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Essentially, yes (though I have managed to get Channel 36 for some reason). Frequencies are different. You can get a cheap one from the likes of Big W too, or if you're on the right broadband plan Optus will give you a free PVR and decoder.

Removed picture as it was a bit large!

Seems this stuff is probably the most officially acceptable way of getting rid of them. http://www.bunnings.com.au/300g-hopstop-cane-toad-control-aerosol-spray_p3010127

How to identify a Cane Toad - http://www.feralscan.org.au/docs/Is%20it%20a%20cane%20toad%20Identifying%20toads.pdf Methods for the field euthanasia of cane toads - official ones from Department of the Environment Stunning followed by decapitation Gassing with carbon dioxide for >4 hours Spraying with Hopstop® RSPCA reflects these - http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-most-humane-way-to-kill-a-cane-toad_299.html Methods that are NOT considered acceptable for field euthanasia of cane toads (by the Department of the Environment) Rapid Freezing or Cooling Followed by Freezing - ah, doesn't appear this is acceptable as it seems there are issues about cruelty. Benzocaine gel Clove oil solution Dettol® AQUI-S®

All you need to know is here - http://www.citizenship.gov.au/ For those from a similar cultural background, the test is not difficult. You have 40 or 45 minutes for 20 questions. I came out in under 5 with 100%. You should read the online book/watch the YouTube videos which takes 2/3 hours to get a good mark! As for University - it will save you money. As a citizen you will be entitle to HECS-Help. As a citizen and paying up front (should you wish to continue to do that) you will get 10% discount. That'll help pay for the citizenship which I seem to recall is in the $280 area.

Quite right of course - misread the dates on my visa grant notice. Immaterial to me as we were covered by one of the residency waivers so acquired citizenship after 90 days.

189 is a permanent visa. After 4 years you can either opt for a Resident Return Visa (RRV) or citizenship if you wish to travel. Edited to add unless you're covered by one of the residency time exceptions - http://www.citizenship.gov.au/applying/files/support_docs/support_1300t_1290/resi_variation/

Try this advice from the UK Government. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261503/bn4.pdf it does look as though you can delay registering your child as a British Citizen so they can get Citizenship other than be descent after 3 years living in the UK. However, this may affect their access to services etc - I'm not sure how that would all work. In any case, after 3 years residency in the UK, even with with citizenship by descent, it appears you child would be able to pass on their citizenship. This is the key passage for you: 14. A child who is registered under the arrangements described in paragraph 13A will be a British citizen by descent and will only be able to pass on British citizenship to children who are born outside the United Kingdom and the qualifying territories in the circumstances described in paragraph 11. A child who is registered under the arrangements described in paragraph 13B will be a British citizen otherwise than by descent and will able to pass on citizenship automatically to his or her children wherever they are born. So, if your child meets the requirements in paragraph 13A, but you and your family are intending to live in the United Kingdom or a qualifying territory soon, you may want to delay applying for your child’s registration until the child can meet the requirements in paragraph 13B. • if your child is registered as a British citizen by descent under paragraph 13A, he or she cannot later be registered as a British citizen otherwise than by descent

Are you a Lateral or coming across independently? Edited to add: You should have no problem getting the Visa. I was still in the Reserves when I came over and it didn't stop me getting a Visa.

The latter half of 2012 was not a good time to submit a Visa - we know as we submitted a 186 in October 2012. Australian Immigration had just gone across to the new supposedly all singing, all dancing electronic process and it completely fell apart. Systems weren't talking to each other, they were having to manually re-enter forms; it was a complete nightmare with lots of long delays as a consequence. Added to this was the pent up demand from people who chose to delay their applications until the new system was in place. By mid 2013 when your friend submitted theirs they had caught up and the systems were actually working.

I think Wanted Down Under does attempt to inject a dose of reality into peoples aspirations to move to Australia. The first is the length of the journey which you see in the first few minutes of the show and begins to sow the seeds of doubt. Next is the cost of housing - many who haven't done the research seem to think they can get their huge dream home for a fraction of the cost of the UK. They tend to be shown what they can afford at the budget they have set, something a bit more of a stretch, and then the 'dream home' which would require both working. Lifestyle is always popular but then jobs and cost of living are then analysed. For some that's the killer, when they discover they'll be worse off. Finally it's the family videos from back home, or what I term the 'Emotional Blackmail' element. That's what puts a lot of people off, when they realise how far they'll be from friends and family. The families vote in each element, and then have a final vote whether to go or not. Often it is the older children who vote to stay in the UK. My favourite episode was one where the mother had been pushing for years to move over, but the father and children were against it. The mother found it didn't live up to her expectations and turned against the idea, while the father and children loved it and wanted to move! We've only been here in Brisbane since October and love it, despite it being so chilly at the moment. However, we had no expectations and Australia had never been our 'Big Dream' - we just had an opportunity present itself and took it. What I liked about Wanted Down Under is that it does tend to show people who had the Big Dream that the grass isn't always greener.

As Rupert said, Lateral Transfer into the Army, or indeed any of the 3 services - http://www.citizenship.gov.au/applying/files/support_docs/support_1300t_1290/resi_variation/ Also http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2010C00720/Html/Text#_Toc275938747 - Paragraph 21(2)c and Paragraph 23 which qualifies the "relevant defence service" as 90 days.

There are also some exceptions to the requirement for 4 years of residency. In some circumstances you can get citizenship after as little as 90 days.

For our 186 Via it was only required if the CO asked for it, and they did.