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Up to $20 off Per Month for 6 Months for Jobseekers @ Telstra

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Up to $20 off Per Month for 6 Months for Jobseekers @ Telstra
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Taegukgi on 08/04/2020 - 16:23 say.telstra.com.au (2309 clicks)
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You'll need your Telstra Account Number, and your Centrelink Customer Reference Number to apply.

Just saw this on Facebook.

We will be offering a discount for our eligible consumer and small business customers currently receiving the JobSeeker payment, to relieve some of the burden.

If you have a Telstra fixed bundle service and/or multiple Telstra post-paid mobile services you may receive a single $20 per month discount off your total bill for six months, while those with a single Telstra post-paid mobile service may receive a $10 per month discount off their bill for six months.

The offer will be open to apply for from 20 April until 18 May 2020, unless extended. More details on how to apply for the discount will be available via T.com after Easter.

Things you need to know about our JobSeeker offer:

  • If you cancel your eligible plan, or stop receiving the JobSeeker payment, the discount will be removed from your bill.
  • To determine your eligibility for this offer, we will need your Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN), and by proceeding with the application, you authorise us to disclose your details with the relevant government body from time to time to determine eligibility.
  • Your CRN tied to your JobSeeker payment must be held in the same name as your Telstra account.
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  • [Deactivated] on 08/04/2020 - 16:26
    +1

    nice

  • jayz on 08/04/2020 - 16:30

    Nice this is pretty handy.

  • gooddealmate on 08/04/2020 - 16:37
    +5

    Nice one Telstra! That's a great gesture.

    • jayz on 08/04/2020 - 16:51
      +7

      The telco with the largest customer base in Australia giving a discount is useless? Righto.

    • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2020 - 11:43
      -4

      Reports are in.. this is certainly not a blanket wide indicator but alcohol and gambling are indeed amongst some of bigger spending by the stimulus recipients initially.. but go ahead and downvote.

      • ensanguined on 20/04/2020 - 11:49
        +1

        Done.

        • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2020 - 11:50
          -1

          Cheers

    • 1jwoz on 08/04/2020 - 16:56
      +49

      Because when they signed up they had a job?

      What a stupid comment.

    • chihaeru on 08/04/2020 - 16:56
      +13

      ??? lots of people lost jobs due to the whole COVID-19 situation right now and are on post paid contracts… not everyone is lucky enough to have kept their job.

    • gooddealmate on 08/04/2020 - 17:08

      Pretty sure it was supposed to be a tongue-in-cheek comment about Telstra's high prices.

    • triviums on 08/04/2020 - 17:12
      +11

      Are you forgetting that there are people who live in rural areas?

      There are rural towns where the only mobile reception you can get is telstra.

      • FimpBARGAIN on 09/04/2020 - 09:26
        +1

        Im rural butt there are other telcos who use the Telstra network, also mobile is fine for me in regional NSW and when I travel in middle of nowhere qld

        • Diogenes on 29/04/2020 - 12:37
          +1

          You're obviously never near Balldale then.

          Even Telstra is shit here - literally zero reception (calls, text or data) unless you use "Wifi Calling" (Telstra-device only) on the hopeless, disastrous, slow, laggy, expensive "SkyFuster[Cluck]" fraudband… part of the 'N-words' package (NBN, NDIS, NAPLAN) that continue to furnish overpriced, obsolete garbage to taxpayers, while senior cronies get to buy houses in Potts Point.

          No surprise that the person in charge of the Regional Mobile Blackspot program was Bridget "SportsRorts" Mackenzie - the Minister for Giving Taxpayer Cash to Target Coalition Electorates .

  • moo on 08/04/2020 - 17:02
    +1

    Does that mean that those who apply will need to agree to let Telstra access their details on Centrelink site? Wonder if its worth it…

    • cerealJay on 08/04/2020 - 18:13
      +1

      Probably same as any other concession checks for power, gas etc. Pretty sure it's just a lookup to verify one piece of information: are you receiving benefits or not.

    • Ryballs on 08/04/2020 - 19:20
      +2

      I highly doubt they will access your Mygov info. Once the discount code is on your bill, nobody's going to care enough to remove it. Used to work in Telstra billing.

    • Diogenes on 29/04/2020 - 12:47

      Don't be concerned, citizen! It's almost certainly all stored in AWS repositories, secured to levels that can withstand pen-tests from people who did a 4-session course on uDemy.

      It's only ever made accessible to our Five Eyes chums (and certainly to the US DHS under a FISA rubber-stamp because terrrrrrism) - and then, under some important conditions (i.e., whatever they want, whenever they want it).

      Our systems show there's a 90% chance you don't have the tracking app installed yet - in which case you are failing the most basic tenets of housewife-TV: Joe, Natarsha, Carrie (and even Waleed) would be disappointed.

