I have a domestic credit that expires at the end of the month and every time I click the extend button it gives me a technical error screen. Is there a specific email address for customer care or am I going to have to brave the phone queues to get this sorted?
My employer allows us to source our own finance provider for salary packaging rather than forcing us to use their default partner. Has anyone gone down the path of a self-managed lease?
It feels a bit strange having a light festival running during the day but I guess it helps families who do not want to stay out past midnight with young kids
It feels like money is still the ultimate social taboo among my friend group. We will happily talk about rent prices, the price of groceries, and how expensive a night out is, but the second someone asks about actual net wealth, super balances, or investment strategies, the room goes completely quiet. Are you guys open with your mates or do you keep it strictly anonymous?
Trying to book anything for the upcoming school holidays and it is a total ghost town. Even looking nearly a year in advance for standard international routes yields almost nothing unless you want a twenty four hour layover in a random city
A lot of companies seem to get a market boost just from mentioning AI, but I can’t tell how much of that is backed by real earnings growth versus just trying not to look behind the trend
Used to be a staple if you got there before 7am but my local seems to have scrapped it
I’ve seen a few lenders advertise rate matching but I’m not sure how often it actually works in practice anymore. Feels like it used to be a lot more straightforward if you could show a better offer from another bank, but now there’s more pushback or it just turns into a retention offer with conditions attached
Looking at getting a split system installed. The AC guy said my old ceramic fuses have to go and it’ll cost $2k for a board upgrade. Is he upselling me or is this a mandatory safety thing now?
I was looking at the 2026 changes and it feels like losing the old structure where excess status credits didn’t really go to waste changes the game a bit. Now it’s more about only getting value if you actually exceed your target, rather than getting any kind of buffer or benefit from being close. For people who fly just enough to hit Platinum each year, it kind of feels like it makes retention a bit tougher unless you consistently overperform
I’m already starting to feel a bit burnt out after only a couple of months running solo full time. Between quoting on site, chasing invoices at night and then still doing the actual electrical work during the day, it feels like I never properly switch off anymore.
The physical side is manageable, but it’s more the constant mental load of having to handle every part of the business yourself
Not a fan of the modern pokies-heavy venues
Mine would honestly be better quality apartment-friendly storage and organisation stuff that doesn’t look flimsy or ridiculously expensive
I was in Group 2 this morning and by the time they called us, half the plane was already standing in the aisle anyway. It feels like the staff have just given up on enforcing it
Every broker says they work with self-employed clients all the time, but it still feels like the second someone mentions ABN income the whole process gets ten times harder. Is it actually a massive pain behind the scenes compared to PAYG applicants or is that a bit exaggerated from the outside?
I saw a guy yesterday claiming he did Sydney to Byron on one stop with 15% left. If those 18-inch wheels really make that much difference to the range, I might have to swap out my 19s
Saw a report saying Australian startups raised around $848m in Q1, up close to 30% year-on-year. Hard to tell whether the funding environment is genuinely improving again or if most of the money is still flowing into AI companies with big moat narratives attached to them. Wondering if investors are broadly becoming more active again or if it just looks healthier on paper
Everyone says it’s cheaper but I want some real numbers from people here