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November 2023 BankWest Platinum Zero with AliPay -- daily SMS needed to authorise transactions to your registered Australian number. But…

And ensure your Australian mobile roams - Alipay needs you to receive a daily SMS from your bank to reauthorise the credit card.

Many people with a Chinese connection keep an active visa at all times, in case emergency travel is needed. This change removes that need -…

True - it would be fairer to reduce the passport cost and increase the departure tax. It is reasonable that international travel…

No dodgy story here - the council has provided their photographic evidence - and the OP sees a clear issue in the photograph. The court…

And it will take two days if you don't submit a written notice of pleading on the first occassion. Normally the first visit is to plead…

Contesting a dodgy parking fine takes a dodgy parking inspector off the streets for a day to sit around court. Moral win.

The council will "seek to recover" their costs -- only the victorious party gets to seek their costs. Nothing to pay if the council fails…

As of November 2023, I could pay using Alipay with my Australian credit card linked, so long as I was able to receive a daily SMS from my…

But rather good value for a light-weight and highly responsive laptop with 18 hours battery life. Windows users seem to enjoy crawling…

Awesome extra - Ubank changes the rules every 6 months so you need to change all your direct debits. Ubank is very happy for you to do all…

Thanks for the encouragement to check the wording of this law. There is a 6 km section of the hume Highway near Marulan where the weight of…

You can phone authorise a very big transfer - and you get to mention why you are clearing out your account at the same time! Phone…

Thanks, very helpful, I missed that. It's a little odd, as a requirement by the card schemes MC/visa for "platinum" branded cards (allowing…

You insist on being ripped off by the bank on your transaction account to overcome your poor financial self-control? For those who don't…

What changed with BankWest Cc insurance? I was impressed with the complimentary travel insurance for: not needing to be activated with…

They are shitting out their canned replies at rapid speed - I got the same canned reply of "bringing back the original purpose" within 24…

Anticipate the traffic. It's usually pretty obvious when a line of traffic will have gaps open up and when you'll get boxed in. If you're…

I'd just take the scales from the self-serve checkouts - straight to the nearest metal recycler. The rest of it works well enough - even…

One roo, one deer, one hail-storm. I've never had to sell a car!

Should last as far as the next roo. That's my trigger for replacing a car.

The way the Chinese administer the traffic theory test for foreigners is pretty fair -- the questions are in your native language, but any…

Video evidence of the police officer claiming he has video evidence then it disappearing is evidence.

CAN is a good hub location for transit from Australia to Europe. Low prices and not incurring unnecessary hours in the air.

Are you sure on the Osko limitation? I'm certainly getting instant transfers from HSBC back to UBank. I believe it is also instant into…

I use HSBC for the added benefit of 2% off on domestic contactless transactions. One card for two purposes. This also ensures that my…

Umbrellas. Picnic blanket. House keys of various family members. Snake bite bandages. USB charging cables. Cheap 150W power inverter.

I find powered hubs of any price more reliable than Dell desktops for providing sufficient USB bus-power to devices. This is particularly…

China Southern's biggest discount tickets provide no hotel and only one checked bag. ... which also means, if all these flights have two…

Which countries inbound SMS works in is unknown until you get there! I get SMS in South Africa but not Botswana.