The totally off-topic thread

[anat0l]

Any teachers here will know the relief of finishing the writing your students' reports.

In other good news, my teaching contract has been extended another semester.

 

[amaroo]

Just breaking news-Channel 10 going into voluntary administration.
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One wonders how long the ABC would last without public funds...:!:

 

[anat0l]

One wonders how long the ABC would last without public funds...:!:

Well, not at all. It is public funded, after all.

 

[LadyC]

Any teachers here will know the relief of finishing the writing your students' reports.

In other good news, my teaching contract has been extended another semester.

That must be hard work! It is currently performance appraisal time at my office and I find it a challenge for the few that I am involved with, let alone a whole class(es) of students.

 

[cove]

When there was a fire alarm at a Melbourne apartment building I did the long trek down the fire stairs along with about a dozen others. So many ignore the alarms or will hop into the lifts to check the problem out.

 

[cove]

I feel sad that Channel 10 has slumped into a form of bankruptcy with Korda Mentha handling the company in administration. I hope that the business can recover for the sake of so many employees.

 

[JohnK]

So its deja vu all over again then? Or will you not never know?

I'll let you know when I know.

 

[amaroo]

Well, not at all. It is public funded, after all.

Exactly :mrgreen:

 

[cove]

We watch the ABC and some other channels on Foxtel.
I think the ABC provides Australia with value for money.

 

[amaroo]

New AGL (QLD) electricity charges have been released. Our rates have increased by 6 - 9 % + changes in daily charges, but for some unknown reason the solar FIT has increased from 50c ^ 54.60c ..... meaning our actual cost has decreased by around $100/qtr. Strange but true!

 

[amaroo]

We watch the ABC and some other channels on Foxtel.
I think the ABC provides Australia with value for money.

I use to say the same thing - 10 years ago...

 

[Hvr]

We watch the ABC and some other channels on Foxtel.
I think the ABC provides Australia with value for money.

I use to say the same thing - 10 years ago...

So, is there a news service you believe provides value for money?

 

[Flying mermaid]

I hate the Tax office and the way they are messing with OUR super and not theirs. Having reached 60 we were able to take out between 4-10% as the 'pension' and which makes the super fund tax free for growth and CGT (but still taxed for contributions). Come July 1 - regardless of what we do the super fund will be taxed on growth and CGT. Plus we are reduced to $25,000 SG and Salary sacrifice. They want us to be self sufficient in retirement but clearly their definition of self sufficient = the pension rate equivalent. Given this only impacts on those aged between 60-65 their usual grandfather clause could have been enacted like it has been in the past but clearly none of the bods are grandfathers. Labor policies were much more supportive. Change in the wind. But it will be too late for us.

is this the transition to retirement thing that they have stopped? We were able to use that from 55 onwards and it was terrific. Once you retire superfund does become tax free, both earnings and pension, unless you exceed the 1.6m pp limit, don't know how long that will last either. Things wouldn't have lasted under Labor either - Shorten was/is talking about taxing pensions over $75,000 and I guarantee they would have stopped the transition to retirement stuff as well.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Any teachers here will know the relief of finishing the writing your students' reports.

In other good news, my teaching contract has been extended another semester.

yes Ms FM was looking totally exhausted last night when she came to dinner. Had been doing reports all weekend. I think her workload was exacerbated by being junior science curriculum coordinator - apparently they were changing a lot of things.

She was was very fortunate to get a permanent position straight out of uni, so no contracts to worry about. I can't believe this is her third year teaching - seems the other day she was finishing her degree and deciding to do a Masters in teaching!

 

[RooFlyer]

SMH, Australian, Fox all reporting shooting of US Republican. ABC isn't. ( At this time)

Edit a bit later: I mean front pages, online

 

[BacchusMarsh]

SMH, Australian, Fox all reporting shooting of US Republican. ABC isn't. ( At this time)

I heard it on ABC radio at least 20 minutes ago and saw it online about 15...

At the very least, this pre-dates your post (which is just such a weird claim to make):

 

[Pushka]

is this the transition to retirement thing that they have stopped? We were able to use that from 55 onwards and it was terrific. Once you retire superfund does become tax free, both earnings and pension, unless you exceed the 1.6m pp limit, don't know how long that will last either. Things wouldn't have lasted under Labor either - Shorten was/is talking about taxing pensions over $75,000 and I guarantee they would have stopped the transition to retirement stuff as well.

Yes that's it. We started at 55 too. You can still do it but there's no tax benefit in doing so from July 1. Given we've been on it for 6 and 7 years now and more benefit from 60 it's why a grandfather clause is usually done in such cases.

 

[whatmeworry]

I heard it on ABC radio at least 20 minutes ago and saw it online about 15...

At the very least, this pre-dates your post (which is just such a weird claim to make):

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Some people are claiming the ABC are not reporting on incidents of terror.

 

[get me outta here]

And, if one watches the torture that is free to air TV in America, the ABC and BBC are national treasures.

We watch the ABC and some other channels on Foxtel.
I think the ABC provides Australia with value for money.

 

[Denali]

What would have been the point of adding aluminum cladding to the building, other than cosmetic?