Australia on Logan's Nest

Taxman, an Australian Pay Calculator

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

There are plenty of Australian pay calculators around, but they all bury the answer under ads, pop-ups, or a broker form that wants your email first. I got sick of it and built my own, same as my tax invoice generator.

Australian SMS OTP Burner

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This idea first came to me when Telstra introduced their SMS API a few years back. I kicked off a mini project around it, but couldn’t fully bring it to life due to time constraints.

Australian Tax Invoice Generator

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

As I embarked on my first contractor gig, I was asked to provide my own tax invoice. Having dealt with countless invoices over the years, I assumed it would be a simple task. To my surprise, most tax invoice generators out there require payment—some even take a percentage of the transaction, like Stripe. Others, for something as basic as a Word or Excel template, ask for your email just to send you spam.

Had a car accident in Victoria? Well, too bad.

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I assume everyone reading this well aware about how the car insurance works and maybe made a few claims in past for minor scratches and parking mistakes. That covers the vehicle damages then any injuries and losses caused to human will be taken care by TAC. Until I recently had my first major car crush in my life, that was all I know about TAC and no question asked for past decade for paying extra dollars for it.

Contract position

Wed, 13 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

pros: Market standard is 30% extra compare to similar perm position, pro-rata basis. Can claim expense for pretty much all the things, if there’s any.

cons: 9.5% superannuation 3% agency fee (bit cheaper if you manage your tax bits and indemnity insurance by yourself) 8.3% annual leave (20 working days = 4 weeks) 4.16% personal leave (10 working days = 2 weeks) in total: 24.96%

Unlock Optus ZTE F286

Sat, 09 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Looks like this phone is getting remarkably popular with Optus Netflix deal.

The best price for paid unlock code I looked up was $2 which seems… not so reasonable for $15 phone.

How to get free credit reports in Australia

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Generally takes 10 business days.

1. Experian Drop an email to creditreport@au.experian.com Attach scanned copy of your driver’s license and medicare

2. Veda https://forms.mycreditfile.com.au/Apply/Personal/Credit/Step1.aspx?form=FreeCreditFile

3. D&B https://www.checkyourcredit.com.au/MyAccount/Order/StandardService

Catches novated lease company never tell you

Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Some knowledges I have accuqired from using novated lease for last 2+ years.

Assuming you know the basics from google or sales pitches from lease management company, here are the things they never tell you.