Oh wow! That Tjorn Sibma dude is the Shadow Minister for METRONET. That's astonishing - they made a ministerial portfolio explicitly for an individual government project. He's not the Shadow transport minister, that's a Nationals party member.
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zurohki - 10mon
Sounds like they realised at the last minute that a bunch of 3G modems needed replaced and switched to doing that instead of the rollout.
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 10mon
Could've cut into their budget pretty hard, maybe thats contributong to their 'resource' constraints now as well.
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Giddy - 10mon
Get it done already! This is the last physical card I carry
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 10mon
Ha, wow thats somewhat of an achievement.
Next minute you'll say you only pay for things in 'gold bar' defeating the purpose of carrying less cards. /j
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Nath - 10mon
You don't just use your phone for everything else? I even print documents at work by swiping my phone.
I'm with @Giddy.
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 10mon
I have cards for all sorts still. Lot of the cards i have, local library etc, dont have other methods that i'm aware of.
Not really keen on the banking apps just yet either. I'm willing to entertain the idea that i might be stuck in the past on this one though, lol!
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Nath - 10mon
There are two bank cards, 37 loyalty cards, medibank, a pool pass, library card and two tickets to an upcoming show in my (digital) wallet.
Plus I suppose all the mygov stuff like Medicare, vaccination records etc.
It's very convenient to have all that on me and there is no way I'd carry almost any of it on me if I had physical cards.
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 10mon
Woah, yeah, i've a lot less cards than you.
I'm a bit interested though, especially because i's thinking about grabbing a few more loyalty cards. Are there any ones you'd recommend i should look at?
Especially if you rate a local or euro one.
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Nath - 10mon
Recommend loyalty cards? Not really. The usual deal is you give a store your (junk) email address, they start spamming you, you unsubscribe.
Out of that you get a customer card. That gives you discounts for stuff. The number of loyalty cards I have suggests I'm not at all loyal to the stores. 😆
The main ones I guess most people have are Coles, Woolies, Myer etc. But another example of my lack of loyalty is I have Ace, Hoyts and Greater Union (Event), depending on whichever cinema I'm going to.
I'm not sure what you mean by a Euro one - I'm thinking we may be talking about different things.
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 10mon
Hahaha, na i's meaning digital wallet providers.
But i'm glad you're spreading the love to all the cinemas! Best mainstream cinema for me is Reading, cheap tickets for the win. My favourite cinema is Windsor cinema though, i like the old seats rather than these huge new pillows in the shape of seats.
Gorgritch_umie_killa in perth
You still can't tag on using a credit card on Perth buses and trains. This is why
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/wa-smartrider-upgrades-delayed/104907190Another 3g victim?
Oh wow! That Tjorn Sibma dude is the Shadow Minister for METRONET. That's astonishing - they made a ministerial portfolio explicitly for an individual government project. He's not the Shadow transport minister, that's a Nationals party member.
Sounds like they realised at the last minute that a bunch of 3G modems needed replaced and switched to doing that instead of the rollout.
Could've cut into their budget pretty hard, maybe thats contributong to their 'resource' constraints now as well.
Get it done already! This is the last physical card I carry
Ha, wow thats somewhat of an achievement.
Next minute you'll say you only pay for things in 'gold bar' defeating the purpose of carrying less cards. /j
You don't just use your phone for everything else? I even print documents at work by swiping my phone.
I'm with @Giddy.
I have cards for all sorts still. Lot of the cards i have, local library etc, dont have other methods that i'm aware of.
Not really keen on the banking apps just yet either. I'm willing to entertain the idea that i might be stuck in the past on this one though, lol!
There are two bank cards, 37 loyalty cards, medibank, a pool pass, library card and two tickets to an upcoming show in my (digital) wallet.
Plus I suppose all the mygov stuff like Medicare, vaccination records etc.
It's very convenient to have all that on me and there is no way I'd carry almost any of it on me if I had physical cards.
Woah, yeah, i've a lot less cards than you.
I'm a bit interested though, especially because i's thinking about grabbing a few more loyalty cards. Are there any ones you'd recommend i should look at?
Especially if you rate a local or euro one.
Recommend loyalty cards? Not really. The usual deal is you give a store your (junk) email address, they start spamming you, you unsubscribe. Out of that you get a customer card. That gives you discounts for stuff. The number of loyalty cards I have suggests I'm not at all loyal to the stores. 😆
The main ones I guess most people have are Coles, Woolies, Myer etc. But another example of my lack of loyalty is I have Ace, Hoyts and Greater Union (Event), depending on whichever cinema I'm going to.
I'm not sure what you mean by a Euro one - I'm thinking we may be talking about different things.
Hahaha, na i's meaning digital wallet providers.
But i'm glad you're spreading the love to all the cinemas! Best mainstream cinema for me is Reading, cheap tickets for the win. My favourite cinema is Windsor cinema though, i like the old seats rather than these huge new pillows in the shape of seats.