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    Recommendation NSW under 400k

    Living in Port at the moment, we're about to move due to inept council, rates going through the roof, and the Essential energy issue (main employer about to put off a huge number of jobs in town). The growth drivers in town are either temporary(pac highway) or external (people pushed out of...
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    Sponsoring 457 Visa holders and public school

    AusIndustry - business.gov.au have a program recently started that dependent on number of employed will pay a large amount of training costs (larger company = less subsidy) must be external provider but not necessarily RTO - company just needs to prove the need (ie might be governance training...
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    Help with land tax dispute letter

    Good luck - ours went up $100k in Kedron off a lower base to what I'd consider very unreasonable even in current market
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    Oh hi. I'm Elon Musk. Just changing the world again.

    Removes a large portion of the need to gold plate the energy grid as has happened the last few years.
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    running a business

    Which state are you in? Small biz.nsw.gov.au is great for nsw - it has a series of templates. Also check out business.gov.au - Feds have funded small biz advisors in various areas to assist in start up and ongoing small biz
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    How do you qualify a future Son in Law..

    My Dad had no say- living overseas he met my now husband at our engagement party. Also it can go either way - son in law or daughter in law - I'm not looking forward to 16 years time when our son starts dating - we'll have moved by then as I asked myself what would I think if he brought home...
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    Lismore NSW

    Check floodmap and talk to local cops about East lismore.
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    Mountain Bikers

    There's also a few rental places - Forrest and lysterfield (not sure about you yangs) and check the various brands fb pages for demo days. Also don't let your bike define your riding - practice and patience (and a bit of ignorance help a lot) - first time really off road on dirt for me was...
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    Most fun jobs you've ever had

    Race director for an international mountain bike race - also media manager another time and course director. Good fun, good crowd, highly stressful but a major buzz
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    Mountain Bikers

    First off - by local trails are we actually talking lysterfield/you yangs or a few dirt fire trails? How often will you actually get to ride proper trails? How strong is your core? A hard tail will be a better bike in that price range, also if you're just getting into it a hardtail...
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    Grandparents Looking After Grandchildren

    I know we rarely consider a sitter because of not really knowing anyone suitable - we've got one lady we use during day hours if required but she's not available if an evening. We're slowly training up a friends teen but that will take a little while. It's hard bit to be a bit jealous when you...
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    Grandparents Looking After Grandchildren

    Our son gets very little interaction with his grandparents - my side around once a year (they live in the USA so it's logistically difficult), hubby's side once every four to six months - for some reason my father in law delights in scaring my son (19months). Hubby's folks live about seven hours...
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    East coast road trip

    Ulmarra pub 10k north of grafting is a great stop for lunch - yamba pacific hotel for a drink. I'd do southwest rocks with trial bay gaol over Port mac or Coffs. If you're doing the newell then the planets and the parkes complex. Canberra - war memorial, questacon, Telstra tower,parliament...
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    Steep increase in Brisbane land valuations

    Even more odd - all land values on one side of the street have gone up minimum 100k - the other side of the street hasn't moved at all.
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    Steep increase in Brisbane land valuations

    Very similar to ours in Kedron - 32% increase in one year is stretching reality just a bit - I know prices have gone up but not by anywhere near that much.
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    Wage disparity

    Part of the issue for women is the expectation that they'll take time out. Whether or not they do is a different matter - but I've had managers tell me not to expect further training or promotion as I was married and of child bearing age - as they're wives had taken time out (and many of their...
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    When/what did you last study?

    Started my Masters in Professional Accounting a few years ago - dropped out after a few subjects due to disagreements on quality of teaching with the lecturer and convener. Last completed - Diploma of Fitness (along with a bunch of cycling and triathlon coaching quals) - around 2009ish. Or...
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    Australia day

    Had plans of a picnic and bbq at the beach. Instead got drought (well very very hot sunshine) first thing this morning, thought great, wander down to the beach (150m away). By the time we got there it was bucketing down. Got ready and went to the local airport to get hubby (had worked in...
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    Recommendation NSW under 400k

    Given the main employer in port mac is awaiting their final aer determination to figure job losses that's an interesting pick. There's four new suburbs going in though on the western fringe and numerous on southern fringe.
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    My son -where to buy for his uni

    I worked my way through uni on a heavy study load - no centrelink and family all overseas. Having said that I did commerce - watching my sister do Med school I'd be giving your son every bit of help possible. Commerce or just about anything else, not so much, but the work load with Med makes...
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