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There are a number of appeal mechanisms within the Centrelink website. Some of them may be inaccessible to you, only to people with a CRN. Although the myGov portal gives access to the ATO, Medicare and Centrelink Executive policies can and do get bent by office staff at the coalface; however, IME it's usually in favor of the client. You have no skin in the game, and given your previous posts on this thread I'm puzzled as to why you think people here would be interested in assisting you with details. You have made personal attacks on me. I think I can speak for many people on this forum who regard you as a troll. Trying to assume the high moral ground does not work too well when one's halo is around their ankles.

Thai doctors and hospitals do not ask for a patient's prior medical treatment history. Or the current medications the patient has. On that basis, I would say it is doubtful such a statistic would be compiled. There is also an issue with doctors and hospitals who end up on the bottom of the ladder with respect to their success ratio. Current Thai law would enable them to sue for defamation. Sheryl is the resident ASEAN resource for such information, ask her which hospitals and doctors she recommends.

Quite a good idea, Thais cannot live without social media. I have to wonder what they did before smartphones were invented. There are bad apples in every society. I can remember an American who persuaded me to buy herbal medicines in Australia for him, then stiffed me on what he owed me. An Australian who used the savings of war widows to get treatment at the Mayo Clinic for stomach cancer. A Thai massage shop proprietor who shot through to Bangkok owing months in rent and power, plus the earnings of the 6 women who worked for her. Another option may be to approach the police, with a promise of a 20,000 baht reward if they can locate/apprehend the vehicle based on its number plate.

The spec said 0.2 - 60 mm, 0.2 mm is NOT hot-rolled. Have you ever seen the manufacturing process for hot and cold rolled steel? I can accept mill scale is holding up OK according to you. Is that 40 years' experience, or one years' experience repeated 40 times?

I remember learning to read newspapers when I was only 4 or 5, and being left at a creche while my mum was working.

I don't think I recalled incorrectly, having worked for an Australian steel manufacturer for more than 30 years. Hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and painted. The link you posted shows photos of hot-rolled and cold-rolled coils. 0.2 mm is tinplate, if anyone is making hot-rolled in that thickness I will bare my bum in the nearest shopping mall. 60 mm goes on tanks. Mill scale is stable at humidities of < 60%, permit me to doubt it would be as good at 90%, which I would say is quite common in Bangkok.

Unless the OP wants armor plating, hot rolled steel is too thick. IIRC, minimum thickness 2.2 mm, therefore heavy. The oxide layer is not stable indefinitely. Zinc/aluminium alloy ( Zincalume or Galvalume ) has a uniform silvery spangle. Cheaper than painted, but subject to fingerprint blackening.The OP has already posted he is using painted steel.

MEET is a free app in the Google Play store. It is much more robust than LINE in terms of video quality, and, unlike LINE, does not drop out.

If I actually took the bilge he posts on board, I'd be slashing my wrists by now. No longer even bothering to look at his posts.

It is if renting, which takes about 50% of a single person's pension in most places in Australia nowadays.

An ultrasound of your gall bladder will detect if you have gallstones or bile duct sludge, both of which can cause pain.

Your doctor is putting you on the scales because you are obese, bordering on severely so. I am 180 cm, and weigh 78 kg. I was 93 kg, before I went on a diet I developed for myself. No sugar, no alcohol, no processed foods except cheese. No vegetable that grows below ground, no rice, a small amount of bread. Low carb fruits, such as strawberries and blueberries. As much protein as I want. A "large frame" is no excuse, my last bone scan showed I had excellent bone density. A fatty liver is a long way from life-threatening, and can be turned around with a healthy diet and exercise.

Corrosion of steel and aluminium would not occur on a 3-month old car, unless it has been driven in a severe marine environment. I doubt the car is new, its age can be verified with the VIN. As for what to do, this is Thailand. Buyer beware.

The way I understand it, if one is in Australia when they qualify for the age pension, there is no problem obtaining it. It's only when one is overseas the two years jail kicks in. I agree it is unfair; however, the situation is avoidable with a little bit of planning.

"I have said many are abusing Australia's generous welfare system". Do you understand the term begging the question? Do you understand quoting a statistical sample of one welfare recipient on a staged YouTube video is utterly meaningless? Australia's welfare system is generous? Try living on the dole with current inflation before making such an egregiously fatuous statement. How long have you been brainwashed into parroting Liberal pabulum about the unemployed? Given your claim to have never received a cent of welfare, you have probably never been in a Centrelink office. When I am there, I am hearing people who are under enormous mental and financial stress, begging for help. Not something you have had to experience. You constantly use deflection and dishonest arguments to buttress your pathetic posts. Your latest is no exception.

For the record, you have not produced one shred of evidence which confirms your assertion the majority of welfare recipients are dole bludgers. Show me the data on that government website that segregates said people from people in genuine need. Try posting numbers instead of assertions. Noted you won't go anywhere near my challenge to live on $23 per day for a month. Perhaps you'd like to be over 60, with age discrimination from employers rife in Australia, and try for living on $50 more a fortnight. Let's make it a year. That would probably put you into the homeless column. You are peddling the same line as the Minerals Council, the multinationals will pack up and leave. A display of your utter naivety. Australia has a stable political system with low corruption. Compared to some of the perilous places they operate, it's a dream ride. Google Kingsgate Gold to see what can happen in other bailiwicks. See how many billions Exxon, Mobil and BP have had to walk away from in Russia.

