Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Apr 8th 2010, 3:34 am
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Apr 8th 2010, 3:40 am
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Well yes, they swoop on you.
So do bloody Plovers if they nest in your garden.
Honestly we've got a pair of nesting Plovers in our garden now, so when I go to cut the grass, I have to carry an umbrella, as they swoop very violently. They'd like to kill me if they could.
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So do bloody Plovers if they nest in your garden.
Honestly we've got a pair of nesting Plovers in our garden now, so when I go to cut the grass, I have to carry an umbrella, as they swoop very violently. They'd like to kill me if they could.
JTL
Apr 8th 2010, 3:40 am
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Apr 8th 2010, 3:41 am
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Well yes, they swoop on you.
So do bloody Plovers if they nest in your garden.
Honestly we've got a pair of nesting Plovers in our garden now, so when I go to cut the grass, I have to carry an umbrella, as they swoop very violently. They'd like to kill me if they could.
JTL
So do bloody Plovers if they nest in your garden.
Honestly we've got a pair of nesting Plovers in our garden now, so when I go to cut the grass, I have to carry an umbrella, as they swoop very violently. They'd like to kill me if they could.
JTL
So I can steal all yer brollies
Apr 8th 2010, 11:28 am
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
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Apr 8th 2010, 1:03 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Comparison of Australian and UK wage and tax rates
Based on 4.4 times the average/median Male Full time earnings for each country. Total deductions as a percentage of gross earnings ($280k pa)
35.7% UK
39.5% Aus
Based on the average/median Male Full time earnings for each country. Total deductions as a percentage of gross earnings ($70k pa)
23.9% UK
23.7% Aus
(I had to throw some stats in
)I did consider the alternative reply of agreeing that Australians pay more tax, but only because the average wage is so much higher
Apr 8th 2010, 2:06 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Did you get the Aussie shaped one? You've got to be careful that they don't escape through the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Apr 8th 2010, 2:09 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Some individuals prefer not to try to adjust to a new country.
A lot if us seem to be very fortunate
I think many people will agree with that.
Only the higher paid pay more tax..
Comparison of Australian and UK wage and tax rates
Based on 4.4 times the average/median Male Full time earnings for each country. Total deductions as a percentage of gross earnings ($280k pa)
35.7% UK
39.5% Aus
Based on the average/median Male Full time earnings for each country. Total deductions as a percentage of gross earnings ($70k pa)
23.9% UK
23.7% Aus
(I had to throw some stats in )
I did consider the alternative reply of agreeing that Australians pay more tax, but only because the average wage is so much higher
A lot if us seem to be very fortunate
I think many people will agree with that.
Only the higher paid pay more tax..
Comparison of Australian and UK wage and tax rates
Based on 4.4 times the average/median Male Full time earnings for each country. Total deductions as a percentage of gross earnings ($280k pa)
35.7% UK
39.5% Aus
Based on the average/median Male Full time earnings for each country. Total deductions as a percentage of gross earnings ($70k pa)
23.9% UK
23.7% Aus
(I had to throw some stats in
)I did consider the alternative reply of agreeing that Australians pay more tax, but only because the average wage is so much higher
Apr 8th 2010, 3:03 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Australia certainly isn't as bad as some people make out, but it also isn't the nirvana that some people make out either.
Apr 8th 2010, 3:09 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Arrived four years ago.... hated it.
Four years on... its OK.
I don't think Australia changed in those four years
Four years on... its OK.
I don't think Australia changed in those four years
Apr 8th 2010, 3:12 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
Apr 8th 2010, 3:25 pm
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Re: Be honest! Do you think Australia is as bad as some people make out?
I think we both just moved towards a more sensible and reasonable position. Australia is a bloody good country to live... there are Hell of a lot of countries worse off than Oz.
Apr 8th 2010, 3:28 pm
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