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Income: ~$40k Less: Tax = $6k Add: FHOG = $10k Less: mortgage insurance, legal fees (luckily you will be exempt from stamp duty) ~$2k So you'll have about $42k for a deposit. So max house price = $420k; where on Earth can you buy a 4br house for that, especially when you're trying to attract...

Were yet to see evidence that the federal gov is any less bureaucratic than state govs on these highly practical areas of policy (as opposed to diplomacy, setting economic direction etc)

They promised to stop being so stingy last year, and to get rid of the VPN + proxy settings thing. ANU manages to offer 1GB free per day, and it just works

How on Earth did you (I mean your dad) manage to find a positively geared apartment?

The problem with homosexuality is that it is defined as an issue in itself. Homosexuality is something that can be desireable to just about anyone (e.g. that sad four corners story on Monday), just like heterosexuality. The notion that you can define a human as 'gay' entity who needs separate...

I just thought I would add to this since I've been a Commerce student at both Usyd and ANU. ANU seems much more serious about delivering a proper education - there's more work to do, proper assessments (i.e. not only online quizzes which you do with your mates) and often there's the option to...

Wtf dude? Usyd is in the middle of an extremely congested city with extremely high land values and you expect to be able to drive to uni and find an easy park? There are buses every 30s to uni, and heaps of trains at redfern. Use one of those - cars are expensive, shockingly bad for the...

They will all expire following the introduction of the new fare system in April

Strathfield and Burwood used to be among the most prestigious areas in Sydney - both have significant numbers of grand English style mansions which used to be country homes for wealthy merchants wanting to escape the city... kind of like what Dural is now Both suburbs are now shitholes though...

But most kids have good relationships with their parents, and keep living with them in the holidays - despite getting no cash from them

Mate you have no idea what you're talking about There is no independence test satisfied by simply moving out... go and look up the Centrelink website

Umm, no, this all came up because of 1 teenager in the audience of Q&A this week asking a specific question about raising the age

Kevin Rudd has never said (inferred, implied or even shown the slightest indication) that he would like to raise the drinking age

Wait a sec lol, how are they going to say upright in the bath? Or sit in a car seat? Or even in their wheelchairs lol? How will people hug them, how will they wear clothes like the rest of us through which self expression can be achieved? How will they use the bathroom, cushion themselves...

I think this protest is ok, simply because it highlights the irony of a Government trying to regulate a sphere it neither understands no has control over Give up, Conroy... honestly, if it aint broke dont fix it

You don't see many black people because most Africans are too poor to travel. White/olive skinned tourists from elsewhere in Europe/the US/UK/Aus/South America all blend in with the locals. But Asian ppl stand out because there aren't many living in Europe. Also, English is used much less in...

Which means you take a little from every culture and incorporate it into your life E.g. all Australians know how to use chopsticks, doesnt mean we use them every day

"Freeview" is dumb - the main purpose of which was to provide FreeTV Aust with an avenue to blackmail DVR makers into getting rid of ad skip buttons The channels are good though, 7two has some of the old lifestyle shows and ABC2 has a good news breakfast plus some amateur docos that are pretty...

Julia Gillard doesnt give a shit about making uni life affordable... the whole YA package is a massive money saving tactic that will backfire in the long run when students spend more years in shitty part time jobs saving for uni and less as well paid graduates Its a disgrace --- I cant...

Generous parents or youth allowance --- Re access, if you want to have a fulfilling time at uni you need to be part of campus life - every club, society, music group requires USU membership (as they get subsidies when USU members joing their club) Parties and ticketed random events all have...