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Forum: Australia
Jan 17th 2009, 12:46 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 903
Posted By jce

Re: Advice wanted: using only the return leg of a return flight

Depends on which jurisdiction the ticket is issued or classed as being purchased in!

Whilst some courts won't uphold "unfair" terms, someone has to bring a court case and the "unfairness" of the...
Forum: Australia
Jan 16th 2009, 12:14 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 903
Posted By jce

Re: Advice wanted: using only the return leg of a return flight

If you don't show for the outward leg then the airline cancels the whole ticket so you wouldn't be able to use the return leg.

They can also, if they suspect you buying a return ticket then only...
Forum: Australia
Aug 28th 2008, 4:08 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,270
Posted By jce

Re: AC/DC Tour

LOL - doenst matter how big the band or how small the venue or when they last toured, there are always tickets.

Only gig i've ever heard of that really was sold out was a Duran Duran gig in...
Forum: Australia
Aug 28th 2008, 3:49 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,270
Posted By jce

Re: AC/DC Tour

Never the case. Buy them online at the relevant ticket agency and opt for box office pick up. Some countries will post tickets (Scandanavian ones at least) but most only offer international...
Forum: Australia
Jul 27th 2008, 6:26 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 818
Posted By jce

Re: which passport????

Spot on.

Australia requires by law that you enter Australia on an Australian passport if you hold one, irrespective of what other passport you hold.

The UK doesnt require this explicitly. The...
Forum: Australia
Jul 22nd 2008, 1:57 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,597
Posted By jce

Re: Scared hubbys ex might stop us from emigrating

I understand your anger about this and the bailiffs turning up but from having had to deal with similar things, bailiffs will threaten anything and everything to get you to pay them there and then. ...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2008, 4:30 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,123
Posted By jce

Re: So much heartache on BE

I think the key is your mindset about emigrating. Is it something you want to do or are you running away from something? As another thread said, is it the push from the UK or the pull from Oz?
...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2008, 3:19 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 4,905
Posted By jce

Re: Warning - broadband in Brisbane

I think this is truely at the heart of it. Telstra are an old govt monopoly far worse than BT ever where and the govt seems incapable of dealing with them - they give in to Telstra at every turn...
Forum: Australia
Mar 28th 2008, 3:53 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,406
Posted By jce

Re: Observations from our reccie.....

I was just looking at this compared to the UK and we spend twice as much on food as we did in the UK although most of it is better quality. The "basics" here are much more expensive with no "loss...
Forum: Australia
Feb 13th 2008, 2:37 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 6,018
Posted By jce

Re: car hire no credit card!!!!

Open a Nationwide account. The Visa (or mastercard - cant remember which) debit card is accepted by car hire companies. Certainly Hertz did when my brother hired a car from them last week
Forum: Australia
Feb 8th 2008, 3:12 am
Replies: 29
Views: 7,428
Posted By jce

Re: Medibank any good?

Its one year from the date you validated your visa which is when you officially entered the country as a resident - so in your case you need to take it out before March 2008 to avoid the 2% levy (and...
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2008, 6:42 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,340
Posted By jce

Re: Sunshine Coast oneof the most expensive places to live in Australia

nope. I spent 20 years working in economic development and structural regional planning and this just doesnt happen unless there are raw materials involved in inaccessible locations. Increases in...
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2008, 3:13 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,883
Posted By jce

Re: Consumer watchdog to inquire into supermarket prices

:D Of course we are being screwed!

There two major food retailers here - Coles and Woolworths. The other brands are just parts of one of these two. They operate a cartel and its so obvious. ...
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2008, 2:54 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 2,340
Posted By jce

Re: Sunshine Coast oneof the most expensive places to live in Australia

That is the key part of this story!

House prices are essentially no different for equivalents in nearby Brisbane or the Gold Coast BUT when you factor in the wages you'll find that the average...
Forum: Australia
Jan 15th 2008, 4:17 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,042
Posted By jce

Re: Oz mortgage

correct - only applies to an Australian house, so not having owned a house here you will be a first time buyer :cool:
Forum: Australia
Jan 13th 2008, 2:30 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,611
Posted By jce

Re: Sunshine coast houses

;)

and then it'll go all the way across to Kawana Island and eventually to the new shopping area down there.

Across the road from the development next to the Ettamogah pub there is a HUGE piece...
Forum: Australia
Jan 12th 2008, 5:44 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,611
Posted By jce

Re: Sunshine coast houses

Not sure where you are looking but almost everything built in the past 5 years (essentially almost everything here) is built like that.

I just did a search on area code 4556 on...
Forum: Australia
Jan 12th 2008, 5:41 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,091
Posted By jce

Re: Offset Accounts

We have an offset account but its just there to keep the mortgage costs down. Everyday we use a savings account and a credit card. Like your work colleagues - everything goes on the credit card and...
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2007, 3:44 am
Replies: 9
Views: 989
Posted By jce

Re: for those on the sunshine coast

We regsitered with Medicare 2 days after arriving? All the computer systems are linked so when you came through passport control they logged you into the system so Medicare know you are here pretty...
Forum: Australia
Nov 7th 2007, 8:06 am
Replies: 7
Views: 745
Posted By jce

Re: Expats Once Removed

I was born in South Africa, moved to the UK and now in Australia

I learnt from my parents who moved from the UK to South Africa that mainly associating with expats is the best way not to settle...
Forum: Australia
Nov 5th 2007, 2:23 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,430
Posted By jce

Re: For all those in Brisbane, what do you love the most?

LOL - that has to be the worst departure lounge in any so called international airport. Theres nothing there - few seats, pizza joint, small shop. :rofl: I was stunned at how bad it is. Its no...
Forum: Australia
Sep 28th 2007, 11:36 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,178
Posted By jce

Re: Flying through US means picking up your bags?

It all depends on which Air New Zealand flight you catch. If its NZ001 which is Heathrow/LA/Auckland then you dont have to collect your bags (this sounds like the flight you are talking about - with...
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2007, 12:44 pm
Replies: 107
Views: 8,492
Posted By jce

Re: Australia's Shame

Spot on

I was born and raised in South Africa to British expats during the apartheid years, spent 30 years living in the UK and now live in OZ. I've travelled extensively around the world...
Forum: Australia
Aug 22nd 2007, 2:16 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,686
Posted By jce

Re: So this Haneef guy gets his visa back...

The Judge said that the Attorney-General used the wrong test in cancelling the visa - and this after taking legal advice? The Judge said that it should have been cancelled on the ground that Dr...
Forum: Australia
Aug 21st 2007, 1:36 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,686
Posted By jce

Re: So this Haneef guy gets his visa back...

as he should!

He was arrested on false and contrived information, charges were dropped and they didnt even take him to court - therefore he is innocent. The removal of the visa by the Federal...
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