I’ve always thought paying rent per month would be a giant PITA, to be honest. I’d rather have a set amount deducted weekly so I don’t need to think so hard about how much money I do (or don’t) have.
This is exactly the reason that hubby and I elected to make our mortgage payments weekly, btw. Not for the interest saving (though that’s all very nice) but because who the heck wants to take a massive hit against their wallet once a month when you can break it down into relatively painless smaller chunks? Unnecessary pain and suffering, IMO. 
Of course, this would probably depend a lot on how often you get paid - we get paid weekly. I could see how weekly deductions would be a total horror for those who are paid monthly, though.
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Some may work out a slight discount if you elect to pay bulk payments (monthly or quarterly in advance) but that’s not a standard thing. Generally if your rent is (forex) $150/wk then if you pay a monthly sum you’ll just be paying $600 a month, no discount.
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Actually, if the rent is quoted at $150 pw, and you’re paying monthly, the actual monthly rate is $650.
That’s because most (all?) Real Estate Agents us a calculation to average your payment per month, given that some months are longer or shorter than others.
The calculation is [<weekly rate> X 52 (weeks in the year)] / 12 (months in the year) = <monthly rate>
You’re not paying any more over the course of the year, but for monthly payments it saves having to calculate each month’s payment differently.
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Store opening hours in Australia are traditionally 9am - 5pm, as decided by the unions 342586532 years ago, although these days there are a lot of exceptions, such as the big supermarkets which are often 7am - 10pm, seven days a week, and a few smaller stores that do their own thing. But generally, walk down the main street of an Australian suburb on a, say, Tuesday evening at 7pm, and everything will be shut except the supermarket, convenience stores, and restaurants. The exception is “late night shopping”, which in Sydney is Thursday night - pretty much everything stays open until 9pm.
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In Queensland, supermarkets in “Civilised” areas are generally open 8am-9pm Mon-Fri, 8am-5:30pm Saturday, and 9am-6pm Sunday. Most places except the Tourist areas are closed on Sundays, and those places that are open generally open on Sunday at 10am and close at 4pm- with the exception of petrol stations and IGA mini-mart type places. Late Night Shopping is Thursday (things open until 9pm), but generally the only people at the shopping centres are high school kids and shift workers, from what I’ve seen.