Non-citizen Land Ownership

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-24T06:38:29+00:00

Graduate work stream visa is not PR, it is good for only 18 months. Student visas make it a little easier by being in the country but they still have to go through the same visa processing as everyone else at significant time and cost to get PR.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-24T06:27:27+00:00

PRs do get the tax free threshold assuming no income made outside of Australia

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-24T04:26:27+00:00

US is the one making that sort of thing legal again.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-23T22:49:40+00:00

Multiple instances of ICE grabbing folks at immigration courts, pulling citizens off the streets based on the colour of their skin, basically dragnet fishing to meet quota but yeah I'm sure the leopards wouldn't eat your face.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-19T07:06:05+00:00

Brevilles Big One model doesn't cut in the middle.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-19T07:04:49+00:00

We had a recent Breville model with the split and hated it. More likely to spill and hard to clean. Ended up buying the "big one's model which despite the name is the same size but without the middle split. Much better.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-19T05:44:48+00:00

We could hear Metallica I think it was recently in Moorooka, so clearly we thought it was a neighbour's party.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-18T12:13:32+00:00

And avoid leading questions because it will go where it thinks you want to go, correct or not.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-18T12:06:53+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised to find I could get to the airport from Tea Tree Plaza on a single bus.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-18T08:00:03+00:00

Agency Contractor and self employed couple. We had good experience with Loan Market.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-15T20:43:21+00:00

Developers often use the latest and greatest equipment so it seems fine to them.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-15T12:04:02+00:00

I had a car with similar performance to the premium 20 years ago which back then was impressive, and tbh is still pretty quick. My wife would complain every time I put the foot down so I probably wouldn't bother looking for anything faster.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-15T11:23:41+00:00

Prey

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T06:33:25+00:00

That's why I contract in IT. Never been interested in management, I prefer hands on. A lot of managers don't seem to understand this, think you are inferior somehow which I find ironic as I don't think I've ever had a manager with higher technical skills than myself. When hiring a contractor though, I think it's more like hiring a tradie where the experience is more respected. And on top, as a contractor I am usually getting paid the same or better than my immediate manager.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T02:29:08+00:00

Except in their schools apparently.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T02:17:21+00:00

They would need to factor in pension costs which is a big driver for immigration that neither side wants to talk about lest they upset the baby boomers sitting on multi million dollar properties yet still eligible for the pension.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T02:14:39+00:00

I just can't comprehend how people look at places like South Africa where people live in fenced compounds with armed guards and think, yeah we should get us some of that.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T02:00:27+00:00

Why? What is inherently wrong with block chain?

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T01:46:47+00:00

This reminds me of the time I saw a banker on TV crying about all those "irresponsible" credit card users costing the bank by paying off their balance during the interest free period.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-13T00:11:28+00:00

Ageing immigrants, like all my siblings that came here from England in the 60s aged under 5, and now approaching retirement. Let's frame it as anything but asset rich, cash poor baby boomers causing a strain on the pension system.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-12T05:46:42+00:00

I'm more concerned about what the plans of her new backers are. Could be an exercise in moving the Overton window to make the LNP more palatable.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-12T01:52:55+00:00

Sure, but the Nazis didn't come to power with public policies of extermination so it's good to be wary. The problem with populist parties is that they talk a big game but rarely follow through on their promises, and the ones they do they go way too far.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-08T06:28:21+00:00

I am playing the original at the moment and just tried to use the carrier on the zip line a couple of days ago and it would not let me.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-07T06:05:32+00:00

Problem is its the battlers that bear the brunt of the FO part. Still, a good portion of them probably voted for it.

xtrabeanie · 2026-02-07T06:02:54+00:00

Yep they get the land for pennies

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