U got your $900 from the Govt yet?

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by toryglen-boy

ooooo !!!

can you buy Australian people? i wouldnt mind buying some hired help

Just make sure that they're good quality ones.

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

Originally Posted by Robert9

I've got mine, but wife hasn't yet. They say there is no particular order to the distribution and one should not worry until after 13th May. Names starting with WXYZ should not be at a disadvantage time-wise.

Robert Zywxjz

now THAT was comedy

[cfranks (Charles)]

'Buy Australian' is a good slogan but, at least in SA, the Govt schools initiative is a bit of a joke. They are giving all this money to schools for computing and telling them to buy Dell! Great.

Still waiting for my $900.

[DJDD]

well, when i get mine i think i will either buy the QHY5 or the Starshoort autoguider.

or a motorcycle helmet...
or some new jeans/pants (my wife tells me i need to be funkier...)

or all three...

[pgc hunter]

No I don't get mine because I got all my tax back.

Thanks for nothing, Krudd.

[leon]

Na not a cent, and I won't be either, they reckon, although i am un-employed i don't need it, because i took care of my finances and saved for the future.

Same old story, if you work hard and save, you are entitled to nothing, but if you live at Centerlink, you can have what you like.

Leon

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by leon

Na not a cent, and I won't be either, they reckon, although i am un-employed i don't need it, because i took care of my finances and saved for the future.

Same old story, if you work hard and save, you are entitled to nothing, but if you live at Centerlink, you can have what you like.

Leon

Precisely Leon - if you're a self-funded retiree then go suck eggs. Amazing, huh.

[Jen]

Yep got mine woohoo new astro toys for me
My last lot went on bills so this one im spending it on me

[marki]

Still waiting but I have already spent mine. Lets see an astronomiks 2" Ha and Adobe PS CS4 and The Sky 6 and .............oops!



Mark

[space oddity]

I work too hard, make too much(my field has a relatively short working life span) so I get nothing, only the priviledge of paying more taxes in to the future to pay for KRUDD's folly. No new gear for me, might have to sell some to pay the increased tax bills I will incur.

[AlexN]

Got mine today... Called my tattoo artist and im booked in for the first 5 hour stint on my sleeve.... Exciting times...

[DJDD]

I am sure that most people that get the money work hard, too. the inference from some comments would be if you are a recipient of (some portion of) the $900 then you either:
- do not work hard; or
- did not think about the future...

both seem a bit "black & white", really.

oh, and to paraphrase: "you cannot please all the people all the time."


p.s. please don't make this a flame war or political.

[bones]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

This'll be the second lot I miss out on. I hear there'll probably now be a third. Keep spendin' Kevin... I'll qualify soon enough!

I reckon you're right Chris. The Govt comes up with different payments for different circumstances. I don't mind being eligible for these payments - single income family, wife studying full time, & I pay my taxes. After all missed out on the first homebuyers grant (bought a shack 4 months before it started), missed out on the baby bonus (wife was still at home with the first child when this started so we missed out again). Can't get everything from Centrelink - wife can't get Austudy. If I'm eligible & they pay it I'll take it and use it. To me this one is trying to get people spending to keep things moving. Don't want a constipated economy now do we.

[mark3d]

Originally Posted by leon

Same old story, if you work hard and save, you are entitled to nothing, but if you live at Centerlink, you can have what you like.

why not donate your nest egg to charity and join them if it's so appealing...?


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[Kevnool (Kev)]

Checked it tonight and yep they put 600 in there.
Cheers Kev.

[Rokketboy (Jared)]

I assumed everyone got $900 , not so? Damn that could screw up my scope plans totally

[Craig.a.c (Craig)]

Still waiting on mine to come through. A few people I work with have already got theirs. Most of mine will go towards work that needs to be done on my car, no toys for me.

[alan meehan (Alan)]

still haven,t got mine or the misses yet ,ours is going to my misses for a new set of teeth they cost a small fortune and thats buying australian

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by Rokketboy

I assumed everyone got $900 , not so? Damn that could screw up my scope plans totally

No, not so. If you earn more than a hundred k you won't see a red cent.

$900 bonus to taxpayers with taxable income that is up to $80,000.
$600 bonus to taxpayers with taxable income that is between $80,001 and $90,000.
$250 bonus to taxpayers with taxable income that is between $90,001 and $100,000.

[PCH (Paul)]

Originally Posted by alan meehan

still haven,t got mine or the misses yet ,ours is going to my misses for a new set of teeth they cost a small fortune and thats buying australian

Good on people for buying Aussie made Alan. But the thing that puts many off buying home grown is the cost, - and boy what a rip off a set of false teeth can be these days hey. Not sure how those prices are justified. They can run to thousands

I'm reminded of a news item about 40 years ago back in the old country where an elderly yorkshire farmer had made himself a set of false teeth out of dead sheeps' teeth that he'd found on the moors. I think he cleaned them first , and had been using them successfully for years. If you pop out into the country a few k's Alan, you're bound to see a few dead sheep or kangas - is it worth running this idea past the missus in order to get those funds back into your 'toys' account Tip, try to pick animals that aren't crawling with maggots as they can be a bit off-putting

Cheers