Beoz

Is London a market dominated by mining and Fifo?

Find a comparable occupation, finance, software, etc and look at the high end and it will almost certainly pay more in London.

ozzieeagle

That may be true.... however the Majority of the population are far better served by the Aus employment systems.


Barwork and all hospitality work pays a hell of lot more in Aus than the UK. It's a completely different ball game here. The incomes are far more evenly spread in Aus amongst most of the working population. The low end pays far more in Aus than the low end in the UK.

I've seen Expats on these boards talking about getting Au Pairs like they had back in the UK, balk at the idea of having to pay them 21 bucks per hour as per the Aus minimum wage.


They do have Industrial electricians in London you know

DC10

I was thinking just the other day how true this egalatarian thing is. When I used to go to a typical party or gathering in London it wasn't unusual for there to be a 10-fold difference in what people were earning (say less than £20,000 to £200,000+). That just wouldn't happen here - you'd be lucky if there was one person earning two or three times as much as someone else.

BadgeIsBack

People tend to scoff at Egalitarian Australia, and for other, good reasons, (they tend to conflate it with class or snobbery), but there is something in the notion that many Australians share the life of others..

There is some truth in that the plumber hangs around with the lawyer or shares same interests...blah blah egalitarian is social values, interests and attitudes, not just education, class or money..

Moses2013

Australia is also heading in the same direction as the UK or US that the rich are getting richer and there are other problems. If the minimum wage is too high, how are you supposed to compete? Unless salaries drop, there will be plenty of job losses in Australia and this will also affect the housing market.


You need to find the balance.