And they wonder why some are leaving...

[Mikkel]

BTW, hasn't been a new one for a coupla days...

Don't fix it if it ain't broken!

[Blackbird]

Oddly enough, unlike most, it seems, I can't make more money, in terms of pre-tax income, in Australia than I can here.


Nope, I'm well and truly stuck in little old NZ for the next decade or so, and quite frankly, I don't mind in the slightest.

Well said JR! Moving offshore when you're young (errr....younger than me, anyway) is a great way of earning good dough, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. However, it depends very much on what your definition of "quality of life" is. I'm very happy to say that I love NZ with a passion, and the quality of life on offer. I'm saying this, having grown up in the UK and have worked in other countries too. I'm also fortunate in that when I was working full-time, I was pretty well-paid and now in semi-retirement, I'm earning close to $100/hour doing consulting but don't particularly want to work as much as my clients want me to! The path to true nirvana is a rocky one

Seriously, NZ is just fine for my particular circumstances.

[peasea]

My brother is in Brisbane and he's on around 115k I think, pays huge tax though.

At 115k I think the tax is eighty bucks.
Ooops. Sorry! Wrong 115k.

[kevfromcoro]

GOT offered a job in Charters Towers..$53 an hour...fifo.
free food and accommodation.the only thing ,,the mine was a mile underground...not for me..
Sparky at work got offered a job out west.....in the middle of nowhere.$197 an hour...(seems a lot) free house too.
BTW did you know that if you ivest money in NZ,, only pay 2% interest on it if overseas...

[peasea]

BOT:
While some folk earn more in Oz I have some cases close to home where the reality hasn't been quite what the fantasy of moving to the West Island was. For thos who do get more cash, good on them, I've never bagged those who earn good money, just those who sit on their arses and pull big bucks. I have friends/rellies in both Oz and the UK doing very well thank you. I have the same here and when I sit down for dinner I don't feel too bad about my little lot either.

Personally, I still think NZ is a great country and don't, as yet, have any plans to move away from it. Financially we might not get as good a deal as some other places, our politicians are ugly idiots but push all that aside, check out the scenery and take a deep breath. You can still pull a good feed out of the tide, the hills or even the ground.

You do make some good points tho TriBoy, if you're a single person, go hard. For me; NZ is still a home I'd fight for.

[Steam]

IIf Labour get back in (please, dear God no!!), it's a certainty.

If labour gets in again, you can bet your sweet cantaloupe I'll be giving it probably more than just thoughts.

Sorry luvs, a lefty PC government just got elected over there (yes!), in case you missed it. They even printed a million t-shirts with SORRY printed on them.
It ain't no different over there.

[ynot slow]

My auntie returned from oz last year after being there since she married in 1974,left the day after they married,had their own bussiness etc,divorced etc,she has access to her oz super scheme,but she had to wait till November this year to get all of it.

My brother did the oz thing 20 yrs ago as a qualified sparky,worked his way around oz,but most of his qualifications from NZ needed upgrading to Oz standards,now he is qualified instrument tech etc,had a shutdown in Oz,applied thought not much chance of getting the job,they rang back 2 days before his wedding to say yep come over ($100hr)have 6 weeks or so shutdown 12 hr days etc,no married accomodation lol.

Mind you he gets around $45hr here when doing shutdowns and accomodation,airfares.

[JATZ]

BOT:
While some folk earn more in Oz I have some cases close to home where the reality hasn't been quite what the fantasy of moving to the West Island was. For thos who do get more cash, good on them, I've never bagged those who earn good money, just those who sit on their arses and pull big bucks. I have friends/rellies in both Oz and the UK doing very well thank you. I have the same here and when I sit down for dinner I don't feel too bad about my little lot either.

Personally, I still think NZ is a great country and don't, as yet, have any plans to move away from it. Financially we might not get as good a deal as some other places, our politicians are ugly idiots but push all that aside, check out the scenery and take a deep breath. You can still pull a good feed out of the tide, the hills or even the ground.

You do make some good points tho TriBoy, if you're a single person, go hard. For me; NZ is still a home I'd fight for.

Hear hear !

[peasea]

Sorry luvs, a lefty PC government just got elected over there (yes!), in case you missed it. They even printed a million t-shirts with SORRY printed on them.
It ain't no different over there.

Perhaps Mr. Cullen has a similar number of the same T-shirt under way?

[awayatc]

thread should be called " and they wonder why some are staying....."

I work offshore in New Plymouth at the moment. Funny thing is that kiwi's on boats run by the same company then ours.. but on an Ozzy contract work the same jobs in NZ for a fair bit more then Kiwi's get on a NZ contract.......

We are not even talking about kiwi's living in OZ.....

[Steam]

Funny thing is that kiwi's on boats ( owned by the same company then ours..) but on an Ozzy contract work the same jobs in NZ for a fair bit more then Kiwi's get on NZ contract.......

Bet hardly any of you are in the union, are ya? Go on strike for the same wages mate, in this job market you can't lose.

[Coyote]

Seconded - myself and g/f are a profession couple, but our spending money after rent and crap mean that we could buy a house buy 2050, let alone have kids. I have met unemployed people that make about 80% of my salary.

That's the sad reality I'm heading towards now. I want to be a kid again!

They should be heavily taxing multiple home owners out of owning so many bloody homes and give the rest of New Zealand a fucking chance. But no, Labour are quite happy with the way it is since most of them all own several properties themselves. And it's not like National will ever make things harder for richer folk.

And by multiple home owners, I mean the property investors that live on charging rent rather than working for a living, not the few people that may have been lucky enough to inherit their parents old home or batch.

[awayatc]

Bet hardly any of you are in the union, are ya? Go on strike for the same wages mate, in this job market you can't lose.

Don't know where you got your information from......but there is 1 crew member who is not in the union..... All the rest of the crews all through the ranks belong to their respective unions...

[Manxman]

Don't fix it if it ain't broken!

Not saying it's broken - just new scenery along a similar theme...

[geoffm]

My brother is in Brisbane and he's on around 115k I think, pays huge tax though.

Still a lower tax rate than NZ tho, due to the way the tax brackets are arranged, and the first $6k being tax free. I think the breakeven is around a million bucks...
I amm giving oz some serious thought recently.
G