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Daily Discussion Thread: 🐬🦭🦈 Friday, 10 January, 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'll never forgive auspost for trying to relentlessly up-sell me the express passport. I did it just normally, it took 4 days and saved a few hunj lol. Sneaky!

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

I paid for express passport replacement because I didn’t have enough points of ID for COVID benefit payments.

I then had a change of policy at work and didn’t get much benefits after all. The benefits barely covered the cost of the passport.

Then, because of the change of policy at work, I got pushed into the next tax bracket and had to pay back the benefits plus more.

I should have just burned some Annual Leave and not bothered with the COVID benefit payments at all.