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They really are a bunch of useless cunts.
Sure, Sydney's nightlife is beyond depressing right now, but at least there's people (some politicians & some organisations) fighting to improve it - ostensibly, at least.
We've even got a NSW Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy.
What is the nightlife like in other parts of the state - other cities or regional centres?
Is there a similar despondency and/or push for improvement?
I'm in Sydney and keen to not just focus on 'Sydney' in this fight. Most of the relevant laws & licensing issues are state-based, after all.
Why is this not safe for work
The whole sub is NSFW,
Haha I have no idea
I’m scared
Sure, Sydney's nightlife is beyond depressing right now, but at least there's people (some politicians & some organisations) fighting to improve it - ostensibly, at least.
We've even got a NSW Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy.
What is the nightlife like in other parts of the state - other cities or regional centres?
Is there a similar despondency and/or push for improvement?
I'm in Sydney and keen to not just focus on 'Sydney' in this fight. Most of the relevant laws & licensing issues are state-based, after all.
I won a meat tray at my local RSL the other day, does that count?
On a serious note my town has more pubs than doctors so that's probably my main concern at the moment.
I would wonder for most of the rest of the state if there is enough demand for a 24-hour economy. Potentially in tourist towns and the bigger cities like Newcastle maybe. There is an economy of scale that needs to be hit for it to be worthwhile with enough people in the right age group AND enough tourists.
That being said, if we update the laws at a state level then it'll effect everyone anyway.
I come from New York.
I lived in Sydney for 11 years. When first arrived, I said I thought the nightlife lacked any kind of 'buzz' to it.
My Aussie friend said, 'You're from the city that never sleeps. This is the city that needs to get up for work in the morning"
He found it funny. I found it apt yet depressing.
There are many things that would need to change. The biggest one is you would need to change the rules around overtime pay (i.e. remove them) if you want incentivise shop owners to be open for trading otherwise the economics don’t work out. You would also need to fix laws around store management, especially how trading would affect noise in the area (nimbyism would need to go away). Then you would have to provide a reliable public transport system throughout the night for both patrons and workers. The current laws are designed to heavily discourage trading after 6pm - if you go overseas where there is night trading these laws are non-existent.
Sydney is not great but there are people like me and George Tulloch fighting to make things better.
I'm putting on some events and going to all the events I can. Once they see more people going out and they have to adjust they likely will.
That's one way I'm helping to tackle the situation
I've lived rural/regional my entire life.
You're lucky if maccas and a servo are 24 hour out here. Some towns there aren't even cops at the station 24 hours a day.
Where I am now we have a few 'all day' Cafes where you can at least get some decent food during daylight hours, at one stage I couldn't get a coffee after work unless it was the maccas or servo. Latest chemist and supermarket is open to around 10pm.
There's nothing happening from Wollongong NSW to Phillip Island VIC. Thats like a quarter of the East Coast; in bed by 9pm on a friday/saturday night. ACT might try to convince you that there's things happening, but you go there & there's nothing happening. Theres less than half a million people in ACT, so its the same size as Wollongong or Newcastle.
24/7 pharmacies & walk-in medical centres do indeed form part of Sydney's 24/7 economy blueprint!
Having more pubs than doctors is not inherently a bad thing; if more people were encouraged and facilitated to get out and about, a great number of GP issues could be avoided ... from the aches & pains to bigger issues caused by staying in/couch time/screen time every evening, to the isolation/depression & concomitant issues caused by same.
Yeah, I was definitely thinking places like Newcastle. I'll be staying there for the nightlife for the first time in 2 weeks, so I'm super keen to see what it's like and how it compares to Sydney.
Then of course any town/area with a decent university campus would have to be considered too.
Sure, much would need to change and the points you raise are certainly included in the night economy blueprints coming out at the moment. As you say, transport is one of the number one issues. We've got decent transport links, but they simply need to remain active during the night instead of shutting down. That's the thing, we have decent infrastructure and so much potential.
Nimbyism is fair enough in small country towns but nowhere else. It shouldn't really be given any lip service in urban areas or even regional centres. There are plenty of beautiful rural options for those seeking silence and solitude.
That's cool! Hosting events is a good one as a diversity of options is important.
Unfortunately I'm not seeing much adjustment; in fact on-the-ground changes of late have been moving in the wrong direction.
I was hopeful when Abercrombie got its 24/7 licence but that doesn't seem to have lived up to expectation.
That’s awful to hear haha
I actually had a pretty dece time partying in Canberra when I was down for Fatboy Slim (Groove in the Moo) a few months ago. Can’t recall the club names immediately but was impressed.
Uni town.
After 5pm only things open are Coles, Woolies, Pubs, restaurants.
After 8pm pubs, Maccas and KFC.
No 24hr pharmacies, no doctors or medical centres.
Transport infrastructure isn’t the problem. Who runs the transport at night is. To have staff on past midnight would mean paying penalty rates. You’re talking about drivers, traffic controllers, supervisors, emergency maintenance crews, etc. Imagine the daily staffing need (which is already stretched) and having to have that between 10pm-5am.
