Rules and Regulations for Studying in Australia, v2.5

1) Ignorance of the rules is no defense for violating them.

2)Please use proper spelling and capitalisation in all posts in this thread. Even if your grammar is weak at least SPELL properly. No shortform lik dis. U wan help, u ask 4 help prply. Seriously, there is no reason to use shortform. You have a nice ASCII keyboard, not a keypad, and here's reason #1 to use Firefox: it comes with a built in spell checker.

We want to help you, but if you cannot make yourself understood, how is one going to?

3)Do your homework before asking questions. ALL universities publish adequate literature for an introduction to the city/town where you are headed to. Don't rock up to this thread and ask: how much does it cost to go to Australia. Australia is a very big place. You'd probably be able to live on $10/day in the middle of nowhere, but that can’t get a decent meal in Sydney. Drill down to at least a specific city. As a general rule of thumb, all universities(worth our money) would have a page outlining the general costs of living. They tend to err on the high side, but use it as a guide.

4)Drop your sifu mentality. None of us here are experts. All we have behind our screen names is the privilege living in Australia for an extended period of time. Use us as a rough guide, not a hard set of rules. No one here owes you anything. Your choice of university is entirely up to you.

With that in mind, we will not answer questions like “What is the best university for X discipline?” Rather, ask “Anyone in Y university? I would like to ask a few questions about their X discipline degree.” politely and maybe we might answer.

5)Scholarships. Everyone wants one. Few of us have one. This forum is not to spoon feed you what scholarships there are. All universities have a link for that. Look for yourselves. We will not answer questions like "im thinkin of tkin engineering in UQ cld any1 giv m a reference abt any scholarships?" (even ignoring the language). We will however, try our best to answer something like "The Sony Multimedia foundation scholarship in QUT: what are my chances?" (Answer: zero, unless you’re a PR, since they’ve changed the rules)

Education is a commodity. Facts of life. And the “top applicants” who get a (partial) scholarship usually have a GPA of 6.5 out of a 7 point scale.

6)Cant understand what we're saying? Befuddled over the word you just saw? Here's a google trick: type "define: Befuddled" (or whatever word you don't understand, without the quote marks) into google.

7)Agents are NOT responsible for your accommodation in Australia. Complaining here is meaningless.

This post has been edited by haya: Sep 16 2008, 02:06 PM

Disclaimer:

General Guides:
(I) Preparation For Studying in Australia.

Things Not to bring to Australia in accordance to Australia Quarantine Department.

refer to attachment


Type of power point in Australia



Type I (Australian/New Zealand & Chinese/Argentine 2/3-pin)
Australian switched 3-pin dual power point (socket)
Australian switched 3-pin dual power point (socket)
AS 3112 (Australian 10 A/240 V)
This plug, used in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea, has an earthing pin, and two flat pins forming an upside down V-shape.[13] The flat blades measure 6.5 � 1.6 mm and are set at 30� to the vertical at a nominal pitch of 13.7 mm. Australasian wall sockets almost always have switches on them for extra safety, as in the UK. An unearthed version of this plug with two angled power pins but no earthing pin is used with small double-insulated appliances, but the power (wall) outlets always have three pins, including an earth pin.


(II) Upon Arrivals.

Banking In Australia
Students arrived in Australia are encouraged to open a bank account within 6 week.Getting bank account in Australia require you to have the 100 Point ID test.

100 Point ID test:
require your
(I) Passport
(II) Driving`s License (don't really need it)
(III) ECoE (as to prove which university or institution you are attend)

Banks in Australia. Australia have four major locals bank which is
Australia New Zealand Bank
Commonwealth Bank( recommended; has most number of ATM; popular with students)
Westpac Bank

There is other International(overseas) Bank
Hsbc Bank
Citibank
ING Bank

Australia Locals Bank do offer student accounts which waived off the withdrawals/ transfer and any additional charges.However, it is best to update your personal details with the bank every semester to avoid any charges.

Tax Number Registration

Tax File Number Registration Online


Telecommunication/Internet In Australia

Mobiles.
Commonly; mobile phone is widely use in Australia.It can be ranging from normal 2G mobile to 3G mobile platform or even CDMA.
Mobiles Phone Provider/ Service provider do provides mobile services such as from Telstra, Optus, Virgin Mobile, Three, Vodafone.
There is various services you can apply to for your telecommunication;for student it is advise to go with
Optus Prepaid; or Three Mobile postpaid based on provider plans.
for more information on mobile choice, visit http://www.phonechoice.com.au/

Internet Broadband
Australia Internet Broadband is a must for us this days especially dealing with assignments and notes from course.For basic broadband line; it require a landlines to able to connect to the internet.There is many ISP provider through Australia and it varies in each state.
for more information on plans to choose in Australia; visit

www.whirlpool.net.au
www.internetchoice.com.au

Wireless
How convinent. I just spent the weekend playing with 3's 3G broadband. $29/month gets you 2GB, which IMO isn't that bad.
Don't expect DSL speeds however. The ping time is amazing (about 350ms just to the base tower), so Skype'ing will cause some delay and echo's. Its not for heavy downloaders. General web surfing is okay through.
Here in Brisbane, 3's coverage isn't that great. My friend who's on a 3 cap plan can't get a signal in the lecture theater, while my Optus prepaid can get a reasonable signal. You better be near a window if you want to use the wireless broadband of 3's in Brisbane.
The other providers that I know off are Vodafone (5GB for $39), Virgin (heaven knows what they charge, but they use Optus' infrastructure), Telstra (the worst. $69 for 500MB?! In all fairness through, you can pretty much get a Telstra signal anywhere.) and Optus (not much better than Telstra price wise IMO). Never used the others, so I cant say too much.
Some links if you want to do some research:

Three
Optus
Virgin
Bigpond
Vodafone

Original post for Wireless BB

This post has been edited by haya: Sep 16 2008, 02:07 PM

What are the things that I can bring and not into Australia?

