KhunHeineken

As I said, if you still insist on this method, Google "Intell NUC." They are small PC's, not much bigger than a cigarette box. No screen, no keyboard. They have an ethernet port. It would sit next to her router with a short ethernet cable. Google "Mini PC" for other similar devices. Perfect for what you want to achieve. Get one with a SSD. Let moving parts, for more reliability over the years.

This is what the member said: "Actually when I was in Oz I called the Centrelink Older Australian number and asked specifically about this point. The answer was that you can leave Australia several times, for several weeks, during the 2 years after you have returned from a long absence and it doesn't affect the accumulation of the 2 years and pension doesn't stop unless it's quite prolonged. The C'link officer did say 'I suggest that in one block period you don't stay away for more than one year, that would cause complications'." I challenged him on it, and then he said either he, or she, or both, were "joking." His post certainly didn't read like a joke to me. Do you agree with his post, or not? If not, how am I being "alarmist?"

Not surprising, but now you know.

If you insist on buying a computer, like I said, go into the BIOS and change the settings to turn on after power outage, or similar, and buy a wifi switch and connect it to that. You can then turn the computer on and off from anywhere in the world and you don't have to worry about sleep mode and Wake On Lan. An ethernet cable will always be preferable to wifi.

Ok. Imagine someone is just about to achieve portability, after 2 years in Oz, then the pandemic hits, and they are stuck in Oz for another 2 years. I reckon those guys were the most unlucky.

Ok. Thanks. I'll have to look into this. I think I have been using these window incorrectly for quite some time.

No problem. Out of interest, why do you say anti-Thai? What has Thailand got to do with Centerlink in Australia, and achieving pension portability?

You have already achieved portability. We are discussing the rules in order to achieve it.

I would have thought those planning to go back to Oz right to the very day they planned to achieve portability that got caught in Thailand for around 2 years would be considered unlucky, and those that already came back to achieve portability would have considered themselves lucky, as they couldn't travel back to Thailand anyway.

Status, classification, call it whatever you like. Point being, it can change with the stroke of a pen in Canberra.

I didn't know that. I always thought Private Window in Firefox and Incognito in Chrome were vanilla browsers. Why would someone make these windows the same as their regular browser window?

He was complicit in the crimes, because he was instrumental in their cover up.

Yes, can an also open Firefox and click on "New Private Window." If the website works, than an extension is causing a problem.

If reboot doesn't work in the future, try uninstalling and reinstalling also.

I think there would be a lot of guys that wouldn't really care too much if the pension was stopped, but care more bout the 2 years starting again, and again, and again. Basically, the 2 year sentence of living in Oz.

Be sure to keep your absence "prolonged."

Nah, I'll just ring a nice lady in a Centerlink call center, have a joke with her, then post it here as fact.

Perhaps you should stay on topic and stop trolling.

Call it what you will, but my point is, one day Centerlink classify you as this, and the next day they an classify you as that. The laws / classification criteria is changing all the time.

Don't you mean stuck inside Thailand?

Thanks. "A short absence from Australia (as long as the person is still classed as an Australian resident) will not impact on the end date of the 2-year period (i.e. the absence still counts towards the person's 2-year period)." Would be interested to know what is a "short absence." "Since 20 September 2000, a former resident who returns to Australia and is granted Age or DSP, or who transfers to Age under SS(Admin)Act section 12, cannot take that pension outside Australia if they leave within 2 years of having resumed residence in Australia. The purpose of this legislation is to discourage people from travelling to Australia just to get an Australian pension to take back overseas." This tends to go against the "short absence" clause.

As I thought. So the other member's post can not be relied upon. Does anyone know how long you can be outside of Oz for during the qualifying period?

You can personally attack me all you like, but on such an important subject for many, how about we stick to some facts, not jokes from some call center lady from Centerlink. Do you know the answer to my question? Yes, or no?

No, I'm not a pain in the ass. Just looking for some facts, not jokes from Centerlink. Does anyone know how long you can be out of Oz, either in total, or in one trip, during the 2 year qualifying period?

No, I'm not. The key word is "prolonged" which you said was 1 year. So, fly back to Oz, put your papers in, get approved, fly back to Thailand, fly back to Oz within 12 months, fly out again, and fly back to Oz within the second 12 month period and you have qualified for portability. Based on the information in your previous post, this can be done. It either can be, or it can't be. Which one is it?