Life is elsewhere.
Jan 31st 2004, 10:02 pm
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Re: Life is elsewhere.
Originally posted by Florida_03
Life is elsewhere...
Life is elsewhere...
According to figures from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, the number of Australians moving overseas on a permanent or long-term basis has grown steadily from 74,000 a year in 1993 to almost 120,000 last year, many of them heading to the commercial hot spots of London, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Frankfurt.
Jan 31st 2004, 11:01 pm
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Re: Life is elsewhere.
Originally posted by Florida_03
Life is elsewhere...
Life is elsewhere...
Jan 31st 2004, 11:30 pm
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Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed the article.
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Feb 1st 2004, 12:04 am
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Very interesting read, and so true!
Ausralia needs to totally rethink its business strategies, and also taxation system before it will stop anymore of the mass exodus.
Of ocurse younger people are gonna bugger off to London, where they are taxed less on a much higher income...anyone with half a brain would be daft not to.
Its when you get to my age and want differnet things from life that i see Aus as a great place...trouble is, if all the bright shining stars leave, who is gonna look after us wrinklies ?
Ausralia needs to totally rethink its business strategies, and also taxation system before it will stop anymore of the mass exodus.
Of ocurse younger people are gonna bugger off to London, where they are taxed less on a much higher income...anyone with half a brain would be daft not to.
Its when you get to my age and want differnet things from life that i see Aus as a great place...trouble is, if all the bright shining stars leave, who is gonna look after us wrinklies ?
Feb 1st 2004, 12:07 am
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Yes, the "irresistable" lure of the consumer marketeers drums pounding from across the seas, drawing in the world's float-some and jet-some. Even the scent of eucalyptus wafting from down from Eden is not sufficiently evocative to stem the tide.
Still, better get used to the lure of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's wife lot:
Geologists Zero In on Sodom and Lot's Wife
Still, better get used to the lure of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot's wife lot:
Geologists Zero In on Sodom and Lot's Wife
Feb 1st 2004, 1:13 am
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Aussie is "Walking along the beach with thousands of flies chasing you". Is that the case or a bit of poetic license.
Feb 1st 2004, 1:22 am
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Originally posted by glhall
Aussie is "Walking along the beach with thousands of flies chasing you". Is that the case or a bit of poetic license.
Aussie is "Walking along the beach with thousands of flies chasing you". Is that the case or a bit of poetic license.
Feb 1st 2004, 1:57 am
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Originally posted by cols
Depends on when and where you are and how much you smell
Depends on when and where you are and how much you smell
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