Comment on Discussion Thread ☂️ Tuesday 2 June 2026

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  old ladies who need to fulfil their centrelink obligations

  This is, of course, an absolute disgrace

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Why?

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    • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My views are from the understanding that these are mostly women who have historically performed the lion’s share of unpaid labor (raising children etc.), worked historically in lower-paid feminised industries and are actively discriminated against by current employers due to their age. That’s lower lifetime earnings and super. They are being forced into volunteer work in exchange for payments that are about 40% below the poverty line.

      This may be an extreme subset and I am certain there a women that love the community involvement and purpose.

      My critique of mutual obligations goes further but this particular case stands out.

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      • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Most of what I’ve seen of people in that age group are using it as an early retirement scheme. I saw a lot of discussion in one of the groups I was in with that cohort actively choosing to leave jobs so they could retire with a combination of welfare payments and using a portion of their Super.

        Age/gender discrimination is definitely a problem, but allowing a couple of days of volunteer work instead of having to look for work (and a payment that is higher than younger unemployed people receive) seems a reasonable compromise to bridge the gap until aged pension age.

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    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Because if you’re in a state where you’re relying on centreline you’re often not ABLE to fulfil work obligations.

      DSP etc are not benefits that allow for much “work” capacity

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I refuse to sneeze at work and it drives my manager bonkers.

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I sneeze in bulk lots with no regard for where or when. Most people who know me have figured out it’s a bad idea to do the whole ‘bless you’ thing because it turns into a major long term commitment.

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    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ll fire off half a dozen, then my nose will start leaking, then it all passes.

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  She should set the MS shop up with a Depop account and start selling the clothes at second hand fashion prices instead of op shop prices

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    IDK, some Op Shop prices are basically second hand fashion prices these days!

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I remember an anecdote Adam Spencer said on the radio that instead of taking his clothes to the dry cleaners he would ‘donate’ it to the op shop, let them clean it and put it on the rack for 50c, then go buy it again later. It was cheaper but there was that risk someone would buy your clothes before you.

      Now everything is priced at fashion prices and it’s much less viable.

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        as far as I know they don’t clean the clothes

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a great idea!

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You could do an instagram/tiktok showing new things that have come in but that doesn’t actually make you money. Unless you combine that with a CTA at the end saying, “love anything you saw in this video? Buy it on our Depop, but get in now because once it’s gone, it’s gone”

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  not to sneeze

  Better out than in as they say.

  Sneeze away.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No. She has the loudest sneeze I have ever heard. We don’t want anyone accidentally soiling themselves.

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    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Any sneeze victims can purchase replacement trousers at the shop. Could be good for business.

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      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s true

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