As for nimbyism, blame our democratic system. Politicians only do what their local constituents want. This is why we have a shit Luna Park (people bought into their multi-million dollar apartments and discovered that there was an amusement park next door!) and Kings Cross is now called Potts Point (better for property prices). We have north short residents screaming to stop affordable apartments in their area even though their local shops have staff that couldn’t afford living within 20km of the area, but they don’t give a shit about those below them. To eliminate nimbyism would require some form of benevolent autocracy.
Tragic
Why did you post it as a gif?
Lol, I know where that data comes from; land boundary survey points.
In a previous 'life' I had to massage that data so it could be handled by Corel 4 to draw maps for reports.
Thank you! Will reply with one of those lived in, visited and driven through posts! I’ve seen a lot of the state but mostly the north
You seriously do not want it as co-ordinate data points for your Browser to attempt to download and display.
I’ll be moving to Wollongong at the end of July.
I am on student visa and would need a job to sustain myself.
Can someone guide me which jobs should I get?
Any type of guidance will be appreciated.
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male or female?
I have marketing experience, digital marketing specially, 24 hours is allowed on my visa. I won’t have a car there bcz I will be moving there. I can get on a rent. I am 24. I have been working in tech startups helping them in marketing and bd. Have a pretty good li LinkedIn profile.
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I was thinking I get into construction. Wanted to be more into physical work.
Then you need to get your White Card.
Hi Everyone,
For context, about 12 months ago I purchased an old farm house on 18 acres As far as I can tell the house about 100 years old give/take. There is are transmission lines that run through the back paddock which have an easement which is full documented, no issues. There is another set of lines that run diagonally through the house yard which is quite close to the house, tanks and sheds. These lines provide power to my house as well as 3 neighbouring properties. Out of the entire 18 acres which is primarily pasture, these lines run through the only practical place that you'd want to build sheds etc. I'm also looking at extending the house but since the powerlines are so close to the existing structure (within 3m), there's no way an extension would be compliant.
I've been scrolling Google like crazy trying to find answers but all information that I've been able to find assumes that there is an easement in place. I believe there are infrastructure rules in place that allow the energy network to access these lines for maintenance regardless of easement.
So the question is, considering there is no easement in place, what are my rights in regards to relocating these power lines. Moving one pole about 20metres would resolve all my issues. I'd even be happy to sign an easement in exchange for moving the pole.
Thanks in Advance!
I had this myself a fair few years ago, but you can have them relocated at your expense, it wont be cheap. When I had it done it was approx $13k in 1993, I was halfway up a mountain though, and a helicopter was needed
Yet another part of the slippery slope to 'you will own nothing and you will be happy'.
\*dropped
I'm on a working holiday, so a little naive of my rights (and probably ripe for someone to take advantage of them). Just wanted to check I'm not interpreting them like a moron.
Long story short:
Bought a second hand car from a dealer in Sydney. Over 10 years old, so the dealer warranty doesn't apply.
Car broke down on the way home (a little dangerously). Dealer told me to get it back to his mate's garage. Some parts got replaced. He asks for us to pay 50%, we refuse.
Car broke down on the way home again, same symptoms. I asked for a refund and the dealer refused. He told me to take it to his mate's garage again.
Gave us another car in the meantime. Engine warning light. Gave us another, transmission stopped working. He suggests we broke that one, maybe spitefully.
Picked our car up and he tells us he's not helping anymore and to basically get lost. The car doesn't break down, but runs really rough.
We try other garages to remedy the issue and they can't figure it out. It breaks down with the original issue again a few weeks later. We try another garage who try replacing more stuff. Runs a little better, but still rough.
Two months in, the running gets rougher and the original issue comes back with a vengeance. It also struggles to start afterwards.
We called the dealer and asked for another refund as the issue from Day 1 is still plaguing the car. He refuses and threatens to recoup the cost of the transmission from the car he lent us if we try to escalate.
We've escaladated to NCAT after no meaningful response from a letter of complaint. Our hearing date has now been sent. We're asking for a refund, and a bit of cash as compensation to offset the costs of the work we had carried out, the time we took off work to get stuff sorted, and the costs to arrange tows etc.
He seems really confident that this will be thrown out, but my interpretation of the situation is based off the following;
>Products you buy from businesses should be reasonably:
>
>* free from defects*
>
>* safe*
>
>* durable*
>
>* able to do what products of their kind normally do.*
Our car does not satisfy these.
>If a product you buy is not one of these things, it does not meet the consumer guarantee of acceptable quality and you are entitled to have the problem fixed.
He shouldn't have asked for money for the repairs.
>A product has a major problem when it:
>
>* has a problem that would have stopped someone from buying it if the problem had been known*
>

