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Thanks Will. I definitely don't need a handout. And yes, I'd just like the fact that I don't currently have a job to be known to somebody, to ensure accurate stats. I haven't yet tried the Salvos employment agency- I've just been disillusioned by the agencies I have been to, who don't even...

Yes, that's the biggest part of my problem. But my point was more that, because I'm not on the dole, there's no help available- nobody is interested. Agencies only get paid to help those who are on unemployment benefits. As somebody who hasn't even been on a job interview for well over...

So we have the people who spend everything they earn, and provide nothing for themselves. So what happens when they retire? They get a government pension. And of course the people who have saved conscientiously and provided for their retirement get reduced benefits, if any. And if they lose a...

It's not that uncommon. If you don't know how to handle money when you only have a little, you won't know how to handle it when you have a lot. http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002156-how-the-lives-of-10-lottery-millionaires-went-disasterously-wrong.htmt

In eight years of employing up to 35 people per week, I have only ever been asked for pay in advance two or three times. Granted, perhaps half of them lived at home- but whatever you can say about Gen Y, the ones who worked for me seemed to have their finances in control.

My wife works for a big company. She works part time, two days per week, and was recently asked to work an extra day per week. When her pay arrived she had not been paid for the extra days (nor for working Australia day) she was told that the company never pay extra- that they give time off in...