Cost of Living in Australia
 

Its too bloody expensive :frown:

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.... and it's not going to get any cheaper, especially in Qld.

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The recurring echo

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People are saying it's now the most expensive place in the world to live.

What are the Australian people doing about it?

Zilch.

I won't be moving back.

Can't afford it.

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Dont really need to do anything about it, in a country where full time supermarket check out chicks earn 50K Aud or 31k GBP and Full time Posties earn 70K Aud per year or 44K GBP eh ;) You can afford the extra costs, it's also the reason high prices exist. Makes going anywhere overseas feel really cheap and makes one feel incredibly affluent in comparison.

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You'd be lucky to live a quality life on those measly salaries.

Anywhere.... let alone Australia.

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Far better than their counterparts in the UK lets put it that way ;)

Meantime we're planning my retirement in 6 years with our combined 7 figure super payout. and our 800K house.... All done on Blue collar work .... Well one of us is a Nurse. Only issue is we'll almost certainly have too much dosh to get a Government Pension....Ah well there will be a trickle of a private pension from the UK from my previous life 33 years ago.

No country that I know of has such blue sky horizons for Blue Collar workers.

I think I'm currently a Millionaire in UK GBP paper terms .... Not many UK posties could claim that... Plenty of Aus ones could. Sure the exchange rates will move around and erode that in a little while....But currently... well I never thought I'd see the day.

Just get your head down and bum up keep working and let time do it's work.

I always laugh at these threads and the insipid effort a lot of failed migrants put in.

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So you have to have a job to live in Aus?

What if you want to retire?

What happens to your super? Does that go up at the same rate as salaries?

No.

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Indeed. Waitresses earning $35ph on a Sunday

What do they get in the Yoo Kay or US of A?

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Yes

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Plus tips.... Not that many Aussies tip much, dont have to really. There again I guess the overseas visitors will.

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harsh! Remember though Ozzie you acquired your wealth when Melbourne was far cheaper. There is no way a blue collar worker on 50k a year could do now what you did in the 80s and 90s. Australia is expensive though - in several areas. Housing overpriced, many groceries, books. It's actually not quite as expensive as people make out in other areas - OR - it's no more expensive than places in Europe.

Stacks - there is daily commentary online and in blogs. They are voting with their feet and buying online, and overseas (even a depreciating dollar may not much difference in some areas). Manufacturing is struggling. It's on the telly. People talk about it all the time.

The migrants I laugh at are the ones who throw around tabloid accusations and then laugh at the Aussies when they are themselves from the same mould - another story!

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All my Australian friends moan at the cost of living.

All retired mind you.

Some of them earn over 100k a year on their super.

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I'm sure we all know people who earn considerably more than that and moan about the cost of living. Doesn't mean they don't have a nice lifestyle.

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This country, like most western countries, has a very high standard of living

Some people are doing well, others are struggling

That's the way it's always been and always will be