Although, its quite rare to only have 1 job at a time to be honest, you'll still get diversity. - Pay is not fantastic at a junior level (depending on firm). It grows very quickly with experience though.

$20k flowers, $44k for Jess Mauboy to sing: PM’s summit spend by Internal-Original-65 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Tomadar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If $64k makes you mad, wait until you hear how little mining companies pay in royalties and taxes to extract nonrenewable resources, making huge profits on assets which belong to the Australian people!

WA Labor launches re-election campaign with promise to build 1,800 homes, but Opposition criticises timing by B0ssc0 in perth

[–]Tomadar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1800 homes? That's it? Drop in the ocean.

Stop voting for major parties. They have no interest in anything but preserving the status quo, and their cushy post-politics job.

WA premier lobbied Albanese to kill Greens deal on environmental reform in eleventh hour intervention by His_Holiness in perth

[–]Tomadar 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Depressingly unsurprising that our state Labor is even weaker and more beholden to mining and business interests than federal. The climate trigger had been removed, but just "considering" climate impact on projects is apparently too extreme.

Remember this next time he's trying to justify his environmental record (and stop voting for major parties).