towers

When do we find out the good, bad or the downright ugly LAFHA news?

Reading the newspapers you'd consider it a fait accompli, but other sources say it may be withdrawn in a staggered fashion.

Is this the winter of our discontent or is there a glimmer of hope?

Luthien

Budget speech televised at 7.30 tonight. It will be on the ABC TV

Newspapers will have varying levels of detail tomorrow. The Financial Review will have detailed coverage http://afr.com/

I am increasingly using The Conversation http://theconversation.edu.au/ and I expect they will have detailed free coverage.

monkeyalan

it'll go through , no transitional period , no lower limit.
why would they be bothered about a few thousand expats who have no say in anything when they can make the figures look good in the short term?

renth

When do I get my free $2460 for having 3 kids?

bingobob777

well i know personally three people who are going home if they lose it and their employer doesn't make up the difference. Given that in each case it would necessitate a pay rise of 25k+ they'll probably be going home. All three work in the gas/oil/civil engineering industry.

Multiply that across Australia and you may well find that the only industries keeping Australia out of recession begin to struggle more than they already do due to a lack of staff.

But saying that I fully expect the Australian Govt. to make the wrong decision.

bingobob777

when I get half my childcare costs back?

Amazulu

Just import some other 457 monkeys - problem solved.

bingobob777

[QUOTE=Amazulu;10047412]Just import some other 457 monkeys - problem solved.

They don't have enough as it is.

Amazulu

Cool. If anyone is not happy with where they are then they need to go somewhere that they think they will be.

Amazulu

Sweet.

bingobob777

Exactly, hence my earlier post.

kmthor - mackay

yer this may have a bigger effect than they think we have people that will go home. not only 457s but depending on how the FIFOs get what left of theirs it will mean some of those going home too

Bermudashorts

It isn't the "Australian government's" (by that read tax payers) job to subsidise salaries in the prosperous gas / oil / civil engineering industries.

If employers really do need to retain these staff they will pay the wage that it requires. Basic market forces, it doesn't need government interference.

kmthor - mackay

interesting... im assuming that is your opinion and we are entitled to our own

martin1978

Good riddance to it. Why should my tax subsidise someone elses wage when it's them that chose to come and live here and work on the 457.