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Way to steal my nationals joke. nice op
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I, hambeet, heartily endorse this event or product
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Jun 30, 2014 13:22
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slingshot effect posted:things were different then. Wow.
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Jun 30, 2014 23:18
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Here is a friendly tax reminder that you can claim any HECS or HELP debt the year it was incurred instead of when you make a payment. eg, you did two units at $2400 a pop in 13/14FY claim $4800 up front. Just don't claim it again when you make a payment, that is fraud you naughty person. This is obviously only useful for those of you who are working and studying and your taxable income is above such a threshold where it would make a difference.
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Jul 1, 2014 11:55
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Shunkymonky posted:"You cannot claim contributions you, or the Australian Government, make under HECS-HELP or repayments you make under the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) or the Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS)." "If you take out a FEE-HELP or VET FEE-HELP loan to pay all or part of your tuition fees, and you meet the eligibility requirements for a deduction for self-education expenses, the whole tuition fee may be deductible." https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Studying-and-student-debt/In-detail/HELP/OS-HELP,-FEE-HELP-and-VET-FEE-HELP---tax-deductibility/ That being said I think they've tightened it up. The old PDF of the page I had that used to cover it never mentions about supported by the Commonwealth, which I take to mean a commonwealth supported place. Not 100% on that though. You can't claim your payments ever, just it being incurred.
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Jul 1, 2014 12:28
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UrbanLabyrinth posted:Yeah, looks like you can claim FEE-HELP (non-CSP) in the FY that the cost is incurred, but not HECS at all, and not FEE-HELP repayments. Or this. Yes. Never HECS, just HELP and only incurring the debt. The CSP thing was never mentioned when I did it, they must have changed that.
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Jul 1, 2014 12:29
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Mr Chips posted:So if you pay the student contributions up front and the course is necessary for your current job's professional development, you can claim that amount as tax deductible work related self-education expense? Or am I reading something wrong? No you claim it when you incur the HELP debt (not HECS) you can't claim the payments.
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Jul 1, 2014 13:03
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Oh wait you mean claim if you're paying in full up front? I think you can do that, as long as it's not a CSP apparently.
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Jul 1, 2014 13:07
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Haters Objector posted:Reminder that all of those returned Tamils will be imprisoned, many of them will be tortured, and some of them may be killed. but how does this relate to Master Chef? Or the Block?
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Jul 1, 2014 14:09
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Those loving pregnant teaching teachers.
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Jul 1, 2014 14:45
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Would anyone be interested in an Auspol OpenTTD game? It's a modern version of transport tycoon, run on a custom map based on Australia: how?
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Jul 4, 2014 16:22
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Wheezle posted:The touching up on that photo is disturbing. Yeah and they made his eyes disproportionately small.
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Jul 5, 2014 10:04
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Spacman posted:You know what I like? It's sorta part of the plan.
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Jul 11, 2014 23:22
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I love the effort he goes to with details. Gillards face on the negotiation book, Abbott's face on Shortens opposition book. The taped on 'ears' on the punching ball.
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Jul 12, 2014 00:09
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Is he in print anywhere?
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Jul 12, 2014 00:11
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And shortens name being taken quite literally. Its never snything earth shattering but compared to what else is out there..
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Jul 12, 2014 00:32
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Freudian Slip posted:Hey all, That's really excellent. Funnily saw it on FB shared by you I guess, didn't know who you were though, came here to share it and 
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Jul 14, 2014 09:11
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Chicken Parmigiana posted:This is a little embarrassing. We have two infographics now. Good morning everyone. Noice. One thing I heard on ABC radio the other day was that across the health system the GPs were actually the most cost efficient part. Applying the copayment at that stage risked reducing efficiencies at the GP (minor).
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Jul 14, 2014 22:24
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Freudian Slip posted:As I said in the super secret "No beets" club, that's awesome work as usual. 
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Jul 15, 2014 01:46
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Jonah Galtberg posted:If Labor manages to lose this election then this state deserves whatever it gets pretty much
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Jul 15, 2014 11:22
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Jonah Galtberg posted:Daniel Andrews is even blanker and more boring than Shorten Yes he is very uncharismatic even though he's obviously had a lot of coaching since becoming op leader. Luckily Napthine is boring as well so it'll just be a battle of the borings.
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Jul 15, 2014 12:00
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El Scotch posted:Meads is the cornerstone case in Canada now that judges use when dealing with such people, everyone cites it as a short-hand for 'this is why I'm not listening to this bullshit.' That the was a fantastic read. Cheers.
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Jul 15, 2014 23:15
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Nah we'll be putin out the red carpet for him.
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Jul 17, 2014 22:29
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Doctor Spaceman posted:There's a solid chance that in the next reshuffle Scott Morrison will be promoted to Defence and our immigration policy won't change a bit. more likely the portfolios will be combined.
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Jul 18, 2014 12:06
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Oh wait ettin beat me.
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Jul 18, 2014 12:07
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Small Keating posted:The story of a brave man, riddled with cognitive dissonance (and gout), desperately clinging on to anything that will help him avoid having to admit that he has become everything he once hated. Money helps. Lots of money.
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Jul 18, 2014 23:28
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Gough Suppressant posted:So you are working your 5th shift at a new place, and working with someone you have never met before. You obviously give off that sorta vibe and now they're comfortable with you.
