Moving to Australia in 1990 I doubled my income as a Path Lab scientist and halved my cost of living. I moved from London from a share flat to my own two bedroom apartment for considerably less that I had been been paying. Food at Prahran Market was fresh, great quality and cheep. So I doubled my wages and halved my cost of living. I was 4 times better off. What’s more Aussies are prepared to give you a go. I managed successfully to change careers four times! From Scientist to Personal assistant to marketing exec to crafting teacher! That couldn’t happen in the UK! I’ve lived here for longer than I did in the UK and I have zero regrets.
That's so cool. Australia is so diverse in cultural heritages but most of us consider ourselves Aussies. You're an Aussie who was born in Argentina 😊😊.
I stumbled across this video and I'm glad I did. Welcome to Australia, it was so refreshing to hear people say how happy they are being here. During and after covid all I seem to hear is whinging. We are a lucky country, not perfect, but we have a lot of things going for us. People don't really appreciate Australia until they travel abroad. Your sense of humour, attitude and positivity here will be well received here.
@@ThatJohnstonLife Firstly welcome to our Great Southern Land. Name of a song actually. But what you're noticing in the supply chains are 25 years in the making. We have had the complete opposite to what the European Economic Union had. You had to pay people to produce stuff that went to waste.
@@ThatJohnstonLife 2nd part of our supply chain is most people here got focused on cheaper nasty products from China. Thus a great imbalance occurred over the decades, add to that 2 years of pandemic and every fault in the system shows. Enjoy your stay. Think about Citizenship because the way the world is travelling in Late April 2022 I can think of much worse places to be. Cheers Aussie Jeff
@@ThatJohnstonLife .... Kiwi here ... but my grandparents moved from the UK to Australia at the end of the First World War ... would've been interesting to know their take on the pros & cons ... but the former must've outweighed the latter because they stayed in Oz (like you, Queensland) for more than 40 years before retiring back to Blighty.
As a recently retired Australian I'd have to say that super is one of the best things about working here. Not having financial stress in your retirement is fantastic.
Super the biggest con. A lot of people could have done with their money that was put into super.you don't need that much ,about $250 in super and the full pension.for a couple .less for a single. At one time some of our tax went into a separate government account for a pension when we retired till some smart politician decided it would be best in consolidated revenue, probably to pay their own inflated entitlements when they retire,
@@joycebaron672 I'm not sure what you are talking about. You can choose your own super fund (which I did). In fact, you can run your own super fund (but I wouldn't do it). In the years leading up to my retirement, I put as much into super as I could to minimise my tax (and thus reduce consolidated revenue for the politicians).
@@BobHutton minimising tax is good, but if you have your own home ,even with twohundred and fifty thousand in super ,put that into a pension stream and with the pension you will still get about twelve hundred a week to live on As a couple and can still have a good amount of savings , you would need so someone on the radio on talkback .a million and a half or more in super to get more or less the same return . Like I say big con. Doesn't affect politicians their super is subsidised by the taxpayer besides the rest of their entitlements. Enjoy your retirement were enjoying ours .
There was never any empty shelves and out of stock items before the shutdowns...all our businesses were exceptionally fast and efficient in logistics but alas the current situation has affected everything...even stuff from Europe. Even the USA and the UK are having problems with empty shelves for many months.
Just been back to South Africa for a family visit and believe it or not, they had NO empty shelves. Shelves were over flowing everywhere. Not sure if it’s because they manufacture a lot of it themselves or what, but when I got back to Australia I could actually physically see the gaps in the shelves and the lack of choices available.
Leave loading was a condition won by the Union movement specifically because people who were forced to take Leave during School holidays had to pay significantly more for their holidays because Hotels had higher rates at the school holiday times. We enjoyed explaining this to Americans we met last time we were in Europe. Seeing their faces when we talked about working conditions (Sick Leave), Public Holidays, Superannuation, Maternity Leave, Leave Loading and even the 4 weeks Recreational Leave for ALL, it was delightful. When we got Long Service Leave they thought we must have been lying, it was the equivalent of saying we came from Mars!
Leave loading was brought in to make up for not being able to work overtime while on holiday. Overtime used to be worth working before they started taxing it to hell.
It was explained to me many years ago that Leave Loading was originally won by shift workers because they are generally paid an allowance for working out of normal hours but when they take leave they lose that allowance. It was therefore intended to maintain their income closer to their working one. For some reason when it was introduced it was applied to all (or most) workers. Despite other explanations posted here it seems odd that people will be paid more when on holidays than when they are working productively.
I stumbled across you guys and I am hooked. As an Australian myself, it helps me see and appreciate what we have here even more than I already do. And seeing a young immigrant family seeking opportunities for their children embrace their life here gives me hope that we will continue to be a lucky diverse multicultural nation. I really should go do some work now, but I've already lined about about a dozen videos first. Keep up the good work!
Im on the sunshine coast QLD , il tell yu you will never look back ,i love my bikes dirt and road jetski's beach,bush walks, scenery, outdoor sports , we got it all, you will love it
@@1953beetle yeah we like barbys beaches sun and I specially love beer regardless of where its from lol just sort stuff out and hopefully be over in next couple of years
Long service leave. You get that after 10 years. I was able to get 3months off and did a round the world trip. In nursing it's 17 weeks extra leave after 10 years service on top of 6 weeks annual leave each year. You also accumulate long service leave each year. We get a public holiday in Victoria for a footy match and a horse race.
