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With all due respects, how very inconsiderate (of all the passengers behind) and irresponsible of you. It's one of the responsibilities you take on as a citizen. OK you may get away with it once because you "didn't know" but one day you could come a cropper. Man up and get your passport!

The fact that you persist in calling it horse dewormer argues a certain amount of ignorance. It's one of the most prescribed human drugs on the market - one of The WHO essential medicines for which someone got a Nobel Prize. It has one of the very lowest rates of adverse reactions and even those are very minor, usually gut irritations. It's used in the treatment of malaria amongst other things (as is that other "must not be used" hydroxychloroquine). Off label usage has yielded some bonuses for many drugs across the ages so it's not surprising off label use would apply. The reason it was vilified was so that the MRNA inoculants could be used without liability for the pharmaceutical companies - they'd be broke by now from claims for all the damage they've caused. I have Ivermectin and would use it against Covid if I get it - but I'm taking Vit D, C and Zinc daily so hope I won't get it. You've been conned if you've taken the MRNA stuff!

The UK insists on it too. The thing is, if you are entering any country as a permanent resident, you need to have a travel document that proves you are a permanent resident. A British passport without a current Australian visa doesn't prove you're a permanent resident of Australia.

It's impossible to argue with you, because you always have the perfect excuse. No organisation or government is trustworthy, so you can dismiss everything they say out of hand. Instead, only the mavericks who pop up with their theories are telling 'the truth'. I assume you never go near a hospital. I'm surprised you're stil using the internet since that was developed by mainstream scientists. As for the vaccine, remember a guy called Trump saying this? You can tell it's Trump speaking because only he would think something can skyrocket downward.

My memory is a little hazy as it was a few years ago, but I'm sure I was given a list of things that I needed to be aware of, like "responsibilities of a citizen" which included the passport issue, as well as being given a form to enrol to vote, when I went to the ceremony - even though I already knew about both of them from being on forums like this for many years

The USA is the same - and I believe enforces it even more strictly than Australia - no simply wave your citizenship certificate & make a phone call, its no Passport = No Entry. Canada has gone down the same road in the last few years too. If you are a Canadian citizen, you need an Canadian passport.

#BREAKINGNEWS Thirty Insurance companies refused to put up 464 million dollar bond for Donald Trump. That is correct. Donald Trump negotiated with 30 companies and each and everyone of them denied him. Despite Trump being worth $10 billion (according to him). Maybe his mate Putin will give him a lend?

The Australian government can't possibly add anything to a British passport chip - that's down to the British government to do, its their property. The Aus government doesn't even need to tell the British government when you become a citizen, its outside their remit. The onus has to be on the new citizen to look up their responsibilities - such as things like enrolling to vote, as well as getting a passport.

I don't know why anyone would blindly "have faith", but why go to the other extreme? Whatever happened to healthy scepticism as a position? In this case, I posted links to 5 different studies, and that was only a small sample of what I'd found. Simmo rejected the lot, I bet without even looking at them, because they come from the "scientific establishment", so by his definition, it must ALL be lies. Every single epidemiologist in the world is lying and only a few doctors, not specialists in that field, are brave enough to tell the truth. That doesn't make sense to me.

I have to admit, I had a similar experience as Nemesis with a financial adviser. It might be better now, because of the ban on financial advisers taking commissions from the funds they sell. However, that means they now charge a flat fee, which is a few thousand dollars, and some people baulk at that. I feel as though the OP's question -- will he be taxed on the lump sum if he withdraws it before he leaves - has been answered. It sounds like you're talking about a much bigger question, i.e., is it really a good idea to withdraw the lot? I think there's a lot of strong reasons why it's a bad idea to withdraw the whole lot if you're staying in Australia in your retirement. After all, the minute you take it out of super, you've got to put it in some kind of investment (even if it's just a bank account) and suddenly you're earning taxable interest. And there's all that decision-making about how and where to invest. Not to mention the temptation to treat yourself to something with some of that lump sum, which you may regret when the money runs out later. It gets a lot more complicated if you're thinking of moving overseas, due to exchange rate risks, tax differences between countries etc. For that reason, I think he'd need to consult someone like Andrew from Vista, who's got experience of how moving between countries affects things like tax and pensions. Ordinary financial advisers either here or in the UK wouldn't know the complexities.

You see, it depends which videos you look at. The way social media works, we all get presented with videos that are similar to the ones we watched before -- so the more you watch Biden fluffing his words, the more you'll see videos of him fluffling his words, and vice versa. If you want to get a fair picture, you have to go and seek out videos that present the other side. And of course, remember that a lot of these videos on both sides are deep fakes. I've watched both of them in several videos. Biden has had a stammer all his life which is one reason he "loses his words". The way he squints, I think he has trouble reading the teleprompter which is another reason he stumbles. Trump is good at reading a teleprompter. But watch him, or better still, read the transcripts, when he's not reading off a teleprompter. He can't finish sentences, he goes off on weird tangents, he changes the subject and loses his point, which are much more serious issues.

Wondered when you would pop up

"The onus has to be on the new citizen to look up their responsibilities - such as things like enrolling to vote, as well as getting a passport." Don't mention the voting lol waiting 3 hours on weekend! I get it, just feel it could be explained better or even part of the vast amount spent on getting the visa/s could go towards the passport? I'll probably get the Aussie one soon since we are heading to Europe in December again.

It’s not sarcasm. It’s teasing. I’m teasing you because when Trump gets criticised you like to flip the conversation to “…but Biden”.

"Dual" just means you've got two separate citizenships which have nothing to do with each other. The passport is British so the Australians can't touch it. And the fact that you've chosen to be an Aussie citizen is irrelevant to the Brits. In fact, it's worth noting that when your UK passport runs out, you don't have to renew that if you don't want to. If you go on holiday to the UK, you'll be able to enter on your Aussie passport as a tourist and no one will be any the wiser. Not strictly what you should do but it works.

They've always done it, I have friends who had to do it about ten years back owing to a sudden family death, and I'm in a facebook group where people have done it this year - in their case they didn't realise being citizen meant they should get a passport, similar to the poster above.

It can be done, but it takes time, turning up with British passport, citizenship certificate and plenty of time can achieve it, as the check in staff then check with Aus Immigration as to your status. But it takes up everyone's time and makes you very unpopular not just at check in, but t all transit stops and when coming through Immigration to enter Australia.

Doh! You're right. That's the naïve social capitalist inside of me, tainting the lens thru which I look

I would be surprised if they let you on the plane to Australia without an Australian passport.

Google Thames Water and tell me Macquarie's ownership has been a good thing? (hint: they've paid out money in dividends and bonuses with absolutely zero investment in essential infrastructure. Then loaded the company with debt so now they are all teetering on the brink of bankruptcy).

As an Australian, you don't need a passport to enter Australia, because they're not allowed to refuse you entry. However as you discovered, if you don't have a passport, they will faff you around for hours and it's really not worth the hassle.

Thanks, guess I'll shell out on the oz passport sooner rather than later.

Dual citizens need an Australian passport to re enter as they are not allowed to hold a visa attached to any other passport from a different country

No one else was stupid enough to buy it.

How is Aussie super buying up utilities like Thames Water a great thing?