ShalesWhere is the the father of your stepdaughters child in all this???

This baby bonus and welfare is doing just that. Look at all these low income earners having children to receive this grant. The government is breeding a generation of bludgers. After all that's the only way these children are going to know…turn to the government when its time to get a job.

Hi Shales,I come from this generation and i just wanted to say that not all of us are the same. Im just about to turn 19, have saved over 30k with my partner in one year and i own all of my furniture, car etc. I moved out of home from the age of 16 to be closer to school, worked part time while doing my hsc and came out at the end with uai in the…[Read more]

I agree that the handouts wont help. Do people relise that they arnt free handouts. We will only have to pay the government debts back in the future through raised taxes etc.

Just wondering if gazumping is illegal these days? Has it ever happened to anyone?

Yes definately, my father is a plumber so thats a plus. Havnt asked for his advice yet, just gonna wait until the property settles and we will start makin plans then. Just tryin to get ahead before we move in. Good luck with ur reno boshy!!

this seems to be the only room that is troubling me at the moment. I think we might leave it till last.  I will definately get some tradys in to do the plumbing and electrical work. Hopefully we can do as much as possible.Thanks for ur advice

Hi everybody,My hubby has been working in the NSW mines for a couple of years as an underground fitter and loving it. He works a 3 twelve hour shifts of a weekend, and sometimes overtime during the week. Last financial year he made around $180k. I would say to those who are considering working in a mine go for it, but it isn't for everybody. It ha…[Read more]

Any other advice would be great.