  • StonedWizard on 08/04/2020 - 17:35
    -2

    Yet I can’t get $20 after being a loyal long term customer.

    Glad they’re helping those in need though.

    • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 08/04/2020 - 17:44
      +5

      So you want $20 for no reason?

      • moo on 08/04/2020 - 17:47

        Seems to be the OzBargain way… haven't you bought something when you 'know' its a price error? What are your thoughts antt?

        • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 08/04/2020 - 17:52
          -1

          Look, if you want to roll the dice, by all means. Just don't whinge if it doesn't pay off. What are your thoughts Moo?

    • Freestyle on 08/04/2020 - 20:27
      +1

      are you still stoned?

      • nmcc08 on 08/04/2020 - 21:14
        +1

        I am.

  • cerealJay on 08/04/2020 - 18:29
    -6

    Peanuts. They made 2 billion profit last year.

    • ElDickeroni on 08/04/2020 - 18:33
      +6

      They could have offered nothing instead?

      • cerealJay on 08/04/2020 - 18:36
        +1

        how good are peanuts!

        • eyeballz2770 on 08/04/2020 - 19:57
          +1

          They're tastiest when you can shuck the shells and throw them to the floor. Good times. :)

    • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 08/04/2020 - 18:41
      -3

      The thing is, your super fund probably invests in Telstra. it's in (most) of our best interests that they make healthy profits

      • Cheapskate Paul on 08/04/2020 - 19:40
        +1

        So if super funds invest in Bunnings it would be good for us if they increased the prices we pay so that super funds can earn better returns. It's a pretty silly argument, usually proffered by very wealthy investors.

        • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 09/04/2020 - 07:16
          +1

          You’re the one who jumped to that silly conclusion. Raising prices does not equal higher profits if it means less people buy. If your superfund owns Bunnings/Wesfarmers (which it likely does) then it’s in your best interests that the business is profitable. It’s in all of our best interests that Australia has a strong retail sector. Similarly, it’s in all of our best interests that we have secure, profitable banks.

          • cerealJay on 09/04/2020 - 11:53

            @WhatWouldBiggieDo: Bringing superannuation into the matter of whether $20 is stingy or not, is silly.

            They made 2 billion profit, and offering $20 discount on already overpriced services, is a micro-percentage of that profit, and therefore peanuts. Don't agree? Okay, but you can leave my super out of the discussion.

            • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 09/04/2020 - 11:59

              @cerealJay: The point is that we live in a capitalist society and it's in all of our best interests that our companies are profitable. Particularly Australian-based companies that pay tax here and employ people. The superannuation point was a way of illustrating this. What do you actually want them to do - pay all of their profits out to affected people? Or, say $40? Would that make you happy? Or do you just like to complain?

            • geoffs87 on 20/04/2020 - 11:51

              @cerealJay: $20 off ~$60-$80 per month is 25-30% of the revenue. If 10% of Australia / assumed 10% of their customers are impacted, thats them forgoing roughly 3% of their revenue (or 1.5% over 6 months)

              In 2019, their revenue was $25B, and their free cash flow was $3B. if you take away 1.5% of their $25B = $0.4B, their free cash flow drops to $2.6B, or down 13% - thats a big hit!

              Now obviously 10% of their revenue won't be impacted like this (alot of their cash is made in other ways still), but the point still stands - its a great gesture, but shareholders will certainly feel a drop in rev like this.

    • Freestyle on 08/04/2020 - 20:36

      so jelly

    • Diji1 on 20/04/2020 - 12:12
      -1

      They made 2 billion profit last year.

      Exactly.

      Two billion dollars out of customer pockets while there's a pointless competition going on that only adds massive inefficiency.

      Conservatards are more worried about someone recieving a 20 dollar discount rather than the 2 billion dollars - because the're fools.

      Losing their own money as they wail about literally almost nothing. One of them was whining about how he has to pay for it LMAO. Not the 2 billion dollars - the twenty dollar discount.

  • ozisaver on 08/04/2020 - 18:47

    Shame it’s not as good as the Optus deal

    • Mixhael on 08/04/2020 - 19:03

      The one with 20gb extra for one month?

  • rooon on 08/04/2020 - 19:11
    +2

    How many Jobseekers are Ex Telstra staff made redundant?

    • Employeelainey13 @ Telstra on 08/04/2020 - 23:38
      +1

      Happily they have frozen all planned redundancies for 6 months now…
      I believe it's been about 5000+ redundancies already.

  • smpantsonfire on 09/04/2020 - 03:18
    +6

    Honestly what's the point of even having a job for the next 5 months. With all these handouts sitting at home playing Nintendo for $1500 a fortnight sounds like a good deal.

