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Is Australia an oversold country?

Old Jul 27th 2009, 5:01 am
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Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Talking about the price of lettuce, I don't think I have mentioned it since my first post back here....

So.. how much are lettuces where everyone lives ?
The things some people get off on!
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Default Re: Is Australia an oversold country?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Talking about the price of lettuce, I don't think I have mentioned it since my first post back here....

So.. how much are lettuces where everyone lives ?
Don't know, I never look as I know I can't afford them!!!
How times have changed - remember when putting the words "price of lettuce" into Google would get the whole first page of results from BE
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Old Jul 27th 2009, 5:24 am
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Don't know, I never look as I know I can't afford them!!!
How times have changed - remember when putting the words "price of lettuce" into Google would get the whole first page of results from BE
Oh my god yes !

But now nothing till page 8, and it finds this, from 2004 ..... http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228476
I would have added something to that thread but it's closed

I think I will go for a trip down memory lane....

but before I do... www.stats.govt.nz gets a mention for lettuce on Google page 3
 
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You haven't been around long enough
 
Old Jul 27th 2009, 5:32 am
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You haven't been around long enough
Are you saying this what I have to look forward to when I reach BE Senility?
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Default Re: Is Australia an oversold country?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Oh my god yes !

But now nothing till page 8, and it finds this, from 2004 ..... http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228476
I would have added something to that thread but it's closed

I think I will go for a trip down memory lane....

but before I do... www.stats.govt.nz gets a mention for lettuce on Google page 3
Those were the days!!!
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Old Jul 27th 2009, 6:22 am
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Are you saying this what I have to look forward to when I reach BE Senility?
Look at the date of that older post and this one 226770 and you will see that I was like that after only 4 or 5 months on BE !
 
Old Jul 27th 2009, 6:22 am
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Old Jul 27th 2009, 11:40 am
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Default Re: Is Australia an oversold country?

Originally Posted by Cape Blue
I am not sure you are comparing apples with apples there.

The Aus number ($1,183) appears to be for Feb 09 whereas the UK number is for April 08.http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]?OpenDocument

The UK says "Median", the Aus site says "Average" and whilst the somewhat poor notes don't say what sort of average they are talking about, it appears it might be the Mean.

I've not been able to find any data about the relationship between the mean and the median for 2008 data, but this is for 2004/05 and seems to indicate the median is around 13% lower than the "average"
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]?OpenDocument
Quite impressive that the Aus "average" has gone up from $40,585 in 04/05 to $61,521 only 4 years later - a 50% wage increase!

Of course, comparing like for like is pretty difficult with currency movements, the Aus$ has strengthened around 10% against the GBP since the beginning of the year, we'd probably have to find some sort of PPP figure to show what any difference actually means in real income buying power.
Median wages are generally a bit lower than average (mean) wages. Probably about 10% or so. At current exchange rates, average wages in Australia are roughly 10% higher than the UK. That sounds about right.

It interesting how many UK migrants complain about wages being much lower in Australia when it's clearly not the case. Obviously a lot of them are moving to "lifestyle" places like the Sunshine Coast, so what do you expect?
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Old Jul 27th 2009, 12:00 pm
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Originally Posted by Budawang
It interesting how many UK migrants complain about wages being much lower in Australia when it's clearly not the case. Obviously a lot of them are moving to "lifestyle" places like the Sunshine Coast, so what do you expect?
My wage dropped 100% !!!! But who cares, my wifes went up by 300%
 
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Default Re: Is Australia an oversold country?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
My wage dropped 100% !!!! But who cares, my wifes went up by 300%
Was she working for you, previously?
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Old Jul 28th 2009, 5:08 am
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Was she working for you, previously?
No, she didn't have UK local experience, so couldn't get a UK job paying similar to in Australia.
 
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