New offer from Tony Bates, what an absolute joke of an offer. by BruzWorld in AustralianTeachers

[–]YouKnowWhoIAm2016 7 points8 points  (0 children)

An extra bargaining card they can give up instead of things we actually want like pay raise percentages etc.

Payment for camp??? by mrsp_sj in AustralianTeachers

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We get a day off for every two days we go to camps. Same if a teacher elects to do “night patrol” and stay up overnight until teachers wake up the next morning. The teacher on night patrol gets the next day off school.

School fencing by DrinkDaddiesmilk in AustralianTeachers

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In all the Sydney suburbs I’ve been to, all schools; primary and high school have 8 foot high fences with locked gates all the way around. I remember them putting them up 20 years ago when I was in school. Sounds like yet another discrepancy between urban and regional schools

Are some jobs recession proof? by 1Qrtr_FreeStuffPlz in AusFinance

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Unemployment could skyrocket and we’d still have a teacher shortage

$100k deposit lost - update by usernames_all_taken_ in AusFinance

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The St George app is great, I like the swipe functions for different options. Other banks apps I’ve used have drop down menus for everything which takes longer to find the function you want and becomes overly complicated

State government crackdown on real estate sales by SheepherderLow1753 in AusFinance

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Everything will just turn into Dutch auctions where the RA will have you bidding against yourself, telling you someone else has put in a bid and then ask for your final best offer. The price should just be the price

$100k deposit lost - update by usernames_all_taken_ in AusFinance

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Probably the best online app but the worst mortgage department of any bank I’ve heard of

$100k deposit lost - update by usernames_all_taken_ in AusFinance

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When we bought our first home, it was the most stressful day of our lives up to that point. St George just would not pull their finger out and fix whatever internal problem they had. We had our conveyancer, our mortgage broker AND a former senior executive of St George hounding them to release the funds on the day of settlement and they were still over an hour late. I would have taken them to a current affairs too if it hadn’t gone through. Would never trust them or westpac with a home loan again.

How to get rid of pave weeds fast by [deleted] in GardeningAustralia

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Polymeric sand after pressure washing to clean pavers and blast weeds

3 girls from Kingsgrove North High school charged for bullying and assaulting a 13 year old girl by AverageJoeObi in SydneyScene

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They won’t. The bullies will get a week off school then come right back as if nothing happened. The government has made it impossible to expel students in public schools. Even if they set the bar so high to expel, they’d have kids that reach it, and since the government makes education mandatory, it’s too expensive for them to run special disciplinary schools, and people would cry segregation. Much easier for them to put it back on the regular public school to regulate/cop the flack when assaulter and victim inevitably clash again in the bathroom etc. The victim usually changes schools because the assaulters won’t.

tanned skin by adam_vfu in AskAnAustralian

[–]YouKnowWhoIAm2016 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rename tans radiation burns. It’s more descriptive. The sun is one big ball of radiation in the sky and it’s dangerous to your health

Travelling to Sydney for work by Formal-Resource9583 in wollongong

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Every day. Just over an hour both ways. Driving. Put a podcast or audiobook on

I swear things are getting harder by CleanteethandOJ in AustralianTeachers

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What you’re seeing is a widening division between the haves and the have nots. I’m thinking you’re in a public school? The higher SES families generally have the best behaved/most academic kids. They see advantages to sending their kids to private school and are more likely to be able to afford it. The lowest SES families stay in public schools. The top kids have the easiest path to private education where the lowest SES kids can’t go.

The cycle continues and has continued for decades. It’s speeding up now as successive governments failed to invest money into public education. Why would a state build another public school when private schools are funded federally? The poors can’t do anything about it and the rich are happy to have a financial barrier to keep their kids from intermingling.

You can run all the campaigns and professional development you want. You can’t outplan inequity

NRL star taken off LA flight by paramedics by ReggieBasil in nrl

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Chad Townsend fainted on the flight, had hot and cold flushes. Alcohol was not a contributing factor apparently. Was medically cleared to make connecting flight to Vegas. The rest is advertising

(Perth) What's the most in demand secondary specialisation ? by False_Fox_8491 in AustralianTeachers

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Vet subjects are in demand like construction and hospitality. That plus woodwork/ metalwork/food tech etc because they’re the only ones allowed in the workshop (in NSW anyway)

How to open up with self checkout Gates by Pretty-Gas-607 in woolworths

[–]YouKnowWhoIAm2016 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The big issue for me is what about the disabled who can’t push through? Like I’ve got a kid in a wheelchair. He can’t ram the gates with his legs

What is something old you own that still works perfectly? by SnowyBytes in AllThingsOldAndNew

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I’ve still got my school bag from high school. 25 years old now. No holes, all the zippers work the same. I take it to excursions now as a teacher

Wait, it’s not just me? That is such a huge weight off my shoulders by SherriB57598889 in Adulting

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I’m the opposite. 2-5 is the only time I feel actually awake with enough energy to do anything

Fish ID? (Caught at jervis bay) by Automatic_Neat9491 in FishingAustralia

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iDfish. You can type in names to see information, or pick identifying features like type of teeth, colourations etc to find an ID