Sol Survivor

Thanks to everyone for replying but I think your answer has got me on the right route. I googled Community Legal Service Centres, and there is indeed one near me where i am in Melbourne. They offer phone consultation but also do face to face 30 minute appointments where they come to your area and base themselves in one place and book you in to come and see them. So I'm booked in to see them in 8 days time when they visit my suburb. I'll post again after my meeting to let people know if it's the help I was after. Thanks again

I don't think it's so much word against word. I think it's just a rather sloppy transcript that I'm wondering if I should draw their attention to, or if I'll make them look a bit stupid when I bring it up in court.

According to the transcript I didn't transgress past "yes" "No" lol. Never mind any physical elements. No this is very trivial as I've mentioned.

Hi everyone, did a quick search on this and could only find people making suggestions to complaints about dodgy builders etc. which is not the case. I need to know if there's any organisation in Victoria that can offer some basic advice relating to the following; I've decided to push the Department of Transport on something all the way to court. It's very small, and thus doesn't require legal representation, but it's so frivolous and ridiculous that I'm going to fight it all the way. I have to be in court in April. I was sent the Charge Sheet and Summons, which supposedly has the transcript of my dialogue with the Officer for Department of Transport. But the version of me on this document is a yes and no robot! When it gets to the part where the officer says to me, "what are your reasons for.........", there is no response from me according to the transcript. This document fails to mention that when the officer approached me I was on the phone having a very stressful conversation, and he promised to file this in his report. He hasn't done so nor as mentioned does the report make it look like I said anything! The advice I therefore need ideally from a Citizens advice bureau, or something of that ilk, is do I just go to court and potentially make them look stupid with their very poor transcript of events? Or is it in my best interests to contact them and make them aware that what they've sent me is massively incomplete, and omits a key event that lead to the incident? Thanks.

Hi, post on behalf of my wife. Are there any ex Pat Mum's groups of 1-2 year olds around the Mordialloc to Bonbeach areas? Thanks.

Depends where you are working. Eg if you worked in Camberwell it would be silly to live in the western suburbs. Also when it comes to the east bear in mind that if you need to use the east link every day it will cost you a fortune in tolls! My main bit of advice which my wife has unfortunately learnt the hard way, is don't mix tram & train commutes if you live a fair few km's from the city. We're finding the travel planner 1 hour commute time is a rare occurrence in reality & can sometimes be double that. Generally where tram routes share the road with cars.

No one disputes the OP's right to tell their story but the criticism / counter arguments that have come off the back of it were in light of the sensationalistic manner with which it was written. The posting was a generalised dismissal of moving to Aus off the back of one persons experiences. Unless I've missed a reply from someone who has been callously unsympathetic in telling their "good version" of emmigrating, then every reply has been perfectly acceptable. If someone has posted a reply which talks up their good times, then why not, as it was necessary for people to do that to redress the understandably negative first post, which resulted in at least one panic response from people looking to make this move. As opposed to serving as a warning to be more diligent in your preparation and not "presume" the grass is greener. It pretty much just said, "don't come"! Which is not helpful, supportive or encouraging........

Wow that's sensationalism at it's best, don't come to Australia, batton down the hatches, blimey! I think that's a bit of a personalised interpretation of Aus's job market! For those tearing up their visa application forms, or exploring alternative countries to emmigrate to; hold your horses....... My wife and I moved out to Aus in August 2011, both had jobs in London, decently enough paid. Gave them up as it felt like the UK had gone to the dogs, and came out here and within 3 months (it only took her 1 1/2 months) both had not just jobs, but good well paid jobs. 1 1/2 years later, we've got some decent savings, live 1 minute 42 seconds from the beach, and when I look outside the grass seems that much greener (I speak metaphorically of course in this weather!):biggrin: So although I sympathise with those that have found this move tough, it's important to make it clear that for every bad story there's a good one. Is it smart to come out without jobs, possibly not, does that mean you shouldn't do it, no not at all. Each to their own. The only caveat I would add to that, is obviously if you have dependants, then no you don't come out without jobs....