I get paid fortnightly so i pay rent fortnightly makes sense to me, paying a weeks rent when you get paid fortnightly is asking to risk being short every second week, if you are paid monthly same thing pay in 4 weekly payments or monthly, also where are you finding 161$ a week rent, not in melbourne i would imagine, i pay 525 a week and im in greater sydney area not even in the city AND my rent is absurdly cheap for the area