Australian English dictionary

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• working bee

  noun

  A group session where volunteers complete practical work together.

  Parents joined the school working bee.

• working holiday visa

  noun

  A visa allowing eligible travellers to holiday and undertake permitted work.

  He applied for a working holiday visa.

• working with children check

  noun

  A screening process required for certain work with children, depending on jurisdiction.

  The volunteer applied for a working with children check.

• workplace bullying

  noun

  Repeated unreasonable behaviour towards a worker that creates a risk to health and safety.

  Report workplace bullying to your manager or HR.

• XXXX

  noun

  A Queensland beer brand, pronounced "four-ex".

  He ordered a XXXX Gold.

• yabby

  noun

  A freshwater crayfish.

  The kids caught yabbies in the dam.

• yakka

  noun

  Work, especially hard physical work.

  There's plenty of yakka to do before summer.

• Year 12

  noun

  The final year of secondary school in Australia.

  He is studying hard for Year 12 exams.

• yobbo

  nouninsult

  A rude or uncouth person.

  Some fans were annoyed by a few yobbos.

• Youth Allowance

  noun

  A Centrelink payment for eligible young people who are studying, training or looking for work.

  She received Youth Allowance while at university.

• zack

  noun

  Historically a sixpence coin; informally a very small amount of money.

  It isn't worth a zack.

• zebra crossing

  noun

  A marked pedestrian crossing with alternating light and dark stripes.

  The driver stopped at the zebra crossing.

• zilch

  noun

  Nothing at all.

  I know zilch about cars.