National service for Australian youth

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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by VICHunter » 08 May 2014, 10:51 am

Oldbloke wrote:Sometimes cost cutting can be too deep.


Dunno if you've been following the budget stuff on the radio this week?

Cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts, cuts...

Everything gets announced next week I think. Quite a few people going to meet with the short end of a stick soon I think...
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by Norton » 08 May 2014, 10:57 am

Warrigul wrote:On Monday I had to listen to a teacher try to tell me my son (a prefect) was out of school uniform for wearing white socks with a small nike tick on the top edge and that he was setting a bad example - all whilst this teacher was wearing a T shirt, shorts and thongs. It didn't end well.


I can't stand people like that. They get some tenuous shred of "power" and this is what they do with it.

They should go find something useful to do... Maybe try and teach some kids or something. Wild idea?
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by headspace » 13 May 2014, 7:59 pm

Didn't end well eh Warrigal; I think I'd have paid money to see that one! Ha
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by yoshie » 13 May 2014, 8:27 pm

Don't defence do firearms training with electronic simulation, and runaround with pipes and packs etc. (Spent some time at holesworthy as a contactor) I know they eventually do live fire but you could train national service intake that way? They are the PlayStation generaton anyway... I think they could be trained to drive a heavy vehicle, cook for 200 people, and other skills like that, not so much soldiering.
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by inventurkey » 13 May 2014, 11:09 pm

yoshie wrote:Don't defence do firearms training with electronic simulation, and runaround with pipes and packs etc.


Someone was talking about that on here the other day.

Air Force I think?

Others too maybe but I think this person was in the AF.
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by FuzzyM » 04 Aug 2014, 3:29 pm

To save money the government is planning on making all people under the age of 30 ineligible for the doll unless they have been out of work for 6 months.

I am a responsible 22 year old and I have just bought my first home, under the new scheme if I were to lose my job I would be relying on my partners childcare wage to support us both until I found a new one. Yet losers I went to school with went for years without getting a job, they are eligible.

Sigh.
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by Baldrick314 » 04 Aug 2014, 5:48 pm

FuzzyM wrote:To save money the government is planning on making all people under the age of 30 ineligible for the doll unless they have been out of work for 6 months.
I am a responsible 22 year old and I have just bought my first home, under the new scheme if I were to lose my job I would be relying on my partners childcare wage to support us both until I found a new one. Yet losers I went to school with went for years without getting a job, they are eligible.
Sigh.


Mate I lost my job about 6 months after I bought my first house. Went to centrelink, never been on a payment before but worked since I was 16. They told me my wife earned too much ($50,000) and I should sell the house and use the money to get somewhere to rent :shock: I ended up back in work after a month but I couldn't believe their advice
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by petemacsydney » 04 Aug 2014, 6:19 pm

jesus, that's lame advice!
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Re: National service for Australian youth

Post by Norton » 05 Aug 2014, 10:14 am

Baldrick314 wrote:They told me my wife earned too much ($50,000) and I should sell the house and use the money to get somewhere to rent


Pathetic. Nothing else to say...

Would love to see how the idiot that said that likes losing their house.
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