Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by Leaving the UK
(Post 12082636)
Its not like i've packed my bags, booked my flights and was ready to leave. My research and posting on this particular website was the initial stages to get a feel for things before I sit down and work out some numbers. I did mention ive applied for jobs, that was to see the real salary I could expect and to see how quick I can find jobs.
Originally Posted by Leaving the UK
(Post 12082636)
From this point onwards This thread will be CLOSED. I will get a moderator to do it shortly.
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082692)
I am a glazier by trade and hopefully have some kind of job to go straight into when I arrive I know that glaziers etc aren't the highest paid jobs going probably similar to the 60k mentioned in this thread am I going to struggle like hell to keep us a float????
$60k as a singleton is quite doable; with a family is much harder. However, people do do it. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
I heard theres lots of strange rules about starting your own business?
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Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082692)
Sorry to thread jump here, so I'm moving to oz on a skilled visa hope to be there in a few months staying with friends with my wife and 2 young children near Melbourne.
I am a glazier by trade and hopefully have some kind of job to go straight into when I arrive I know that glaziers etc aren't the highest paid jobs going probably similar to the 60k mentioned in this thread am I going to struggle like hell to keep us a float???? Either way I'm going as its cost me £10,000 so far getting a visa lol just be nice to know. My children are 6 and 2 years old my wife is able to work etc Immigrating forces you out of your comfort zone and people often do amazing things when out of their comfort zone. I would never think of it on today's situation. Think of what it could be tomorrow. And if you listen too much to the glass half empties here on BE, you'll never do anything. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082736)
I heard theres lots of strange rules about starting your own business?
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Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12082739)
Do enlighten us?
I would love to do my own work I have been doing my line of work now for 15years |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082743)
mainly just about needing loads of money lol in Uk you can just work self employed and do what you want aslong as you fill in a tax return at the end of year, is it similar in Oz?
There are regs on registration, qualification, etc. (aussies love regulations), and building has certifications to stop cowboys (lots of cowboys), but I wouldn't say it's overly complex. Tick the boxes and you are OK. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082743)
mainly just about needing loads of money lol in Uk you can just work self employed and do what you want aslong as you fill in a tax return at the end of year, is it similar in Oz?
I would love to do my own work I have been doing my line of work now for 15years It depends on what you do, A couple I know do this, he does the heavy work and does have plenty of building tickets. Whereas his wife has none but does lots of painting and maintenance work and is never without work. She does a lot of work in muslim households. Another bloke I know can basically build you an extension with no tickets... he gets his tradesmen mates in to sign off on the build and charges 35 bucks per hour cash in hand. I would trust him far more than any builder out of the phone book. I'm actually going to get him to knock down a back shed, level the ground with a bob cat and have the waste removed, then he will build me a area for parking a motor home including electrical and water connections with a outside kitchen, toilet and shower... plus build me a made to order 6 meter(ish) sliding cantilever remote control gate, which he will weld up to size himself (much like the one he already built at his own place and more since)..... So I can fit a 24 foot motor home into my back yard from a laneway. If this is the kind of thing you can do, you will never run out of work. All the work will be signed of by his tradesman buddies. plumber/electrician. One of my old postie mates actually.... He started life as a Panel beater.... So he can restore cars and does for people as well. I think you'll find everyone on these boards would like someone like that, that they can absolutely trust in their circle. The main issue is getting to know people so you can get help either getting work or with tricky issues. Gardening handman rounds hardly need any certificates and if your good you will get plenty of work via referrals. Usual charge 25 to 30 bucks per hour. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082743)
mainly just about needing loads of money lol in Uk you can just work self employed and do what you want aslong as you fill in a tax return at the end of year, is it similar in Oz?
I would love to do my own work I have been doing my line of work now for 15years You do need tickets for some things, but that's a good thing for you so you can charge the premium unlike the UK where anyone can do anything and the lowest of low Polish price wins. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12082765)
Same in Oz.
You do need tickets for some things, but that's a good thing for you so you can charge the premium unlike the UK where anyone can do anything and the lowest of low Polish price wins. It all depends on whether you want to play the blue battler Union game, the petit bourgeois small business game or the professional game...pick a corner, any corner that best fits you.. There are tickets here and there of course. Don't think anyone has ever itemised what they are or whether they are truly problematic or unreasonable. Aside : I recall people yacking about council permission in the UK: it's the same here but by and large once you've got the approval you're good to go. We have a rural council and large blocks so most people end up building what they wanted.. Ozzie is a big champion of relatively high paid blue collar work (I like his style) but you wonder where that will end up. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack
(Post 12082825)
He he. I've lived in 'Oz' for what, 12 years and the only permit I've ever needed was the annual retainer I pay for my dog..
It all depends on whether you want to play the blue battler Union game, the petit bourgeois small business game or the professional game...pick a corner, any corner that best fits you.. There are tickets here and there of course. Don't think anyone has ever itemised what they are or whether they are truly problematic or unreasonable. Aside : I recall people yacking about council permission in the UK: it's the same here but by and large once you've got the approval you're good to go. We have a rural council and large blocks so most people end up building what they wanted.. Ozzie is a big champion of relatively high paid blue collar work (I like his style) but you wonder where that will end up. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12082831)
Ha ha. Yes Ozzie has been banging on about his massive looming redundancy for a few years now. Looking less and less likely as the years roll on.
Love his work and life. Our lives intersect in some ways - leave it at that - as this is a public arena..totally get his life...and luck He'll understand, if not agree with my politics which is that unions are great for bargaining but that's where it should end - and as they do more than they should, they need to go. cheers |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by Beoz
(Post 12082831)
Ha ha. Yes Ozzie has been banging on about his massive looming redundancy for a few years now. Looking less and less likely as the years roll on.
We've been told by the union when the Large Letter machine comes in next year we are definitely gone. Trouble is the new small letter one at countless millions @ Dandenong they just introduced is a dud thus far. So I'm getting pretty peed off by the whole thing currently. In fact we all got called into a meeting last friday morning and asked "Who is interested in a Package" with the caviet "There are none on the table at present" so I put my hand up... expecting maybe I'd hear this week....nothing, nada, zilch. They keep doing this and it really is frustrating to put it mildly. I suspect it's too close to xmas for me to go this year now. The carrot keeps getting ripped out of my mouth. If I haven't got it by the time the wife turns 60 in August next year, I'll be taking LSL at half pay or twice as long, which gives me a year off....then lots of sickies.... right through to normal retirement age at 66 in my case.... thats 3.5 years from August next year. I'm sure we will be gone by then though... but I've said that before I will admit. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082727)
That's cool some of the threads on here can be really off putting, I'm willing to do whateva it takes to make it work and so would she as long as we have food on the table and fuel in the car for road trips that would be great lol we just waste money in the Uk and buy way too much crap we don't need kids could do with a wake up call lol
The original poster at the staart of the thread was looking at a sponsored 457, on which he couldn't claim any benefits. |
Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
moving on a skilled 189 visa
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Re: 60k Salary in Melbourne or Brisbane managebale??
Originally Posted by jimlad007
(Post 12082931)
moving on a skilled 189 visa
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