Poor little boy. The mining boom is ending, the easy money no longer pours into the bank account. So the poor little boy with half a million dollar on his bank account expects other workers to keep sending him easy money he could make without any effort.
Unless you are disabled (which I doubt here), asking for centrelink is for losers and/or suckers.
You have a working brain and 2 working hands (and 2 balls I suppose).
Didnt you consider using them instead and do something you can be proud of ? Why dont you consider taking classes to learn new skills instead, that you could apply in the real life and make money from ? Wake up and do something instead of looking for cheat tricks to benefit from taxpayers money!!
Assumption has made an ass out of you but not me.. I am one of the educated construction workers whose skills extend beyond the mining /construction industry. I'd just rather put my money into my own business than line the pockets of someone who was born before me and able to take advantage of rising house prices..
Tho recently I have been looking at commercial property as it doesn't seem overly inflated, and I can use the yield to not only pay the mortgage but also rent on a place to live
Hi all.. It's looking like I will be unemployed in about 6 months (mining boom winding up).. Over my time in the mines, I've been able to save up about 500k (currently invested in shares and various things).. The question is: If I apply for the dole, will I be asked to sell my shares and use that money instead of receiving any benefit?
Same question, different scenario: If my 500k was invested in NEUTRALY geared property instead of shares, Would centerlink ask me to sell my properties, or hand over an allowance?
Cheers in advance
If you are a male of European descent buy a house. Buy a very nice house and collect full benefits. Do it without a shred of guilt. The government thought it could invite the third world here and get you to pick up the welfare tab and hold it all together. F em, put your feet up and watch this country slowly become the third world tribalised shit hole it is now destined to become. It's a new movement I'm starting called the Parasitical White Mans Movement.
I had three months of self funded unemployment in the UK. I didn't consider it worthwhile to go and be cross examined by some prick in the dole office for a return of 50 quid a week. I had a few grand in the bank anyway.
Just after I started my new job, I got called in to the tax office to explain why I had not claimed the dole and to provide proof that I had not been working "on the side" for cash. I had to provide bank statements and an account of my daily living expenses to prove that I was funding myself from my own savings.
I spent more time trying to justify why I had not claimed dole than I would have spent actually claiming the dole.
Virtue is ts own punishment or something like that. LoL.
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