Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 10803948)

Not good for the economy either. How do these workers get a mortgage and the like? Would people take on debt without some sense of security.
Sadly the effect is to turn people into commodities an all too common eventuality in this ubber profit driven world of recent times.
Sadly few I suspect are happy with modern day outcomes in the workplace.

Originally Posted by Zen10 (Post 10804006)

I suspect that the rise in temporary contracts is partly responsible for the record low numbers of buyers and the increase in people renting, that and the outrageously overpriced housing stock, of course.

Originally Posted by munch (Post 10799788)

There needs to be more competition in Perth, huge monopolies in the supermarket chains and utilities here. They get away with charging what they like and get away with providing very poor customer service...they don't need to care because people don't have enough choice and have to use their services regardless of if it is good or not. Who has the time to travel 20 minutes down the road for a cheaper cucumber?!!!
And as for quality...the fruit and veg I see in Coles is nothing like the fruit and veg they show Curtis Stone holding in their ads, I wouldn't mind as much paying what we have to pay if it looked as decent at that!! Perth is out of control now though, we have seen a huge increase in everything since we moved here and not everybody works on the mines.
Petrol is much cheaper here though but you have to drive so much more to get anywhere. There was a guy coming out of the petrol station this morning and he said to us "don't know whey they are building all those car parks at Joondalup, in a few years people won't be able to afford to go anywhere...it will be either buy food or petrol but they won't be able to afford both!" :rofl:

Originally Posted by renth (Post 10801894)

The world will always need our natural resources but yes, I think we'll have to dramatically change the way we do business. Get rid of mining/carbon taxes and make the entitled, bearded dude in the fluro jacket on $150k a year who operates the stop/go sign and goes on strike "'cos there's only 2 flavours of ice cream" in the mess a thing of the past.

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 10804268)

Well competition here seems to be keeping grocery prices down as well as the prices of other things. I have never heard of competition pushing prices up.

Originally Posted by EvannTel (Post 10804862)

How many years have we been seeing posts on here about how overheated every cost in Perth is? Be it housing, groceries whatever?

The reality is the status quo remains.The housing market has corrected, new bars, restaurants are opening up.Yes the economy has slowed somewhat with mining seeing some downturn but major changes are not a foot.
The carbon tax os smoke and mirrors and largely irrelevant

For those who are doing it tough, do not expect the fictional bubble to burst anytime soon: it's not because there is no bubble.

Originally Posted by Beoz (Post 10805584)

Currently in Perth having breakfast at a cafe where the heat is broken. Yes its about 5 degrees here right now. $19.50 for bacon and eggs on toast. Extra mushrooms $4.50. Raised eyebrow and waitress said. 'Yeah I know us locals have to pay those prices too'

Originally Posted by Zen10 (Post 10805611)

:eek: The stuff of revolutions...time to open a café, methinks. Those mushrooms probably cost the café owner all of 20c.

Originally Posted by renth (Post 10805682)

The thing is I don't think most of these restaurants and cafes are deliberately ripping off their customers. They probably have to pay extortionate rents, local business taxes and wages enough to stop their staff going off to work "on the moines".

Originally Posted by renth (Post 10805682)

The thing is I don't think most of these restaurants and cafes are deliberately ripping off their customers. They probably have to pay extortionate rents, local business taxes and wages enough to stop their staff going off to work "on the moines".