    • Flying Ace on 09/04/2020 - 07:53
      +2

      Until it all ends in 6 months and you are now in the Centrelink system and have to apply (along with the other millions who did the same) for jobs and go to useless "job ready" training.

      • smpantsonfire on 09/04/2020 - 10:29
        +1

        My job is safe so I'll be ok, but honestly, if my boss was to say "we're shutting down for 6 months and we will start back in august, here's the contact," there is no way I'd bother looking for a job in the meantime.

        Get discounts for a lot of things, could possibly get reduced rent, $1500 is more than enough, to even save money right now.

        What is the incentive to get a job?

        • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2020 - 11:45
          +1

          Exactly, some people are having a holiday for 6 months at the expense of taxpayers.

  • syswong on 09/04/2020 - 06:30

    Does anyone know how to transfer a line out to a new account? My wife is applying for Jobseeker. Her line is currently under my name.

    • Associatedcoolsteps @ Telstra on 09/04/2020 - 13:27

      fill out transfer of ownership forms and both go to Telstra shop with id I think good luck

    • Employeelainey13 @ Telstra on 09/04/2020 - 19:30

      Can try doing a CHOWN over the phone with both present as well.

  • Italkdigital on 09/04/2020 - 15:30

    Can't beat Optus Corona discount offers .. I got 50% of my bill for 3 months and my cousin got 2 months free service rent and calls etc,. with no documentation needed just explained our situations not working,.. plus there 20GB data on top for April 👍🤪

  • Danimal86 on 09/04/2020 - 15:33

    Unfortunately, both phones are under my name. My wife is not yet a permanent resident isn’t eligible for any of the Centrelink payments, and has had her work contract terminated due to Coronavirus (but wasn’t employed casually long enough to be eligible for the Jobkeeper allowance). Unlucky 😅

    Cheers Telstra!

  • justanick on 19/04/2020 - 22:52

    how do we apply for this ? I have Telstra post paid mobile account and I am now unfortunately on jobseeker with a CRN. It seems there is no link or such to apply for the discount. Someone please help ?

  • mdavant on 20/04/2020 - 11:18
    -4

    I thought jobseeker was doubled.

    I know this will be negged,

    But it is always the same people subsidising the others.

    • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2020 - 11:46
      -2

      Jobseeker receipts have become unnecessarily eligible for an additional $550 Coronavirus stimulus, yes.

      JobKeeper should have been first announced and sufficient enough.

      • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2020 - 11:49
        +1

        Exactly, show me how job seekers before Corona hit have had their expenses changed that they require an extra $550/fortnight. It's all bullshit and has left me with extreme spite towards these people and this government.

        • apptrack on 20/04/2020 - 12:01

          I agree.

          Will be interesting to compare crime stats in suburbs heavily reliant on welfare from before the stimulus, during and after. May even be higher than before as they've gotten used to spending more.

  • CoreJava on 20/04/2020 - 12:00
    +2

    Thank you Telstra for this. This will definitely help a lot of Job Seeker who are now doing Uber for living.

  • sauce2k6 on 20/04/2020 - 12:00
    -2

    (profanity) here I am going to work putting myself at risk while all these dole bludgers keep getting hand outs.

  • poochi on 20/04/2020 - 12:01

    Wasn't Telstra $10-$20 more expensive than everyone else to begin with?

    • apptrack on 20/04/2020 - 12:02
      +3

      You get what you pay for coverage wise.

    • CEO Rachel Jake on 21/04/2020 - 14:14

      There are some pretty good Telstra deals, mainly through JB. If you do the $400 gift card on the $65 12 month contract getting $10/$20 off would almost put you in the black.

  • sjji1zldyx on 20/04/2020 - 12:23

    Thanks.

  • tigs6969 on 20/04/2020 - 12:50
    +3

    Anyone who is on Austudy, I contacted telstra cause I lost work and money and they said only jobseekers, but than they offered me 50% off 3 months. 109 bucks. Can't complain. Contact telstra if you're not on jobseeker but still got (profanity) on work and shit.

  • aseret on 21/04/2020 - 09:27

    Anybody know if this includes Boost and Belong services as well?

    • JordanM on 21/04/2020 - 15:14

      Nope.

  • Bargain Seeker on 27/04/2020 - 08:48
    +1

    Great, thank you.

  • duco65 on 12/05/2020 - 10:25

    is there anything for jobKeeper

  • nmcc08 on 12/05/2020 - 10:35

    Has any one received a reply from telstra yet?

    • Tissy on 12/05/2020 - 13:41

      Twice. Both times a text to say 'it appears that the CRN provided with your application may not be correct'. I double checked the CRN both times I submitted the application!! I don't know what else to do now.

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