Will27

So really, you're just guessing. How long do you think it would be ok to stay out of Australia in the 2 year period? I'd be interested to know.

I fail to see how it's not true TBH. Surely Centrelink are not going to let you lodge an application and then <deleted> off for months at a time and say it won't affect your 2 year waiting period. You've said "several trips a year for a few weeks". You're still going to have to live the majority of your time in Australia IMO.

Yes, as you've advised, you can go on holidays but practically speaking, you pretty much need to do close to your 2 years.

Thanks, but you should be quoting MAF666. Sounds like he was hoping he would be eligible without the 2 year rule.

Sounds like you're screwed unfortunately ???? I will be in the same boat.

How long have you been living in Thailand for? Do you mean you want to lodge your application and then do your two years in Oz before returning?

Nice one Rip. Just another example of misinformation that our resident scaremonger has provided. Expect another 2 page response from him trying to twist things rather than just coming out and saying "I got it wrong".

The ATO does have the authority to garnish banks accounts. I for one don't think the changes will come into effect, despite what a few on here think. And even if they did, I can't see them chasing up OAP's to get them to lodge tax returns. If they did implement a new law, I don't think it would be retrospective anyway. I'm sure however that KH will be along shortly with a Leo Tolstoy length reply telling me I'm wrong and that we're all doomed.

New show from the Beeb. A corrupt police detective has a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing.

New series just started by the Beeb. On the 26 November 1983, six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport, and inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth £26m. What started as 'a typical Old Kent Road armed robbery' according to detectives at the time, became a seminal event in British criminal history, remarkable not only for the scale of the theft, at the time the biggest in world history, but for its wider legacy.

Woof woof.

I'm not sure if these departments fall under the same umbrella or not. I'm not on a pension. But I had to call Medicare last week and hung up after waiting for an hour. Got through the following day after waiting nearly 30 minutes.

Clarkson's Farm S2 out now at the usual places.

I take it you showed your Thai records to Medicare who uploaded the details for you?

I don't where your friend is from, but I've never heard of "having a valid visa" being a condition of obtaining a passport.

My dogs must be dumb then, because they attack every snake they see. Once has been spat in the eye twice by cobra's.

A fantastic doco. In Slovakia, a young investigative journalist is brutally murdered. When the police files of the murder investigation are leaked to the reporter's colleagues, they uncover vast corruption reaching the highest levels of Slovak society.

This was excellent. RAR Estonia - funnet som endrer alt In 1994 MS Estonia cruise ferry sank in the baltic sea, this documentary reveals new information what actually might have happened on that stormy night.

Don't get sick of watching this boys. https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBL12?src=hashtag_click

What a game FJ. How good are the boys?

Cold Case Forensics The Murder of Rachel Nickell - World-leading forensic scientist Dr Angela Gallop and her team reveal how they unpicked the clues that brought the killer of Rachel Nickell to justice.

RAR

Putin vs the West. RARBG https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/30/putin-vs-the-west-review-like-a-gripping-terrifying-soap-opera

Who is your uploader from TPB? Spud17 has soft coded subs.