KhunHeineken

With the cost of labor being higher, and electronics being cheap these days, I agree with other members who say buy a new one. They are not that expensive. At your age, you may find the new screens a lot easier on your eyes as well. In the mean time, you could plug your computer into your TV and use it as a big monitor, or maybe you have a small TV that is not used so much and you can repurpose it to a monitor.

I had the same problem a few years ago. It ended up being the restore point setting was set to 100% so all new restore points just kept getting saved and building up, when you only need about the last few. The fix for me was deleting all restore points, moving the setting slider from 100% down to about 5%, creating a new restore point, and I got back all my storage. Depending on your HDD size, you could even go lower than 5%. Check it out. It could be the same problem.

Posted the same link on another thread, but it's more on topic in this one. The new Labor government will continue on with the proposed changes, but will review the amount of days. https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/assistant-treasurer-flags-new-tax-residency-rules-20220826-p5bd1v It's more focused on how long you are inside Australia, but the flip side for many expats is how long you are outside Australia.

Looks like the new Labor government will also be picking up what the last Liberal government left for these proposed changes, but will review the number of days. https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/assistant-treasurer-flags-new-tax-residency-rules-20220826-p5bd1v It's more focused on how long you are inside Australia, but the flip side for many expats is how long you are outside Australia. It's no so much about losing portability, but IF residency status MAY effect pensions. Came across this online petition about it, but it's closed now. Obviously there's quite a few expats showing interest in these proposed changes. https://atlaswealth.com/news/australian-tax-residency-change-petition/

It hasn't come in yet, so it's not fact, but the proposed changes are fact. My posts are not about frightening anyone, but more about alerting them to the proposed changes so they will be prepared.

Privacy. VPN's are not just used to have a local IP address to get around geo-blocking. VPN's also mask your IP address from the websites you visit. Being in Thailand, and using a Thai VPN server, should be a slightly faster connection than using a server many thousands of kilometers away.

Try all the servers your VPN company provides in the UK. If the problem exists with all of them, contact the company and request they refresh their IP address. Apparently, this is no small task, but eventually they will have so many complaints they will have to, especially with popular websites like BBC.

Go into the settings of your browser. There will be a "Remember Passwords" setting that you can enable.

There's some products out there that you may or may not consider. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_au/forHome/products/homenetworksecurity.html https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/syfer-one-device-complete-network-protection#/

Economic indicators and government policies are what they are. Some of us look past the next fortnight. Economy is not a religion. ????

Yes, it's like a bottomless pit of money. ????

Feel free to put me on your ignore list. Your replies are certainly no loss to the forum.

Maybe contact another bank. If they can open a bank account for foreigners, before they even arrive, surely they can do something for you. https://www.anz.com.au/personal/bank-accounts/everyday-accounts/moving-to-australia/en/

I'm not the OP. Not sure a bank would accept a foreign document that may have been knocked up on Khaosan Road. I think they also run checks on the document number with certain government data bases. Main reasons, funding terrorism and money laundering.

I use a VPN for banking and streaming sports.

How many of those quotes were yours? ????

Ok, Mr. Ostrich. ????

No updates, thus far. I have contacted my accountant and asked them to inform me if they hear anything. The Tax Institute has "broadly welcomed the Government's willingness to reform the rules." https://www.taxinstitute.com.au/insights/articles/our-submission-on-the-proposed-changes-to-the-individual-tax-res

Let's hope they remain "in limbo." https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en-au/expert-insights/proposed-tax-residency-changes-now-in-limbo

If you scroll back to when this topic first came up, you will see many posts along the lines of: "the Government would never do that. " "that will never happen." "Centerlink told me 6 years ago..................." "there would be too much bad publicity for the Government." "there would be a big backlash by pensioners." "I use a VPN when accessing the MyGov website." "that's only for people like Paul Hogan." "they can't tax a pension." "I'm still a resident because I am using an address in Australia." "I didn't tick the box leaving permanently on the departure card." "I told my Australian bank I am still a resident of Australia." "I'm on a veteran's pension. It's different." "I'm still a resident because I go back to Australia for a couple of weeks every year." "it would cost too many votes." "I still have a Medicare card so I am still a resident." "My mate told me................................" There were many others among these gems. Now, it's: "wait and see" "cross that bridge when I come to it" Quite a turn around, don't you think?

Probably because you keep replying to a totally different topic to what I post about, or misquote me on a topic I haven't posted about. Example: pension portability.

Negative publicity is still publicity. ???? Seriously though, talk about shoot the messenger.

Over the 12 months to the March 2022 quarter, up 5.1%. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/price-indexes-and-inflation/consumer-price-index-australia/latest-release#:~:text=The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.1% this quarter,Automotive fuel (%2B11.0%).

I'm not posting for Likes or Thumbs Up. The changes, if passed, may, or may not, effect a few, or all of us. It's probably something most expats should be made aware of.

I was going to suggest opening a high interest online account, which you can do over the internet, but you still need to send 100 points of ID. A passport is only 50 points. Unless your Australian bank can do something for you, it appears that you have basically lost control of that money, so maybe best to move it offshore and regain control of it.