They really are a bunch of useless cunts.

Sure, Sydney's nightlife is beyond depressing right now, but at least there's people (some politicians & some organisations) fighting to improve it - ostensibly, at least.

We've even got a NSW Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy.

What is the nightlife like in other parts of the state - other cities or regional centres?

Is there a similar despondency and/or push for improvement?

I'm in Sydney and keen to not just focus on 'Sydney' in this fight. Most of the relevant laws & licensing issues are state-based, after all.

Why is this not safe for work

The whole sub is NSFW,

Haha I have no idea

I’m scared

Sure, Sydney's nightlife is beyond depressing right now, but at least there's people (some politicians & some organisations) fighting to improve it - ostensibly, at least.

We've even got a NSW Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy.

What is the nightlife like in other parts of the state - other cities or regional centres?

Is there a similar despondency and/or push for improvement?

I'm in Sydney and keen to not just focus on 'Sydney' in this fight. Most of the relevant laws & licensing issues are state-based, after all.

I won a meat tray at my local RSL the other day, does that count?

On a serious note my town has more pubs than doctors so that's probably my main concern at the moment.

I would wonder for most of the rest of the state if there is enough demand for a 24-hour economy. Potentially in tourist towns and the bigger cities like Newcastle maybe. There is an economy of scale that needs to be hit for it to be worthwhile with enough people in the right age group AND enough tourists.

That being said, if we update the laws at a state level then it'll effect everyone anyway.

I come from New York.

I lived in Sydney for 11 years. When first arrived, I said I thought the nightlife lacked any kind of 'buzz' to it.

My Aussie friend said, 'You're from the city that never sleeps. This is the city that needs to get up for work in the morning"

He found it funny. I found it apt yet depressing.

There are many things that would need to change. The biggest one is you would need to change the rules around overtime pay (i.e. remove them) if you want incentivise shop owners to be open for trading otherwise the economics don’t work out. You would also need to fix laws around store management, especially how trading would affect noise in the area (nimbyism would need to go away). Then you would have to provide a reliable public transport system throughout the night for both patrons and workers. The current laws are designed to heavily discourage trading after 6pm - if you go overseas where there is night trading these laws are non-existent.

