What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Easy:
Tesco's standard price for 20x440ml (equivalent to 24x Aussie stubbies) of Carlsberg is currently GBP 11.50, which is about AUD $24
Your standard Aussie carton (24 stubbies) is $45-50 (for a far inferior brew)
Apparently for obscure historical reasons beer is taxed much more harshly than wine in Aus - something like a fixed rate per bottle which increases with CPI whereas wine does not have the same rules
Tesco's standard price for 20x440ml (equivalent to 24x Aussie stubbies) of Carlsberg is currently GBP 11.50, which is about AUD $24
Your standard Aussie carton (24 stubbies) is $45-50 (for a far inferior brew)
Apparently for obscure historical reasons beer is taxed much more harshly than wine in Aus - something like a fixed rate per bottle which increases with CPI whereas wine does not have the same rules
I wouldn't call Carlsberg particularly high quality, although granted its marginally better than VB or New.
Nice stuff like Heineken and Peroni is pretty much the same price in Tescos/Dan Murphys
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Your crusade on here about the perceived loss of wealth due to falling AUD is ridiculous - and pathetic. Using your analogy, when we were down at 1.40, was our wealth increasing? What about Canadians given that CAD has mirroring AUD against USD? And Poms when GBP was down at 1.35 or up at 2.10? Or against EUR ? A load of old bollocks
All part of your agenda on here and that's cool - whatever floats your boat, but you come across as economically illiterate
Cheers!
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Indeed beer is cheaper in the UK and my recent trip there confirmed this but as usual only part of the story. Average earnings, disposable income and per capita GDP(PPP) are higher here than in the UK so this negates the price difference somewhat - swings and roundabouts. I certainly don't feel the pinch when I buy a slab at BWS
Your crusade on here about the perceived loss of wealth due to falling AUD is ridiculous - and pathetic. Using your analogy, when we were down at 1.40, was our wealth increasing? What about Canadians given that CAD has mirroring AUD against USD? And Poms when GBP was down at 1.35 or up at 2.10? Or against EUR ? A load of old bollocks
All part of your agenda on here and that's cool - whatever floats your boat, but you come across as economically illiterate
Cheers!
Your crusade on here about the perceived loss of wealth due to falling AUD is ridiculous - and pathetic. Using your analogy, when we were down at 1.40, was our wealth increasing? What about Canadians given that CAD has mirroring AUD against USD? And Poms when GBP was down at 1.35 or up at 2.10? Or against EUR ? A load of old bollocks
All part of your agenda on here and that's cool - whatever floats your boat, but you come across as economically illiterate
Cheers!
Cheers
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Indeed beer is cheaper in the UK and my recent trip there confirmed this but as usual only part of the story. Average earnings, disposable income and per capita GDP(PPP) are higher here than in the UK so this negates the price difference somewhat - swings and roundabouts. I certainly don't feel the pinch when I buy a slab at BWS
Your crusade on here about the perceived loss of wealth due to falling AUD is ridiculous - and pathetic. Using your analogy, when we were down at 1.40, was our wealth increasing? What about Canadians given that CAD has mirroring AUD against USD? And Poms when GBP was down at 1.35 or up at 2.10? Or against EUR ? A load of old bollocks
All part of your agenda on here and that's cool - whatever floats your boat, but you come across as economically illiterate
Cheers!
All part of your agenda on here and that's cool - whatever floats your boat, but you come across as economically illiterate
Cheers!
#66
Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Best mass produced beer in Aus today, is a fairly new one.... try it, you will not be disappointed, probably amazed more like. James Squires Hop Thief, worth every dollar of the 57 buck a slab cost. IMO Aus has come to the party with this particular beer. Far far better than all their other beers and any other Aus beer I can think of. Beware it's damn addictive. A "Session" American Pale Ale, not many beers with this amount of hops in the brew can claim to be true session beers.... 5pct as well.
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Salaries tend to be higher here too
A non-issue in relation to this thread
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Best mass produced beer in Aus today, is a fairly new one.... try it, you will not be disappointed, probably amazed more like. James Squires Hop Thief, worth every dollar of the 57 buck a slab cost. IMO Aus has come to the party with this particular beer. Far far better than all their other beers and any other Aus beer I can think of. Beware it's damn addictive. A "Session" American Pale Ale, not many beers with this amount of hops in the brew can claim to be true session beers.... 5pct as well.
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
With Carlsberg it can depend on the country as well, but overall I would never place them below Heineken.
Peroni of course is easily above both of these, though I prefer the other Italian brew called Moretti.
#71
Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
Most people in the UK would have been blissfully unaware when GBP/USD was at 1.35 - and when it was at 2.1
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#72
Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
A bunch of us British Expats were all transferred from the UK around 2010-2012. Many of them have mortgages in the UK. Granted most of the repayments are covered by rent, but for some the $A is their only form of income, so the regular payment back to the UK is a killer now.
Wealth has not been lost or created unless you were buying and selling at low or high exchange rates
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
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Except of course if you are buying that new TV next year. Best get in now.
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Re: What are the social and psychological nuances within Australia
I use to find the "Nasty" winging pom quote was only usually said when someone (an Australian) could not quite keep up with the British whit and intelligence so it was said in that way "Nastly" quite often....lol