Gas company overestimated my usage for several years, can I get a refund? - For several years, the gas company has been estimating my gas usage. I wasn’t aware of this and never received any communication that the meter reader couldn’t find it. It was only when I read the ... See More fine print in brackets that it was an estimate that I started to read all my previous bills.

I’ve now found that they have overestimated my meter reading by about 5 quarters worth. I’m not sure of the units but my bill says 27000 and my meter says 23000, and their estimate is about 750 a quarter. So that’s about 5 quarters worth. I don’t think it’s meters cubed as that seems too high.

In any case, they’ve massively overcharged me.

Can I reasonably expect a refund here?

If they put up a fight, is there a governing body that I can go to for help?

Back of napkin calcs, even excluding daily usage charges, says they probably owe me at least hundreds of dollars.


Cheers

People who bought a home in the last year- how are you doing? - Just genuinely curious- I myself am starting to get a bit nervous tbh. I bought my house nearly 1 year go, was $340,000 but I had around $60k in savings from a previous house sale due ... See More to a relationship split up, so after all the fees and such my mortgage is $300,000. My parents agreed to let $60,000 of their savings sit in my offset account for the time being, and I've contributed $6,000 into there ontop of this. I have another $4,000 in a personal savings account, so I have about $10k total of savings.

I was on $56k salary but very recently got it up to $60k (this is before tax). It's not much of an increase at all, but I plan on using the job as a stepping stone as I'm gaining a ton of experience in it.

I will now be bringing home $1,800+ per fortnight, I'm paying $900 into the mortgage, about $200 for groceries, and roughly $150 on internet, electric & water. I have a cheap Aldi sim for mobile, and I shop at Aldi for groceries. I cook every night, and try to keep eating out at a minimum. I aim to save about $400 per fortnight, but sometimes a massive bill like rego or insurance hits and I have bad weeks.

Obviously this looks like it's gonna get worse before it gets better, I just wanna see how others are coping who may be in similar circumstances

I’m 30 and planning on buying my first home in the next 18 months, what are things you wish people told you before you bought your first home - I am completely new to this and actually thought it would be a long while before I could afford it but ... See More circumstances have worked in my favour and my fiancé and I can actually afford it. I just want to know what I should be aware of when I start this process.

FYI : We are in Melbourne, we aren’t building or buying a new house

Poor person who has come into some money - Hi guys, title pretty much says it all. I'm a 23yo male who has just come into 250k. I don't have a very good job (just started as a security guard) and I have no prior money. Parents are also dirt ... See More poor. What should/can I do in Australia with that money? I would preferably like to turn it into more money somehow haha.

PSA: unclaimed money (eg bank accounts, dividends etc.) is transferred to ASIC automatically, you can check if you are owed money online - Not sure how many people know this site exists but it’s worth a look! Found out I was owed $1,500. Some family members had $900 and $700 ... See More sitting there too. 🤔

It also appears the funds are indexed to inflation so they don’t lose value, at a rate higher than the best term deposit/HISAs!

How much do you have in super? I'm 34f, took 12 months off unpaid to have our boy. Have $59k. I feel behind...... - As title says.....what's your age and super balance

More recent buyers are reselling their homes, and that may be an early sign of mortgage troubles

I hit $100000 for the first time in my life. - I work full time and my partner works part time, she has earned around $34000 and I just tipped over $70000. I'm just so happy about this milestone I just needed to share.

Since the pandemic began, Australians net migration have reduced than you’d expect based on a continuation of the pre-pandemic trend. - The gap was created by extended border closures during 2020 and 2021.

Goes to show the rhetoric on this sub is different from what you hear constantly.

Sydney housing: NSW government eyes zoning intervention to fit more homes in suburbs

Young workers carry tax burden to pay for ageing Australians

New Indian/Australian agreement for the mutual recognition of qualifications signed by Albo - economic impacts?? - This recently signed agreement has me somewhat concerned. Whilst India has some amazing educational institutions with some of the toughest entrance exams,who churn out highly skilled and intelligent graduates there are many other “ghost ... See More colleges” operating.
Education is booming in India especially in the private sector. Buying degrees and graduating with little or no skills is commonplace. As described by the former Dean of Education at Delhi University, Anil Sadgopal, "Calling such so-called degrees as being worthless would be by far an understatement.”
With student visas already at record numbers and housing/rental,capital infrastructure struggling to cope I am struggling to see the economic benefits here. Any thoughts on this?

Found out my coworker is on a much higher salary than me - I’m after advice on how I should go about negotiating my salary. I’ve been at my current company for 7 years now, and have been doing my current role for a year. I thought I got paid ... See More well, but I just found out my colleague (who started 4 months ago) is on a salary 15k higher than mine. We do the exact same job, but I’m considered more ‘senior’ than them because they’re not that great at their job and I have to hold their hand through a lot of work. I understand jumping between companies is often advised due to salary issues, but I do like my job so would prefer to stay.

As anyone would be, I’m really not happy knowing they are paid significantly more than me. Obviously I’m going to talk to my boss about it, but I would like some advice on what to say/what not to say. Discussing these things makes me a bit nervous, not going to lie

Coles to replace warehouse workers with an automated warehouse. - Well I for one welcome our new AI overlords. In all seriousness, interest rates won’t be the only thing increasing the unemployment rate up.

Harvey Norman warns of major earnings slide as shoppers stop spending