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December 16, 2018

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u/jonzey

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politics

OPINION | A Young Liberal's lament: Turnbull's taken the 'base' with him

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Ebgames x Sony TV promo

I was wondering if anyone got an email about this for a sony tvhttps://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/424962?page=4#comment If anyone has a spare code could anyone please pass it to me :)

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u/Amenta101

1 hour ago

The Worst Clickbait Site in Australia (friendlyjordies)

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Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?2 hours ago

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Islamic group Diwan Al Dawla stripped of charity status after illegal land clearing

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Is there any volunteering I can do in Australia when I'm basically housebound?

Hi all, I'm really passionate about the idea of giving back to my society if I have something spare to give and I have time I could possibly give to a good cause but I have a logistics problem. I'm on Centrelink benefits, so I don't have money to give to charity so I know it would nice to volunteer my time instead. But I have a chronic pain condition that causes fatigue and has left me basically housebound; I wouldn't be able to attend protests/demonstrations or do things like handing out pamphlets at a shopping centre because that would leave me unable to get out of bed the next day.

Is there any kind of volunteering or support I can offer the causes I feel passionate about from my couch/laptop? I unfortunately don't have a lot of experience with things like graphic design so I'm not sure I would be valuable as a designer but I am very computer literate. I do moderate and maintain a Discord server for young people with chronic pain conditions, so I do have skills in that area.

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u/darksteel1335

2 hours ago

Woolworths denied permission for shelf stackers to work Christmas Day

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[serious question] Migrating to Australia from Singapore, without a Bachelors' Degree

I have plans to move to Australia to live & work in the near future, and was told by relocation specialists that it's not possible as I do not possess a Bachelors' degree. My highest qualification is a diploma, as more people are holding degrees here now and it's becoming less and less relevant to competencies in the workforce, but have also chalked up a wealth of experience in the Marketing industry (currently at Managers level), and was wondering if it's possible to work around this, such as being offered a job locally from my employer or a local employer, to get through?

Any tips are welcome!

(Serious responses only please!)

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Does Australian law allow a company to auto sign me up to a paying service?

Hi all,

We use Ezidebit as a payment provider. They take payments on our behalf, take a fee and pass the remainder to us. We've been with them about 10 years. They're so so to deal with but we stick with them out of apathy.

Recently they emailed and said they have a new "merchant trust initiative" and that we'd be auto opted in by X date if we don't opt out at something like $150 a year and then $X a month after 12 months.

"Screw that" I thought to myself, I didn't give them permission.

- So I replied and asked them not to go ahead.

- They replied and suggested I click a link and opt out.

- I tried this, it failed, on all browsers on all our machines (we are software developers)

- I let them know and again, (2nd time) requested to not be opted in. They replied and ask I try again.

- I tried again, replied and told them the same story and again, told them not to be opted in (3rd time).

Low and behold, you guessed it.... They opted me in and are debiting us the approx $150 etc etc.

What are my rights here with this? I've requested they return the money and opt me out but if they won't what is my next best option of recourse?

Thanks a tonne...

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More mirage than good management, MYEFO fails to hit its own targets

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Question regarding australian citizenship

Hi guys, I am a student from Hong Kong. Recently, I decided I would like to transfer to an Australian university in Australia to study abroad as its a beautiful country and have been offered a unconditional offer of 1.5 years in Sydney.

After doing some research, I found this image/graph explaining how to obtain citizenship for international students with the first step being by obtaining a graduate visa.

The image/graph states that a international student must study 2 years in Australia to be eligible for graduate visa, does that mean if I go to Syndey and compelete my degree in 1.5 years I will NOT be eligble to apply for the graduate visa? Would that mean I would have to defer my degree by half a year in order to be eligible for the graduate visa?

My long-term goal is to obtain citizenship(if I end up liking it there) and it seems theres a way through student visa.

Can someone with more experience regarding this matter give me some insight on this matter please.

Thank you very much in advance for taking time to read this and helping me out !

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