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Old Aug 10th 2004, 5:11 am
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A brief word on the cost of schooling your nippers here.

If you are on a 457 visa you will be required to pay for your young ones schooling. In a state school this will weigh in at around $4500 per annum plus a small application fee.

Whilst I'm not exactly jumping through hoops at this discovery, it strikes me as a pretty sensible idea that the non-permanent residents pay for the services they use. Do we in the UK exercise such a levy on visitors? If we don't I suggest we ought to.
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Originally Posted by RichS
A brief word on the cost of schooling your nippers here.

If you are on a 457 visa you will be required to pay for your young ones schooling. In a state school this will weigh in at around $4500 per annum plus a small application fee.

Whilst I'm not exactly jumping through hoops at this discovery, it strikes me as a pretty sensible idea that the non-permanent residents pay for the services they use. Do we in the UK exercise such a levy on visitors? If we don't I suggest we ought to.
This only applies to NSW.
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Old Aug 10th 2004, 6:00 am
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terrific - great news!

I still think its a laudible principle, but obviously I'm now bitter and twisted about the fact that only the state I live in choose to levy this charge.
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Old Aug 10th 2004, 7:25 am
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Originally Posted by RichS
A brief word on the cost of schooling your nippers here.

If you are on a 457 visa you will be required to pay for your young ones schooling. In a state school this will weigh in at around $4500 per annum plus a small application fee.

Whilst I'm not exactly jumping through hoops at this discovery, it strikes me as a pretty sensible idea that the non-permanent residents pay for the services they use. Do we in the UK exercise such a levy on visitors? If we don't I suggest we ought to.
Have you checked on how much private schooling would cost ? We were paying $2,000 per year when we were down that way
 
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Originally Posted by RichS
A brief word on the cost of schooling your nippers here.

If you are on a 457 visa you will be required to pay for your young ones schooling. In a state school this will weigh in at around $4500 per annum plus a small application fee.

Whilst I'm not exactly jumping through hoops at this discovery, it strikes me as a pretty sensible idea that the non-permanent residents pay for the services they use. Do we in the UK exercise such a levy on visitors? If we don't I suggest we ought to.

I personally think it's unreasonable considering that 457 visa holders are subject to the full brunt of Australian taxation, with only a few concessions.

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Old Aug 10th 2004, 12:23 pm
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Jeremy,
What concessions do we get if we are on a 457 Visa - didnt think there were any?

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I personally think it's unreasonable considering that 457 visa holders are subject to the full brunt of Australian taxation, with only a few concessions.

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