[Meta] the Australia rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on New Zealand in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers…
Mechanistically the bit that matters is New Zealand. It explains most of the early profile and a decent chunk of the outcome.
the regulatory PBS is the blocker
unfunded-means-full-price is the NZ reality
Week 34 for me and the honest summary is: 11kg down, the food-noise thing manageable, and I have thought about food maybe four times today.
Strongly agree. AU and NZ differ.