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| Member Since | 19/04/2021 |
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Majority of student union funding is from mandatory contributions. Never seen any fundraising at my Uni. The only voluntary contributions…
The 20% waiver, to my knowledge, has not been marketed as compensation for historically charging interest. It functions to ensure people…
They just piss money away. From the overpaid executives all the way down to mandatory student unions spending student contributions on…
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bird380 on 10% off $100 and $200 Celebration Gift Card (Redeemable at Officeworks) @ Coles (in-Store Only)
bird380 on 10% off $100 and $200 Celebration Gift Card (Redeemable at Officeworks) @ Coles (in-Store Only)You’re dreaming
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yummypinacolada on 10% off $100 and $200 Celebration Gift Card (Redeemable at Officeworks) @ Coles (in-Store Only)
yummypinacolada on 10% off $100 and $200 Celebration Gift Card (Redeemable at Officeworks) @ Coles (in-Store Only)Coz some workers lazy asf.
Is the 25% discount reducing a barrier or just telling future students: “never ever pay this down early”.
University in Australia is a joke. Teaching you to think critically? How can they do that when half the cohort barely speaks English, let…
If you whacked $20,000 down to pay off your loan prior to 1 June 2023 you didn’t get charged the 7% in the first place so they won’t…
Sites like OzBargain and reddit attract people of a certain mentality. You’ve got to accept it for what it is.
Unfortunately I don’t have any real dollars in my bank account, only nominal dollars.
It’s great that anybody can access it and that the ongoing interest rate is low (pegged to inflation). However, as you’re slapped with…
money for other people = “buying votes” money for me = “sensible policy”
Can’t put a price on fighting climate change mate. Diesel has got to go.
> Similarly, we don't want to see this lead to large scale enrolments "because it's free." Students **should** face a **significant** and…
> @CommuterPolluter: Once a year indexed on a single day is what I'd call linear. Say it was $45k, and you paid off the whole $45k in May…
> We need to change that by having good policies that promote education. If we made higher education free starting from tomorrow, under the…
I think it’s reasonable logic when the policy in question is essentially a wealth transfer to an arbitrary section of the population.…
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Save 50 Cent on 10x Everyday Rewards Points on Vanilla Mastercard Gift Cards ($5.95/$7.95 Purchase Fees Apply) @ Woolworths (In-Store Only)
Save 50 Cent on 10x Everyday Rewards Points on Vanilla Mastercard Gift Cards ($5.95/$7.95 Purchase Fees Apply) @ Woolworths (In-Store Only)Found the Woolies store manager.
> That's called compound interest, HECS-HELP loans grow linearly with CPI - It was only at 7% for like a year, its back down now under your…
CommuterPolluter replied to inexpensive tastes on HECS-HELP “Loan Forgiveness” Thoughts - Good or Bad
inexpensive tastes on HECS-HELP “Loan Forgiveness” Thoughts - Good or Bad>Imagine taking out a loan only to find your compulsory weekly/fortnightly repayments go……somewhere… As you alluded to, they’re…
> Good. Government debt should not have been at a rate higher than a personal loan. A fair fix to this weird economic outlier that had WPI…
Totally agree. Need to cut back the numbers and increase the quality.
> The real interest rate is zero percent. it is just indexed for inflation. That’s just semantics from big HECS-HELP. My home-loan has an…
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Jimothy Wongingtons on HECS-HELP “Loan Forgiveness” Thoughts - Good or Bad
Jimothy Wongingtons on HECS-HELP “Loan Forgiveness” Thoughts - Good or BadIt was one of those ones with a number at the front too. The commenters had very strong opinions.
CommuterPolluter posted a forum topic HECS-HELP “Loan Forgiveness” Thoughts - Good or Bad
Curious what OzBargainers think of the various HECS-HELP loan forgiveness programs the Labor Government ~~is buying votes with~~ has…
CommuterPolluter replied to littlesoldier on 12 Days of Summer Deal @ Costco Online (Membership Required)
littlesoldier on 12 Days of Summer Deal @ Costco Online (Membership Required)Ba dum tsss
CommuterPolluter replied to Randxyz123 on Yet Another Traffic Infringement Scenario - Should I Contest?
Randxyz123 on Yet Another Traffic Infringement Scenario - Should I Contest?> I remember a AMA on Reddit from a police officer. Here is the thing, DO NOT argue or reason with them. In this case I would have…
CommuterPolluter replied to SlickMick on Yet Another Traffic Infringement Scenario - Should I Contest?
SlickMick on Yet Another Traffic Infringement Scenario - Should I Contest?Nah but they should definitely double down on their strengths. Like tasing 95 year old dementia patients to death.
Obviously we don’t just let him have at it but I don’t think I want to rely on supervision/controlling his access.
>If you think $300 is a bit steep you obviously haven't looked at actual flammables storage cabinets. Yeah I already had a look. $5000k…
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