Head here http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis

Wanna find the cheapest/bargain stuff online in Australia?

Head here http://www.staticice.com.au/

What is the difference between vline and metlink tickets for the tram?

Vline is tram services to go to rural area which mean outside melbourne like ballarat, gippsland geelong
Metlink is for melbourne city and suburban
Yarra tram, smartbus, and connex train all are intergrated into 1 system of ticketing
You can see more in www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au

Work while studying. How can I do that?


Does studying in Australia seem easy as it seen?



Trying to get a PR?

Read this new points system http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Atta...=post&id=261003

I need to extend 1 semester due to failure and need to extend my visa. What I need to do?

Extension would means you'll need a new new visa and another ~AUSD500 for it. You will need to do another health check as well.

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This post has been edited by haya: Sep 16 2008, 02:08 PM

LIST OF MEMBERS STUDYING/STUDIED IN AUSTRALIA
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This post has been edited by haya: Jan 2 2009, 06:51 PM

anyone taking actuarial science in either ANU, melbourne or Macquarie???

i'm doin in uni of melb now...
hey have u guys heard of a chocolate called 'heigh'?

weather quite up and down in Melbourne lately
at first sunny..then the next day rain + sunny ... geram la

This post has been edited by HyeoshinX: Sep 9 2008, 07:08 PM

lol today kinda cold in the morning

ah alrdy ppl spamming here.

@KVReninem....sorry ah bong chan ur thread only at the beginning and at the end....lifes abit busy atm......will bong chan alot more come summer....thats when more ppl will be enquiring rite??

anyway hows life ah?? did u go to merdeka club celebration the other nite?

haha its ok; i dun bother as long it up n i close..itu quaksilver kacau la..edi pm moderator my deal; yg quaksilver ni pandai pandai

yea summer..lolx ..dun talk abt it..panas

life; busy like usual
merdeka celebration on 31 august whr u pay 20 or malaysia feista?
i didnt go any; coz i tak rasa merdeka pada 31 august; i not west la man..itu umno ..itu BN punya merdeka....
Aku rakyat Sarawak; Hari Merdeka aku pada 16 Sept.

may i know there r bout how much ppl in ur batch??? for actuarial studies only??? is there a quota for the number of students taking tht course there?

wah u ask til lik that i very hard to answer de wor..haha...bout the size of a small lecture hall la...mayb 200?
there's no quota currently...
if i'm not wrong anu oso, since i've got the offer there and they din mention anything bout quota

Spamming?

You included.

Me too.

merdeka... hehe... I joined my friends at IH and we sung screamed Negaraku at the top of our lungs, and then shouted out the ikrar... LOL... "Maka kami, rakyat Malaysia... Berikrar..."

Lovely sun for the past few days, but it's going to rain soon. Saturday reaching 23C... hell yeah, that's good.

Any interesting events in Melbourne for Spring? I only heard about the Fashion week thing which will never ever arouse my interest.

ahh icic....luper lar ur the east side boys ...but anwar say wanna retake govt on the 16th?! anywya initially was suppsoed to be 31 but due to the cobbold guy lar...so slow....now we got 2 national day

i was refering to the $20 one....since i met u at some club i thought u kaki clubbing

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Added on September 9, 2008, 8:41 pmhorse race baby!!! springs the time!!!! other than that ar....erm lemme think...the dreaded clock adjusting crap.....steal 1 hour from me precious studying for exam / assignment time.... erm...dunno leh.... IH?? international house??

i dunno lar melb gets kinda sien most of the time...i wanna go mamak!!! i wan roticanai under rm1.....

This post has been edited by bhypp: Sep 9 2008, 08:41 PM

Melbourne's weather is super unpredictable, it's what makes it Melbourne I guess.. amongst other things

I remember a few years back it was SNOWING during xmas (as you would probably already know.. we have xmas in like 40 degree celsius weather )

This post has been edited by babiix: Sep 9 2008, 09:02 PM

new thread ... , good luck on updating the information.

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Added on September 9, 2008, 9:20 pmyea i remember last xmas ... it's so hot.

This post has been edited by s373n: Sep 9 2008, 09:20 PM

me no. you guys..once haya come in sure u guys kena brush

bhypp, you belanja ok? baru i go i club kat rumah; no need susah susah beratur just to get to se7en club n see small kids


those who look for what to do this spring;
go tessellar tulip farm if you had not being yet..or have a drive with your gfs to yarra valley n see the exotic scenery.
or if you still can catch up the snow; go now; snow will only last till end of october.
ohya forgot about royal melbourne show- smth liek fun fair..go hav a try ..see chick play with them

This post has been edited by KVReninem: Sep 10 2008, 08:46 AM

oh, do u mean 200ppl juz for tht subject or the course itself??? gonna apply anu n macquarie through uact nex week, so was trying to get some infos.

oh yea forgot bout the tulip thing.....hmmm anything else to do??? i masih belum p tengok tulip.....n x pernah p tengok salji....jakun sial.....

wei i no $$$$ lar wei....not like im working likddat.... yea seven got alot of xiao mei mei...kawaiii marrr.....but srsly its only an asian thing lar.....dunno why se7en so popular amongst asians.... i demand moar blondes / latinas!!!!