Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

The tax rate is higher here than in the UK, not the same.

Originally Posted by northernbird

Yes but you have to be earning a lot to enter the higher bracket, a bloody lot in fact.

$0 – $6,000

Nil

$6,001 – $25,000

15c for each $1 over $6,000

$25,001 – $75,000

$2,850 plus 30c for each $1 over $25,000

$75,001 – $150,000

$17,850 plus 40c for each $1 over $75,000

Over $150,000

$47,850 plus 45c for each $1 over $150,000

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

The tax rate is higher here than in the UK, not the same.

Originally Posted by meljor

Yup, definitely browner, unless your doing illicit watering

As for less tax, not, it's higher and then stuff that you get for your tax money like schools the public not private secondary school my eldest goes to has just sent me the bill for next year for $550 dollars :scared: , I can't face adding up the cost of his books and stationary on top of that but I'm guessing a couple of $100. Then there is healthcare $50 to see a GP thats before he writes the prescription per item, can't remember what that is but I don't recall thinking I was getting a bargin, plus if you earn over $50,000 per single person or $100,000 per couple there is a medicare levy if you haven't taken out private health insurance ($120 a month for a family of 4 hospital and extras) they also whack a surcharge if you don't take it out before 12 months of taking up residency, God I miss the NHS, the only positive is if you are in a public hospital each nurse only has 4 or 5 patients to look after on a day shift as opposed to 15 in England, though if you have health insurance you would probably be in a private hospital, then your nurse will have another 9 patients to look after and when you go home from your hospital stay you can expect to get the Gap bill for all the blood tests etc that have been done and extras that insurance doesn't cover and excess fee. Also there's the Ambulance fee per year.

Please don't get me started on how much more expensive it is to buy and run a car over here despite cheap petrol which is a laugh because you have to drive further to get anywhere.

YES Britain has a lot of good points, but then again I guess Australia has I just can't think of any off the top of me head

Originally Posted by by the sea side

Its is interesting that an English newspaper I was looking at the other day was moaning on the front page about mixed wards all in the negative. I was in hospital here in JUly and they had mixed wards! No one said anything about it.The guy in the next bed drove me nuts with his snoring I had just had an emergency operation so wasn't in the best form.I got up and asked to be moved before I put a pillow over his face.They moved me it was 2am.Alot of people didn't like it but they don't say anything.

There are many things here that go on that are just the same as UK it just seems no one says anything. I too miss the NHS going to the doctors costs a fortune.Many here do not bulk bill and prescriptions on top make an expensive trip.

Originally Posted by jad n rich

Garden parties I dont think we have them here its more like chuck some greazy chops on a barbie, swotting fllies while inhaling your SP1000 and industrial stength mozzie repellant.