Sydney is not great but there are people like me and George Tulloch fighting to make things better.

I'm putting on some events and going to all the events I can. Once they see more people going out and they have to adjust they likely will.

That's one way I'm helping to tackle the situation

I've lived rural/regional my entire life.

You're lucky if maccas and a servo are 24 hour out here. Some towns there aren't even cops at the station 24 hours a day.

Where I am now we have a few 'all day' Cafes where you can at least get some decent food during daylight hours, at one stage I couldn't get a coffee after work unless it was the maccas or servo. Latest chemist and supermarket is open to around 10pm.

There's nothing happening from Wollongong NSW to Phillip Island VIC. Thats like a quarter of the East Coast; in bed by 9pm on a friday/saturday night. ACT might try to convince you that there's things happening, but you go there & there's nothing happening. Theres less than half a million people in ACT, so its the same size as Wollongong or Newcastle.

24/7 pharmacies & walk-in medical centres do indeed form part of Sydney's 24/7 economy blueprint!

Having more pubs than doctors is not inherently a bad thing; if more people were encouraged and facilitated to get out and about, a great number of GP issues could be avoided ... from the aches & pains to bigger issues caused by staying in/couch time/screen time every evening, to the isolation/depression & concomitant issues caused by same.

Yeah, I was definitely thinking places like Newcastle. I'll be staying there for the nightlife for the first time in 2 weeks, so I'm super keen to see what it's like and how it compares to Sydney.

Then of course any town/area with a decent university campus would have to be considered too.

Sure, much would need to change and the points you raise are certainly included in the night economy blueprints coming out at the moment. As you say, transport is one of the number one issues. We've got decent transport links, but they simply need to remain active during the night instead of shutting down. That's the thing, we have decent infrastructure and so much potential.

Nimbyism is fair enough in small country towns but nowhere else. It shouldn't really be given any lip service in urban areas or even regional centres. There are plenty of beautiful rural options for those seeking silence and solitude.

That's cool! Hosting events is a good one as a diversity of options is important.

Unfortunately I'm not seeing much adjustment; in fact on-the-ground changes of late have been moving in the wrong direction.

I was hopeful when Abercrombie got its 24/7 licence but that doesn't seem to have lived up to expectation.

That’s awful to hear haha

I actually had a pretty dece time partying in Canberra when I was down for Fatboy Slim (Groove in the Moo) a few months ago. Can’t recall the club names immediately but was impressed.

Uni town.

After 5pm only things open are Coles, Woolies, Pubs, restaurants.

After 8pm pubs, Maccas and KFC.

No 24hr pharmacies, no doctors or medical centres.

Transport infrastructure isn’t the problem. Who runs the transport at night is. To have staff on past midnight would mean paying penalty rates. You’re talking about drivers, traffic controllers, supervisors, emergency maintenance crews, etc. Imagine the daily staffing need (which is already stretched) and having to have that between 10pm-5am.

As for nimbyism, blame our democratic system. Politicians only do what their local constituents want. This is why we have a shit Luna Park (people bought into their multi-million dollar apartments and discovered that there was an amusement park next door!) and Kings Cross is now called Potts Point (better for property prices). We have north short residents screaming to stop affordable apartments in their area even though their local shops have staff that couldn’t afford living within 20km of the area, but they don’t give a shit about those below them. To eliminate nimbyism would require some form of benevolent autocracy.

Tragic

Why did you post it as a gif?

Lol, I know where that data comes from; land boundary survey points.

In a previous 'life' I had to massage that data so it could be handled by Corel 4 to draw maps for reports.

Thank you! Will reply with one of those lived in, visited and driven through posts! I’ve seen a lot of the state but mostly the north

You seriously do not want it as co-ordinate data points for your Browser to attempt to download and display.

