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  1. braindrainedAsh

    60% of Uni Students live below the Poverty Line

    The trouble with those learning scholarships is that you have to be on the full amount of government assistance to be eligible for them anyway (at least at UTS).... sometimes the people who are struggling the most aren't eligible for youth allowance, and hence not for the CLS either. I'm...
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    public housing

    You should just work, and then save up and then move out. It is probably a heap easier anyway than trying to get a public housing place. Plus if you earn enough to become independent and are studying then you can get a government payment. You really are being quite abusive, you asked and...
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    Travelling, wat do u reckon?

    Travel.... unless your job is your passion. You have to do it while you are young, it just gets harder as you get more tied down later.
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    guys in pink shirts

    My flatmate has a pink shirt that he wears sometimes and he really can pull it off. So can Evan on my restaurant rules. Collar puller uppage is a country thing.... you do it to stop your neck getting sunburnt.... i.e. so you aren't a redneck
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    Restaurants and Bars

    Blackbird Cafe at Cockle Bay was pretty nice when I went there, and reasonably priced for a restaurant style meal. $5 meals at the Lansdowne (opp Usyd/Victoria Park/Broadway S.C.) is tops. I haven't really been to many restaurants in Sydney because of my tight budget.... it doesn't really...
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    Student Poverty Week

    I agree. I'm currently doing research on the issue, and it is an issue, not people just whinging.
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    what is so good about UTS?

    Why have I not seen the escape from UTS video? LOL and from John Carr that doesn't surprise me at all either.... he is an absolute champ!
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    Flatmate Issues

    He's only here for a semester, so only about another 5 weeks. By the time I organized this stuff he would be gone anyway, so I guess I will just have to keep on living with it.
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    A prisoner all her life, this girl bears the scars

    Thought I would bring this back up for discussion. http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Freedom-frightens-little-Naomi/2005/05/24/1116700714274.html http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/24/1116700678744.html http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/24/1116700690823.html I think they should...
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    public housing

    Yeah, I doubt they would even consider you unless you had a horrible home situation or were expecting a baby.... even then it's hard to get public housing.
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    Blogs/Online Journals and Diaries

    Blogs aren't that overrated... when you get in to it you see how much of a difference they are making.... I don't think they are at their full potential yet, however... even Murdoch sees that blogs have potential. One example that comes to mind is an indian blog "Mediaah!" which provided much...
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    Your own work..

    http://www.vibewire.net/2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9167&Itemid=71 It's quite rough around the edges, didn't get enough time to tidy it a lot. It's not fiction though... is this thread only for fiction?
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    financial advice

    You couldn't lend from your parents? They usually have a pretty good interest rate. Otherwise, credit unions are the only other things I can think of.
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    My Restaurant Rules : Sydney VS Melbourne

    Yeah I thought red sea was third? But red sea was a mighty fine restaurant, except they kept on doing stupid stuff like riding the moped in the kitchen.
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    Iron chef

    Love the av That guy on sat was screwed.... hello! Let the youngest apprentice do the peeling man!!! he wasted so much time!
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    Rules for Customers

    Oh god today it was really busy and it was the end of my shift... I put up my sign and was serving the last few people in my line, and the supervisor was coming down to count my till..... then people kept on putting stuff up on my register even though my sign was up.... I said to one guy "sorry...
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    My Restaurant Rules : 199 888 22 and code 2 for SYDNEY !!!!

    Yeah a single thread would have been better..... but I guess it is too late now lol
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    My Restaurant Rules : Sydney VS Melbourne

    Sydney.... he bought some fruit and veg... no beans though lol. Yay! SYDNEY is safe! Does anyone know, was that the million dollar mark in turnover, or in profit for Sydney? If it is profit, wow!
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    My Restaurant Rules : Sydney VS Melbourne

    Guess who came through my register at Coles today.... the bitchy gay judge with the blonde hair.... he was pretty friendly though. Just watching MRR now.... is Justine drunk?
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    Telling the Truth - Related Texts

    I don't know if I have already mentioned it, but an extract from Tell Me No Lies by Pilger would be good. The chapter on the Thalidomide Scandal really shows the ethical questions faced by those when they are choosing what to report.
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