IMO everyone on this forum is accustomed to you dismissing posts where the facts and argument do not agree with yours. It is classic Liberal ideology to call all welfare recipients dole bludgers. It's a facile assumption, with little evidence to support it. Feel free to post data contradicting my assertion. It's also fashionable to pretend welfare recipients are on Easy Street. The facts speak otherwise. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-much-age-pension-you-can-get?context=22526 https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/how-much-jobseeker-payment-you-can-get?context=51411 If you are single on Jobseeker, you get $278 less per fortnight than a age pensioner. $50 more if you are single with a child. You think you can feed and take care of a child for a fortnight on $50 extra? I challenge you to live on $23 a day for the next month. Find out for yourself how easy it is. Once one is in the age pension system, there is very little in the way of obligation. Example: As a part pensioner, I am supposed to report changes in my asset base every month to Centrelink. I did not report significant changes for three years. When I finally attended an office a month ago, my absence of reporting was not even mentioned. OTOH, under the construct of "mutual obligation" a Jobseeker recipient is required to adhere to a Job Plan, with demerits and financial penalties applied in the event of default. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/mutual-obligation-requirements?context=51411#whatrequirements Imagine you are on a call for 4 - 6 hours, trying to get through to Services Australia to report as required, with a service provider chewing up your mobile phone credit, which is paid for out of $693 a fortnight. Or imagine you are on Jobseeker, and become sick. In my area of Melbourne, there are 6 medical clinics. The nearest public hospital with an emergency department is 15 km away, no public transport. 6 - 8 hour waiting time in the ED. Out of those 6 clinics, 5 have abandoned bulk billing. The other one does not accept new patients. The gap between the Medicare refund and what a doctor charges is anywhere between $40 and $110. What do you do, put food on the table and stay sick? That's Easy Street? Where's the money going to come from? I'd suggest a good start would be going after the multinationals that have been looting mineral resources owned by Australians for the last six decades. For $10 million, they saved billions in taxes with an advertising campaign against Labor, and a lot of dumb Australians swallowed their garbage. IIRC we have already discussed the low-hanging fruit of tax rorts for the wealthy. I suppose it is difficult for you to feel empathy for welfare recipients, when you are completely ignorant of their circumstances. Much easier to imbibe the Liberal Kool-Aid.

You are assuming the paths to Centrelink benefits, the public health system, and public housing are strewn with rose petals. From what you have posted previously, you have zero experience in those areas. For those who are unfortunate enough to be in it, war on the poor. The welfare budget has exploded because the traditional 9 to 5 work pattern has been markedly diminished by casualisation. Why pay a decent wage, with employee benefits, when an employer can hire part-time staff with next to no legal protection of their rights? The reverse pyramid has been created by rorts such as negative gearing, capital gains tax discounts, franked dividends, and superannuation. A ten million dollar home gets the same exemption from asset testing as a studio apartment. Superannuation's original purpose was to provide a decent retirement. Instead, it has become a means of wealth accumulation and intergenerational transfer. When COVID came along, many people in the workforce discovered working from home during lockdowns was much easier on them than fighting their way into a city for an hour or two either way. It's a new mindset on work for some. The changes in government we are seeing in Australia are a revolt by younger voters and the middle class against a political party that has dedicated itself to enriching the rich further. And made climate denialism into an art form. I am in Australia for medical treatment. When that is completed, I'm on the first plane I can get back to Thailand.

OK, we are both correct depending on whether it is referrals in Perth or Melbourne. None of which are required in Thailand, IME the transfer to a specialist occurs without paperwork.

I have stopped alcohol entirely now. The buzz I get from it is not worth having to get up 5 or 6 times during the night for a pee, instead of 2-3 times.

Poached eggs every morning.

Indefinite referrals may be based on management of the ongoing condition. Mine are bladder cancer (2006) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2016). When I get my next ongoing referral, I will post the doctor's letter on this forum as proof of my assertion. Second statement is correct. Cystoscopies and chemotherapy are inpatient procedures. Specialist fees vary, my oncologist bulk bills for consultations. The urologist is charging $280, I get $60 back from Medicare.

Supply and demand, all the specialists in Melbourne appear to be flat chat. Perth is much smaller than Melbourne, and IMO more liveable. Your second statement is incorrect. GP's in Melbourne can and do give indefinite referrals for ongoing management of chronic health conditions. Perhaps you have never had one. It was only because I had not seen my urologist for 3 years ( Thanks to ScoMo barring Australians from returning to their own country).

I poach eggs in an aluminium cup, with steam. Wipe out the cup with a paper towel, good to go for tomorrow's breakfast. Olive oil spray.

We had noisy neighbors renting in the condo for a couple of months. Young people, they would get drunk at the bars, then come back to the room and party on until 4 or 5 am. One of them would play a guitar, he was so off key he needed both his guitar strings and his vocal cords severed. They were given their marching orders when the condo manager threatened to sue the landlord for breach of condo rules.