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22nd January 2008, 15:41 | #1 | |
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Latest article on Kiwis moving to Australia
There was some discussion here of the Trans-Tasman Exodus a while back, but I think it was in Random Thoughts and I'm buggered if I can go looking for the posts.
Anyway, insightful article in Stuff today: http://www.stuff.co.nz/blogs/showmet...as-are-grumpy/ Quote:
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22nd January 2008, 16:01 | #2 |
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intersting read, confirms a lot of what i'd already figured/been thinking
stupid knowing wayyyy more people (+ all family are here) in nz or i'd bail quicksmart! |
22nd January 2008, 16:42 | #3 |
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Yeap, I'll be adding to the list on the 16th Feb
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22nd January 2008, 17:20 | #4 |
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Ab: so was your case a messy, emotional, opportunist affair?
We have given more than a passing thought to it lately. Friends moved there. |
22nd January 2008, 17:22 | #5 | |
SLUTS!!!!!!!
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22nd January 2008, 17:28 | #6 |
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What I love is how commentators on this tend to blame NZ's taxation policies while simultanously ignoring two facts a) Our over-all taxation rate is lower than Australia, certain edge cases when you earn bog-all excluded, b) Australia happens to be having a major economic boom due to world demand for minerals.
A) is always contentious, but basically, people seem adverse to comparing apples with apples - in this case, New Zealand's income tax covers social security also, while Australia's income tax doesn't, that comes from payroll taxes which are usually not factored in.
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22nd January 2008, 17:36 | #7 |
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Commodity boom isn't just happening in Australia. Dairy price reached record high and Fonterra is making record payment to farmers.
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22nd January 2008, 17:40 | #8 | |
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22nd January 2008, 17:47 | #9 |
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In part it's simply the drift to the larger mass which is the story of civilisation everywhere.
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22nd January 2008, 19:45 | #11 |
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They are chasing the American dream U-S-A A-U-S same thing. Once they find out what the dream really is they'll come back. lololol
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22nd January 2008, 19:55 | #12 | |
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22nd January 2008, 22:51 | #13 | |
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22nd January 2008, 23:25 | #14 |
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I might move to Aus one day. In NZ the pay is shit and the cost of living is too high. And the drugs aren't good enough
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22nd January 2008, 23:44 | #15 |
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i personally cant wait to come home.
after 12 years away ive realised im very proud to be a Kiwi, and am looking forward to spending the rest of my life in New Zealand. i enjoyed my experiance, and dont regret it at all, but nowhere compares to home. Xor: the drugs suck in New Zealand?... well, do something about it: http://kiwiseeds.com/ lol. |
23rd January 2008, 00:22 | #16 |
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ill be moving to aussie next year too probably... my dad works there atm as well, NZ simply cannot afford to pay him what they do, and they also pay for him to fly back to NZ every 2 weeks for 2 weeks over here.
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23rd January 2008, 08:20 | #17 | |
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23rd January 2008, 08:54 | #18 |
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If I moved out of NZ it most certainly wouldn't be to Aus. Maybe Singapore, Ireland or Japan.
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23rd January 2008, 09:05 | #19 |
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so if we are having that many people leaving the country - how many are coming in?
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23rd January 2008, 09:08 | #20 |
Objection!
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Michael Cullen: Just fuck off and go to Australia!
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23rd January 2008, 10:08 | #21 | |
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23rd January 2008, 11:37 | #22 | |
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Really, they should look to where the problem actually is and they should also look at using less biased reports. Both the NZIER and the CIS are radical right-wing institutions. |
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23rd January 2008, 11:43 | #23 | |
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23rd January 2008, 11:49 | #24 |
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LOL New Zealand.
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23rd January 2008, 12:06 | #25 | |
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23rd January 2008, 12:19 | #26 |
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Fuck Oz, Canada is where its at (i hate the heat)
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23rd January 2008, 12:48 | #27 | |
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My brother in law is moving to Western Australia in a few months to drive those huge trucks they have over there. Its in a really remote area but apparently the money is great, he only plans to do it for a couple of years but thats all you need to do apparently to get quite a bit of $$
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23rd January 2008, 12:51 | #28 |
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good luck on that "couple of years" for you brother inlaw.
its hard going , not because the work is necessarily hard but life is very very mundane. my father recently come back only after 1 year. the income was insanely good but you littler had nothing to spend it on or things to do with your time. its so remote theirs hardly a shop or anything near by, you spend most of your spare time wanting to go back to work out of boredom. |
23rd January 2008, 12:59 | #29 |
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They haven't discover masturbation in Australia? |
23rd January 2008, 13:07 | #30 |
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Can't be all good over there. That Aussie pair who managed to escape by canoe was all over the news the other week.
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23rd January 2008, 13:58 | #31 | |
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23rd January 2008, 14:14 | #32 |
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Is that skewed by including book deals and movie rights?
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23rd January 2008, 22:05 | #33 |
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Good on them
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24th January 2008, 00:30 | #34 | |
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24th January 2008, 02:13 | #36 |
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isn't mining dangerous as well?
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24th January 2008, 09:33 | #37 |
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Dangerous (very), boring (very), and hard work (very).
So, it has to pay well in a country with a controlled labour market. In a free-market cheap overseas labour could do the job at a proper price by exploiting the rather low level of skill required. |
24th January 2008, 10:05 | #38 |
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yeah fuck actually working -in- the mines. my dad sits in an office and tells the younger people using small spanners what to do- doesnt do it himself, too old for that sort of thing now.
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24th January 2008, 10:11 | #40 |
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about the price of your mum!
BURN! |