I'm saying that I doubt more people are returning as a percentage, but that if they are it could be down to cost of living in Australia because other reasons like family are always there, but only recently has the cost of living in Australia got so high. People have always wanted to get on top of their mortgage and pay it off and now that looks like an easier task in the UK than in Australia with the really high cost of Australian housing and higher rates. When you look at the numbers housing buying here with these conditions is not the great deal it once was.

"Company". You make it sound as if they get their money as all other media companies do. If it wasn't for the unfair TV tax and if they had to act as a proper company, they'd sink without a trace.

And then British telly would be as unwatchable as Australia's.

How many broke people sit in a park in Sydney looking at the ocean? I guess those with a brown bag in hand!
I'm out of work right now and would rather be in the UK - So much more to do with museums, world class media, evening classes that don't break the bank, walks in the country & by the sea etc etc....and of course, supportive friends and family!
Australia is a great country to be in if you moved here a few years ago, managed to afford a house and have a secure job. But more sunny days don't compensate for the reduced quality of life you'll have when you're on a low income here

I believe that everywhere has a reduced standard of living these days, because of inflation, but that this is worse in countries that have very expensive real estate like Australia, so quality of life will be reduced because so much money gets spent on servicing vast mortgages at relatively high rates. Those that got on the property ladder a few decades ago should have an easier time because when they had to borrow to buy their first few homes real estate did not cost so much.

would that be called a gock?
doesnt have the same ring to it

What are you blathering on about? I said that the BBC news can be biased - nothing else. What has this got to do with all the other stuff that they do? Every news agency on the planet is biased to some degree, some more than others. If they were not, we would be living in a world similar to that Ricky Gervais movie.

Nice try, but no Cigar.

What language are you talking? Bollocks?

Your post was irrelevant to what I wrote.

Click ignore.

How come I can't get on your ignore list AZ?

I don't have one and BE would be boring without your wit and sarcasm

Where are these factual figures? If there are more returning home it's gotta be balanced by the amount coming out on 457's to replenish the skills shortage. Everywhere I turn in my work day there's a new british person, recently relocated due to work

Their profits continue to rise through the worldwide sales of it's premier programs and if you ask many expats, they say one of the things they miss about the UK is the TV. I never complained about the levy whilst in the UK because from my perspective, the amount of enjoyment from watching and listening to the BBC far outweighed the cost. The BBC is a huge employer in the UK, a fantastic training ground for new talent in all aspects of broadcasting, a great advert for British expertise and one of the few things we still do exceptionally well. The repercussions if it 'sank' would far outweigh the cheers from a few whingers.

Indeed. The BBC also raises the game of ITV, Channel 4 and the other channels as they have to compete. I'd certainly pay a couple of hundred bucks a year for watchable television here.

That is the problem we have here, the bar is set so low there is virtually nothing to aim for and it must be said they hit the standard every time.