Is oz as attractive as it was?
Mar 24th 2010, 1:33 pm
#61
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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/
http://www.coles.com.au/
http://www.woolworths.com.au/wps/wcm...te/Woolworths/
Mar 25th 2010, 12:57 am
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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
Actually, there are several people that do well in Australia.
Not bad out of 22,282,890
Mar 25th 2010, 1:35 am
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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
Mar 25th 2010, 1:37 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
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.
Mar 25th 2010, 3:53 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
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.
Mar 25th 2010, 6:42 am
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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...
Mar 25th 2010, 7:15 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
Average Male Full Time Earnings NSW
May-1999 $ 899.60
May-2009 $1,353.00
Average NSW First Home Mortgage
Jan-Dec 1999 $160,378
Jan-Dec 2009 $292,734
Average Mortage Repayments
In 1999 $1,124.33 per month or 29% of monthly gross
In 2009 $2,052.21 per month or 35% of monthly gross
May-1999 $ 899.60
May-2009 $1,353.00
- up 50% in 10 years
Average NSW First Home Mortgage
Jan-Dec 1999 $160,378
Jan-Dec 2009 $292,734
- up 83% in 10 years
Average Mortage Repayments
In 1999 $1,124.33 per month or 29% of monthly gross
In 2009 $2,052.21 per month or 35% of monthly gross
- Mortgage has increased by 21% (as proportion of gross pay) in the last 10 years
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
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Mar 25th 2010, 7:51 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
woohoo, diamonds getting rough!
interesting detail though....
interesting detail though....
Mar 25th 2010, 7:54 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
Is oz as attractive as it was?
Mar 25th 2010, 8:17 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
Mar 25th 2010, 11:12 am
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Re: Is oz as attractive as it was?
Badge,
Thanks a bunch, I do forget that people can be a bit intolerant but i find a broader range of negative stuff on this forum (compared to others) - bracing myself to be told to f@ck off to the other one then! I probably won't now I've said this but hey.
I would put myself firmly in the list of those that enjoy it based on your parameters, can't wait to sip that first ice cold crap beer, get burned within an inch of my life and whine about the supermarkets and officialdom.
You have lifted my day thanks!
Thanks a bunch, I do forget that people can be a bit intolerant but i find a broader range of negative stuff on this forum (compared to others) - bracing myself to be told to f@ck off to the other one then! I probably won't now I've said this but hey.
I would put myself firmly in the list of those that enjoy it based on your parameters, can't wait to sip that first ice cold crap beer, get burned within an inch of my life and whine about the supermarkets and officialdom.
You have lifted my day thanks!