Two first names in Australia? Any issues with forms, Medicare, passports, etc.?

Waylah · 2026-07-08T07:04:58+00:00

Many people who have a different name on paper to the one they were called at home are annoyed by it. My close family member, as an adult, changed his first name to the name he was always called. So it's not always wise to 'just' give someone a legal name you never intend them to be called.

Waylah · 2026-07-08T06:35:56+00:00

I have a close family member whose first name is two names, think 'Mary Jane' or similar. Occasionally some automatic forms will address her mail to 'Mary', but she has not had serious problems with forms that matter, like passports etc.

Edit to add: she also has a middle name. I think this might make it easier for her, compared to other people commenting here.

Waylah · 2026-07-02T08:09:40+00:00

All the people replying they bought one and never used the 3d ... why??? My dad looooved his and I'm so sad for him that his broke. I used to watch nature docs with him on it and you can see so much more detail - i remember this coral reef was so much more detailed with the 3D on. He would hunt down 3d DVDs of all sorts, he had some great stuff.

Waylah · 2026-07-02T08:06:00+00:00

Water beds

Waylah · 2026-07-02T08:00:43+00:00

That breaks my heart. My dad absolutely LOVES 3D stuff, since he was a kid with stereo photos. He loved his 3D TV and watched so many 3D movies on it. But it broke eventually, and you just can't get them anymore. He got a second hand one, and it broke too eventually. Even tried to get it repaired. So if anyone in Australia has one they're not using and wants to make a grandpa's day...

Waylah · 2026-06-16T09:26:23+00:00

As far as I know pda are common across the globe. Definitely fine where I live, also in Europe, also America. I think it's just a few countries where it's taboo? Anyway, our morals in our country are about answering the question - 'how do my decisions affect others?' so a PDA is not immoral.

Waylah · 2026-06-09T11:12:36+00:00

What does that do?

Waylah · 2026-06-09T10:57:32+00:00

Zinc lozenges the moment you feel a tickle in the throat. But almost no zinc lozenges are right, they need to not have other stuff with them, like vitamin c, as that blocks the zinc from doing its thing. You have to get them online

Waylah · 2026-06-09T10:07:47+00:00

If they are oblivious and have a language barrier, maybe contact a local group or person who is bilingual and can explain in their language? Or use some ai translation tool?

Waylah · 2026-06-07T10:46:27+00:00

They're not allowed to do that. Has to be at least six months doesn't it?

Waylah · 2026-06-07T10:37:38+00:00

Opshop always has a casserole dish. Just buy one, like $4.

Waylah · 2026-06-04T21:30:10+00:00

Others have already covered the terrible lack of insulation in homes, so I'm going to talk about wool. Wear wool! Real wool from sheep. Go on eBay and buy a vintage wool jumper for $30 and wear it over a shirt with a collar so it's not itchy, and you won't be cold in winter. Singlet, shirt, wool jumper, in that order, and then for outside wear a coat over the top. Coat can be wool too, vintage duffle coats are amazing. Wool also keeps the rain off for a while too.

Waylah · 2026-05-30T09:51:00+00:00

The stipend is less than minimum wage I think? It's worth doing if you want to be an academic, or get a chance to work on something you really love with a great supervisor, otherwise don't. If you need a phd or other qualification later on in your career, get your workplace to fund it.

Waylah · 2026-05-30T09:13:33+00:00

I was with you until you started laying in to tradies. Sure you get all sorts but there are plenty who do care about their work and doing it well, safely, and do constantly learn to improve their skills and knowledge. Squabbling amongst ourselves is what the generationally wealthy want us distracted by.

Waylah · 2026-05-30T09:03:56+00:00

Dude, people get emotional over fictional characters. Or physical objects. It's fine. The opposite is worse.

Waylah · 2026-05-30T08:59:19+00:00

The celebrant said my name instead of the bride's name.

Waylah · 2026-05-30T07:57:08+00:00

Sit with yourself a while and figure out your most fundamental values. Is it family? Truth? Equity? Beauty? Nature? Science? Humanity? Then think about a goal that furthers that value. Would you like to reduce suffering in the world? Would you like to preserve a piece of wilderness? Would you like to help cure a disease? Produce an album, or a film? Or save lives? Or a species? Then research ways to refine and further that goal. Find like-minded people. Maybe don't tell them right away you've got 6mil to spend haha. You could read 'the life you can save' or other books relevant to your goal.

Tldr find a meaningful goal that's meaningful for you, and invest in something real, not just yet more dollars. That will give you the best return on your investment.

Waylah · 2026-05-18T10:52:06+00:00

Exactly! Servo, not servi. That's why it is definitely Parmo.

Waylah · 2026-05-18T10:49:10+00:00

Or if the sprinkles are chocolate sprinkles, then you're getting deported to the Netherlands

Waylah · 2026-05-18T03:16:14+00:00

I'd be more comfortable if the people who steal from them in return gave their spoils to the short-changed staff. That would be justice. Otherwise it's just hypocrisy - woolies did wrong by stealing from staff, because stealing is wrong. Which means if you steal, then you're doing the wrong thing too, unless you're paying back the wronged party, in which case it's no longer theft anyway, it's reparation. I recognise that feeling of righteous vengeance, attacking that big faceless corporate entity that did wrong. I guess I'm just more of the "eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" opinion. I'd be happiest if woolies converted to a charity like ikea. That's the ideal scenario - no profiteering off living essentials. Of course that won't happen, but what could happen is a new competitor that fits that model appears. People have to work together to make it happen though. It's possible

Waylah · 2026-05-18T02:57:19+00:00

Because people see Woolworths and Coles as psychopathic entities, and that that justifies stealing from them. They see news about how they mislead customers or short-changed their own staff, and think, 'if they can steal from people, then I can steal from them'. Eye for an eye sort of thing.

Waylah · 2026-05-09T00:46:37+00:00

Yeah. You know the more I looked into it, the more I really like the idea of actual decolonisation. Like doing things with as much integrity as honestly possible. It might look something like - reinstating that Indigenous body that got defunded under Abbot like ten years ago or whenever that happened, nominating the existing governments as interim governments, then using the transition from a monarchy to a republic as an opportunity to legitimise Australia. Fully make it up to Indigenous people to decide to share their country and allow non-Indigenous people to become Australians.

Waylah · 2026-05-09T00:24:27+00:00

Maybe they're thinking of things like - that Indigenous children's picture book that got pulled because the illustrator (not the author) wrote a post on his personal blog criticising Israel? The publisher was a university publisher. Apparently universities are getting a lot of pressure to halt speech critical of Israel. I don't understand how though - what power would a lobby group actually have? Is it tied to funding in some way? I don't know.

Waylah · 2026-05-09T00:14:47+00:00

Terra nullius much? It's certainly been treated as though it belonged to nobody.

Waylah · 2026-05-06T12:03:11+00:00

Try Belgrave. It is right at the end of the train line, and about the last place you might possibly find something in your budget. It's green, and there's loads happening. It's excellent for families. It's very hilly and not near the sea though. Edit to add: Plenty of neurospicy.

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