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It is your responsibility as a citizen to be able to verify your citizenship easily. None of us like paying for it but then, perhaps you dont want to be a citizen - are you living in Australia or overseas? Again, if overseas that's the penalty you pay for not living onshore. You can always rescind your citizenship and travel on e-visas, much cheaper

Britain is thinking about doing it soon too I understand - and about time too!

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!

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!

You'd be arriving with very little, $290k is going to get you nowhere if you have to take fares, sending belongings, setting up, buying cars etc. When we returned, including 2 cars, new insurances, general set up - into our own home with no mortgage we did not see much change from $100k and we aren't extravagant by any means - and that was 4 years ago. There were only 2 of us too. I seriously think you'd struggle if that's all you've got I'm not hearing great things about health down in Tas from my paramedic niece but Toots will know better what the situation would be for the slightly older folk in Tas. I don't reckon it's that great where I am either but with private health cover it doesn't take forever (colonoscopy on Medicare here estimated to be 18 months by my specialist who did the job in a week plus several thousand gap). How would your grandparents be for accessing a Centrelink pension here? They'll have to have done a good while in Australia the last time around but, even then, it's a benefit and not luxury living. If you weren't happy before, none of that has changed. For a couple of oldies (I'm their age) getting back into the community is bloody hard work once you get back, personally I find a sense of community lacking but maybe in smaller places there's more of it - but those places aren't real hubs for employment so swings and roundabouts. Bottom line you say you don't really want to go - then don't.

Your neighbourhood Buy Nothing page? They can drive you to the airport in it

Bet she trades off that 25% though to enhance her non white privilege. Bit like Meghan Markle.

Is she? I thought she was a soccer player

Certainly. Replace white with black and what would you get.

So good to hear a couple of positive "it was the right move" stories. When it works it is a fantastic thing and kudos to you both for being to negotiate for what you need, it sounded like both of you might have faced hopeless cases so points to your OHs for hearing what you were saying and having the strength to face the new adventure. And dont worry about the negative comments - on here we often find that cognitive dissonance brings out the worst in people LOL.

Amaysim look to have a really good roaming package if you fancy moving over to them. They use Optus towers. Or buy a PAYG sim in UK when you land.

I thought this was a visa that employers are able to use if they can prove that they can't find an Australian to do a specific job for a short period not a generic application process. He should enter on that visa, not arrive then hope to find something. Usual rule of thumb is that your bridging visa has the same conditions as the visa you are bridging from so if you're a tourist you stay a tourist. But talk to an agent they'll tell you if it's reasonable or not.

Start looking when you've got your rental. People usually get homes where there are properties available, that you can afford, close enough for the work commute, close to services you may require and in a neighbourhood that doesn't fill you with horror. The schools reflect the suburb so if you couldn't bear to live in the suburb you wouldn't want your kid in the school. All kids living within the school's priority enrolment area are guaranteed a place regardless of when they arrive. If you fancy a school and you're out of their area they may agree to take you if they have vacancies but they're not obliged to. Government schooling is going to cost you $4k pa (I mentioned in one of your other posts) on a temporary visa. If you don't like the gov system and you're Catholic, there's usually a parallel Catholic system. Schools are going to be the least of your problems. Your 4 year old can apply for a part time kindergarten place but I'm not sure that a place in either a school or community kindergarten is guaranteed. They will start full time school at the beginning of the year they are 5 or will turn 5 by 30 June.

Just as a supplementary, you are aware that you'll have to pay$4k for your kids' education? They waived it for 2023 but I see no waiver for 2024

Dont forget the area around Canberra either.