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Jul 19, 2014 12:44
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Gough Suppressant posted:Whoever posted last week that I work in the worlds worst bottleshop was prescient At least you're not passing out in the cool room at your new place.
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Jul 19, 2014 13:04
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Gough Suppressant posted:I forgot all about that. Depends on how your colleagues turn out. Maybe quietly passing out in the cool room would be a preferable alternative?
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Jul 19, 2014 13:10
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I heard Jon Faine refer to it today as the Peoples Republic of Moreland.
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Jul 21, 2014 01:14
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Gough Suppressant posted:Obviously you just need to power it with a nuclear reactor. Mr Fusion actually. 
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Jul 21, 2014 03:06
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Abbott's should be seen, not heard.
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Jul 21, 2014 23:19
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Why the bounce in the polls for the coalition? Anything of merit happened lately?
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Jul 23, 2014 23:21
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Pickled Tink posted:Just going by what my consultant told me one day when he asked me to fill out some forms (My consultant is generally pretty cool and lets me reschedule where possible and knows certain dates are work days so he doesn't schedule appointments for them). Yes. Depending on what level the job seeker is rated at. When I was there you could be classed on a scale from Stream 1 (most likely to find own employment and needing the least assistance) to Stream 4 (needs most assistance in finding work). The payouts for stream 1 are paltry, stream 4's obviously are the big ticket items but they are the job seekers who have a whole raft of issues that are perceived to be barriers to employment. eg. disabilities, homelessness, mental health, etc. Basically when someone scores work and meets their obligations (eg 30+ hours a week to be classed as 'full time' or 15+ for those who only need to find 'part time') the agency gets some money. Then 13 weeks later if that person is STILL employed they get a final, bigger payment. Going back from memory (~2009) it was ~$500 for a Stream 1 over the two payments. A stream 4 however was something like $3000-$5000 deepening on a whole complicated set of criteria. Of note, someone entering full time study was classed as meeting their obligation but the payment was significantly less. The agencies also got money for each job seeker referred to them, Stream 1 was like $30? Stream 4 was a couple of hundred dollars. The agency ALSO got given funding attached to each jobseeker to spend on education or work experience activities if it got that far. S1 ~ $100? S4 $1500. This is what's known as the Employment Pathway Fund. If you ever find yourself on newstart and you're referred to a JSA, ask what stream you're on. If you're stream 1, try and get an assessment to get bumped to at least stream 2. You'll have high requirements (ie, you'll need to attend more frequently) but there is more funding attached to you and they are more interested in helping you out. In my old job the stream 1's would come in for their first meeting and we wouldn't see them for 13 weeks. Those who kept coming back for further assistance were just shuffled off towards the computers to 'job seek' because we had no inclination to assist them because there was gently caress all cash allocated to them. #disclaimer: poo poo could have changed in the 5 years since I've left but I still think it's similar. hambeet fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 23:45
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monolithburger posted:This is still accurate from my recent experience. Ah yes they do progress you up the streams. Fun fact, that 5 hour 'seminar' they will bill the employment pathway fund for you attending that and class it as 'training'. To explain a bit further there are two types of payments the agencies receive for each jobseeker. First is cash money, that is what the JSA gets given for each jobseeker referred and they can spend it on whatever. Staff, rent, stationary, your normal business revenue / income. Then there is also the Employment Pathway Fund (I don't think that's exactly what it's called but it's close enough). That money HAS to be spend on a jobseeker and the agency can't use it as revenue. So what agencies do is they run activities that let them invoice the EPF and turn it into general revenue. Some agencies will have teams of people just cold calling to bill this reverse marketing and have absolutely no intention of finding these people work. If they get someone a job, great! but really they're more interested in milking the cash cow. Examples of this are the 'seminar' monolithburger is going to. Work Experience activities (what an agency will do is construct an activity that costs $X per job seeker but bill the EPF $Y (with Y being more) so they have a profit margin). The other big one is 'reverse marketing'. They would bill, $90 per hour of reverse marketing (can't remember if that's the cost). What this means is they get a resume and cold call employers (or pretend to) and then bill the EPF for this activity. The way the financial modelling works is that for agencies to stay viable they need to be tapping into the EPF any way they can, the general revenue allocated at referral or per jobseeker wont cover operational costs on it's own so this 'shifting' of funds is the only way to make money. The branch I was at had (for example) ~$500,000 allocated in general payments over 12 months as well as ~$300,000 in EPF. What would happen though is your EPF would keep growing because you realistically couldn't claim it all in a year so the government says "oh yeah we allocate $x for job seeker in a year" but realistically would never ever spend anywhere close to that figure because at the end of the 3 year contract period all the remaining EPF funds get withdrawn from the agencies. hambeet fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 24, 2014 00:08
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In short: poo poo's fukt.
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Jul 24, 2014 00:15
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froglet posted:Hey look it's that time in the news cycle to demonise jobseekers some more. And newstart pays better?
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Jul 24, 2014 23:51
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norp posted:It does if you have a 2hour daily commute by car to work minimum wage. You dont have to accept work greater than 90min commute. Anyhow 510 a fortnight is 255 a week or 6.71 an hour. Minimum wage is 16.87, $640.90 a week or $1281.80 a fortnight. Does your car guzzle $385 in fuel a week? 
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Jul 25, 2014 00:03
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Traveling in one direction I mean, that 90min commute. Not overall per day.
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Oh yeah the article is definitely a beat up.
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