Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

Can I suggest creating yourself a couple of accounts & doing a "dummy run" with the online grocery shopping services...should give you a fairly realistic comparison with what you are currently spending :)

http://www.coles.com.au/
http://www.woolworths.com.au/wps/wcm...te/Woolworths/

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

It probably tastes like it cost less than 10 bucks as well.

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

[QUOTE=BadgeIsBack;8444274]It's not all bad news mate. The sum total of 7 years living in Australia and reading these forums:

Actually, there are several people that do well in Australia.

Not bad out of 22,282,890

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

And don't forget the "net overseas migration of 297,400 people, for the year ended September 2009'

Getting a few who hate the place out of that many, must be expected..

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

Not so say people hate Australia, but many do better elsewhere, and I wouldnt quibble about that if I had a family to feed. BTW I prefer to make my own cheesecake :-p

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Some are only temp visa and when the work runs out they go back to their old lives/jobs. Lucky them - I know others lured out here on fabulous wages/conditions which ends up in redundancy - one within a matter of months.

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

This is excellent advice JAJ! My kids are going to have to be doctors or lawyers to be able to afford a house in a bogan suburb if house prices keep on outstripping wage inflation. Also, they'll need a partner who is also on high income.

You do know that people have to work twice as many hours to pay of an average home compared to 10 years ago. In 10 - 20 years time, if prices keep going up then I'm sure my educated kids will bugger off and set up home in some other country. It will be the same reason why so many Poms came here 10+ years ago, because housing was cheap relative to incomes.

Australia is a great place BUT only for those who have little or no mortgage, get paid tons as cost of living has skyrocketed.

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

sometimes i think we all missed the boat and should be looking into places like vietnam, rural china, south america etc. they are where oz was 30 years ago - strange, behind, exotic, cheap...

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

That is something that I didn't know, and still don't.

• Mortgage has increased by 21% (as proportion of gross pay) in the last 10 years

Not exactly double. However, some cases may be, although the average isn't.

Another thing not taken into account, in the above...
TAX
In 1999 the average wage earner lost 27% of the gross in tax.
In 2009 the average wage earner lost 21% of the gross in tax.

• Total Tax take on average wage has decreased by 21% in the last 10 years

Also...
Average House Sizes
A report by BIS Shrapnel has quoted the 1999 floorspace size as 228.1 square metres, and its latest figures are 253.1 square metres.

• Houses sizes have increased by 11% in the last 10 years

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

Some have previously said they do. (including me, at one stage :D )

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

woohoo, diamonds getting rough!

interesting detail though....

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

Are you suggesting it ever was attractive? :blink:

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Scary idea isn't it! :eek:

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50 years behind UK then?

Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
 

Well be careful because the people who come unstuck are often the people who were neutral initially and there's a middle area of people who often end up hating it or loving it - no middle ground after all..