I’ll be moving to Wollongong at the end of July.

I am on student visa and would need a job to sustain myself.

Can someone guide me which jobs should I get?

Any type of guidance will be appreciated.

[removed]

male or female?

I have marketing experience, digital marketing specially, 24 hours is allowed on my visa. I won’t have a car there bcz I will be moving there. I can get on a rent. I am 24. I have been working in tech startups helping them in marketing and bd. Have a pretty good li LinkedIn profile.

[removed]

I was thinking I get into construction. Wanted to be more into physical work.

Then you need to get your White Card.

Hi Everyone,

For context, about 12 months ago I purchased an old farm house on 18 acres As far as I can tell the house about 100 years old give/take. There is are transmission lines that run through the back paddock which have an easement which is full documented, no issues. There is another set of lines that run diagonally through the house yard which is quite close to the house, tanks and sheds. These lines provide power to my house as well as 3 neighbouring properties. Out of the entire 18 acres which is primarily pasture, these lines run through the only practical place that you'd want to build sheds etc. I'm also looking at extending the house but since the powerlines are so close to the existing structure (within 3m), there's no way an extension would be compliant.

I've been scrolling Google like crazy trying to find answers but all information that I've been able to find assumes that there is an easement in place. I believe there are infrastructure rules in place that allow the energy network to access these lines for maintenance regardless of easement.

So the question is, considering there is no easement in place, what are my rights in regards to relocating these power lines. Moving one pole about 20metres would resolve all my issues. I'd even be happy to sign an easement in exchange for moving the pole.

Thanks in Advance!

I had this myself a fair few years ago, but you can have them relocated at your expense, it wont be cheap. When I had it done it was approx $13k in 1993, I was halfway up a mountain though, and a helicopter was needed

Yet another part of the slippery slope to 'you will own nothing and you will be happy'.

\*dropped

I'm on a working holiday, so a little naive of my rights (and probably ripe for someone to take advantage of them). Just wanted to check I'm not interpreting them like a moron.

Long story short:

Bought a second hand car from a dealer in Sydney. Over 10 years old, so the dealer warranty doesn't apply.

Car broke down on the way home (a little dangerously). Dealer told me to get it back to his mate's garage. Some parts got replaced. He asks for us to pay 50%, we refuse.

Car broke down on the way home again, same symptoms. I asked for a refund and the dealer refused. He told me to take it to his mate's garage again.

Gave us another car in the meantime. Engine warning light. Gave us another, transmission stopped working. He suggests we broke that one, maybe spitefully.

Picked our car up and he tells us he's not helping anymore and to basically get lost. The car doesn't break down, but runs really rough.

We try other garages to remedy the issue and they can't figure it out. It breaks down with the original issue again a few weeks later. We try another garage who try replacing more stuff. Runs a little better, but still rough.

Two months in, the running gets rougher and the original issue comes back with a vengeance. It also struggles to start afterwards.

We called the dealer and asked for another refund as the issue from Day 1 is still plaguing the car. He refuses and threatens to recoup the cost of the transmission from the car he lent us if we try to escalate.

We've escaladated to NCAT after no meaningful response from a letter of complaint. Our hearing date has now been sent. We're asking for a refund, and a bit of cash as compensation to offset the costs of the work we had carried out, the time we took off work to get stuff sorted, and the costs to arrange tows etc.

He seems really confident that this will be thrown out, but my interpretation of the situation is based off the following;

>*Products you buy from businesses should be reasonably:*

>

>* free from defects*

>

>* safe*

>

>* durable*

>

>* able to do what products of their kind normally do.*

Our car does not satisfy these.

>*If a product you buy is not one of these things, it does not meet the consumer guarantee of acceptable quality and you are entitled to have the problem fixed.*

He shouldn't have asked for money for the repairs.

>*A product has a major problem when it:*

>

>* has a problem that would have stopped someone from buying it if the problem had been known*

>