Deancm

I was being facetious.

paulg1770

Yea i cannot see myself in the army after looking more into it. I thought the police would be tight to get in alright, ill still be giving it my best shot as Job security is no. 1 on my list these days. Sparking is to fickle for my liking

Deancm

Police Constable - c$50K

Sparky - my cousin is a sparky in Melb and he earns over $100K.

Actually, the Police are overworked and underpaid. I enjoyed myself for a while but it takes it's toll, especially on relationships.

lovetv

Yep ABC, i am counting approx. and average but it may be increase.

Deancm, as i am calculating approx and average values through internet and as i am single, i thought 300$ for grocery is ok but it may be increase, i agree.

I still need to confirm about transportation will see how pub. trans is working and if not good services thinking of buying a cycle. i am sure that my australian employer will be only concerned with time puncuality rather then mode of transportation i am using i.e. public, car or cycle.

Well in the case of hard time like current recession, i would prefer to avoid misc. expenses like enjoying in night clubs, watching movies etc and will adjust with the conditions. I just seen today a site where it is mentioned that, now people in australia is using home entertainment methods to avoid expenses like Computer games, visiting relatives etc. a company harvey noman manager told that they have high number of interested clients came to buy home entertainment items.

Anyway, thanks guys for u r valuable suggestions. pls. keep suggesting.

paulg1770

I didnt know the police earn so little, surely there are added bonuses not reflected in the wages.
I worked as a spark in sydney before for a big company on large site installs and nobody was making $100K, thats not to say it cant be done but your cousin must be working OT to beat the band or is self employed. Correct me if im wrong. And who does he work for if hes not selfemployed, Ill defo be sending them my CV

Zambia

Ah you see you are too used to looking at the Gardai by western standards they are paid a small fortune. I know of no other country that pays there police more. Its easy to spot why no-one leaves the Gardai. whereas there are loads of ex vicpol knocking about.

paulg1770

lazy buggers alright! Still I think there is alot to be said for job security, plus someone on another thread somewhere was bragging about having 7 weeks off a year paid as police man in vic

Deancm

Yeah, Police earn bugger all. You get overtime pay and shift allowances but don't expect to take home more than about $55K gross. They used to also get free McDonalds, don't know if that's still the case.

He's a sub-contractor now. Self employed is the only way to go.

Deancm

Yeah, you get good holidays. You need it.

paulg1770

Well that is an option (subcontracting but a year or two down the road).

so would $55k be a poor income? Like would I have trouble getting a mortage on that kind of money? again this is in a few years time im talking. I like the look of frankston from what ive seen, it is reasonably priced about $400k for a nice sized house close to the beach