u/ExistentialPancake_0

My GP of 10 years just told me today that he can no longer treat me for my WorkCover claim. He said the administrative burden, unpaid paperwork, and endless dispute letters from the insurer are taking up too much of his practice time.

Now I’m scrambling to find a new GP in Melbourne who is actually taking on new WorkCover patients and willing to sign off on monthly Certificates of Capacity. Has anyone else run into this issue?

2Up is amazing if you’re in a couple, but what about housemates or group trips?

Right now if 4 of us go out for dinner or split electricity bills in a share house in Melbourne, we still have to use Splitwise or manual PayID requests. It would be insane if Up introduced temporary "Group Savers" or multi-person payment splits inside the app where 3-4 Up users could split a transaction with one tap

I've currently got one Amex and keep seeing people here with two, three or even more cards to maximise different bonuses and benefits.

At what point does it become more hassle than it's worth? I'm tempted to add another card but don't want to end up tracking annual fees and minimum spends across a bunch of accounts

I’ve been looking at CRT work and the appeal is pretty obvious: no reports, no parent emails, no endless meetings and you can theoretically walk away from a school that isn't a good fit. Obviously there’s less security, so I’m wondering how people who’ve actually done it found the trade-off. Would you choose CRT again?

Looking at public sector TAFE salary scales compared to what you can pull in working for yourself or running a busy commercial plumbing crew makes the financial drop look pretty depressing. While the regular hours and stable superannuation sound decent, taking a massive pay cut during a cost-of-living crisis is a huge pill to swallow. For those who made the switch, did the lifestyle and work-life balance make up for the lighter wallet?

I have spent six years in the public system dealing with large class sizes, underfunded facilities, and complex student behaviors, so I am considering applying for roles in independent private schools. However, colleagues who moved to the private sector warn me about unachievable parent expectations, mandatory weekend sport commitments, and toxic co-curricular demands. Is the higher pay and better resource funding in private schools worth the extra personal time sacrifice, or is the workload essentially the same?

I'm eight years into secondary teaching (humanities and English) and the workload around reporting and behaviour admin is starting to grind me down. I still love teaching the actual content and working with older students, but I'm finding the day-to-day secondary environment exhausting lately

Spent some time in Melbourne and Sydney, and I swear it was easier to strike up a conversation with a random stranger there. Is it just a Brisbane thing, or am I just looking in the wrong places?

What are some of the lesser-known historical facts or urban legends about the town that the newer residents probably have no idea about?

I’m currently using a base model iPhone 13, and the FOMO has me heavily eyeing off the iPhone 17 Pro

My parents have offered to put up some equity in their place so I can buy my first apartment with a 5% deposit. It sounds amazing on paper, but I don't want to accidentally put their retirement at risk if things go pear-shaped. What should we look out for?

What's something you've been using for years that you'd happily recommend to another teacher?

I am so tired of the endless compliance tracking and documentation that seems to take up more time than actual lesson planning. If you could instantly eliminate just one piece of bureaucracy or paperwork from your weekly routine without any professional consequences, what are you getting rid of?

Spending six hours sitting in a drafty school hall listening to an external consultant read slides about resilience frameworks is exhausting. Every single teacher in that room was secretly wishing they were back at their desks catching up on their actual marking piles

Don't get me wrong, I love working with the kids and actually delivering the lessons, but the mountain of extra admin is starting to drag me down. Between the endless staff meetings, data analytics, extra-curricular duties, and literacy planning, it feels like actual teaching is only half the role. What is the one task you would scrub from your workload instantly?

A lot of students say they prepare using practice tests but still struggle in the real thing.
Is it just exam pressure or are they actually on a different level?