I worked for the Police, and 10 years after I had a baby so with maternity leave I had 6 months off on full pay. But boy was I happy to go back to work for adult conversation, loved my baby just a better mother working.
Around the mid to late 70’s that probably ran into the 80’s we had a big add campaign to ‘Do the right thing and put it in the bin’ this made people more conscious and aware of littering and it was frowned upon to litter. We also do have workers paid to picking up litter throughout the city and suburbs, also if you get in trouble and sent to do community service you will probs be picking up litter too. But overall it’s not socially accepted to litter.
If you were in trouble at school - it was the dreaded "Scab Duty" where you collected papers off the ground. Kids now get Gloves / Pick Up Grabbers & Rubbish Bag. We just used our bare hands & washed them after ripping the papers in half to show you had more than you did LOL.
Love your take on life in Oz. To put supply and costs into perceptive … I follow a vlogger from the US. Who now lives in Australia. She’s mentioned costs and unavailability many times until she went back to the US to visit last month. She did a cost comparison of food and other things there and was totally stunned to find that things cost even more in the US now than in Australia. Unfortunately the whole world is changing at a bizarre speed and what’s happening here is happening everywhere. I have relatives in the UK and they’re telling us it’s the same thing is happening over there. Availability problems for some things of course are local supply chain issues, especially food related, but many are world wide issues. Tissues is due to shortage of pulp timber which is largely imported. We make some pulp here but not nearly enough.
I think it's all relative, things are more expensive in Australia but our wages are higher. When my daughter was doing a gap year (actually 2) in London her wages as an 18 - 19 year old, working for an events company, a nanny and a teachers aid was just over 1/2 of what she was earning at McDonalds as a 15 -16 year old in Australia.
Do you miss friends and family? Close connections? My 3 children were born here and this really helped to make new and long lasting friendships. I immigrated from Scotland in 1979, love love love it here!. Don't measure your quality of life in $$ it is so much more than that,. I still love Scotland and go back every year (except with COVID situation), as my family still live there. Leave loading, casual worker loading, long service leave, annual leave, healthcare system all excellent. The Superannuation system is excellent. My husband is a Head Teacher in Newcastle NSW. I worked for the Federal Government and so my Superannuation contribution was 15% from my employer and 10% from me. The pension situation in UK appears to be much less favourable. Enjoy you new life in Australia !
John, do Aussies dislike us poms? I have found making friends really hard, and I’m a happy sort of soul. I’ve been here since 2006, and I’m yet to find an Aussie who wants to be friends. I try to talk, and they sometimes look at me like I’m nuts lol. Maybe it’s me? I don’t know. My husband is an Aussie, but even his friends wives aren’t too friendly. I’ve sort of resigned myself to being a bit lonely here. Maybe I’ll find a yowie to be friends with lol. 👍🏽🏴🇬🇧🇦🇺🌸
@@pommiebears Hi PB, maybe it depends on where in Oz you live. I've lived in W.A. for most of my life and "Poms" are generally accepted as friends as they fit in fairly naturally - we share the same language, values and sense of humour. The only exceptions were once known as "Pommie whingers" but that description could apply to people of any nationality with that disposition. Maybe you need to find others with similar interests,
I agree with the job finding bit. I was in Oz from '87-'89. My wife went for 7 job interviews over 2 days and got all 7 of them. Took none of them and got a different one.
I'm an Australian, this is a pretty great list. One point for anyone considering moving out - Superannuation is not always on top of your income. Some jobs, the salary quoted is including superannuation. It's a minor point but something to consider when applying for jobs.
I'm relatively new to the channel but definitely excited to watch more! my spouse and I have been looking at Moving over to Australia from the US for awhile now and watching your videos makes me feel even more excited!
Glad you are enjoying your time here, about the litter thing, yes it’s about respect for others but more importantly it’s about being a team mate, playing your part and looking after the rest of your community. If you want to do well here in Australia then be a giver and a team player and look for ways to help others in your community, nothing pisses us off more than those that just take and don’t give back to their community.
At the time leave loading was introduced the unemployment rate was low and a great many jobs had regular overtime, in fact jobs were often advertised as having regular overtime to draw in workers who wanted the extra income. Some workers would leave a job and go elsewhere if the overtime was reduced. They got used to relying on the extra money and since many places close down for three weeks at Christmas and all their employees must take their leave then, the drop in pay at the most expensive part of the year was really felt. When you added in shift workers who got extra for working odd hours there were enough people grumbling for the unions to push for a leave loading and they got it.
I didn't know that there were industries here that still had leave loading! I worked in federal government (payroll & conditions officer) back in the early 90s, & they canned it then, nearly 30 years ago. When he was taking about 17.5% loading I thought 'whaaaa? Who has that still??'.
@@MsCateStar Yes, I once worked for the Federal Government, we had to work different shifts each day, round the clock. Overtime, weekend penalty rates, different rates on Saturday (time and a half fot the first three hours then double time), on Sunday (double time) and working on public holidays (double time), even triple time if working on Christmas Day, different rates for the hours if starting work earlier than 7am. 5 weeks annual leave, one week was in lieu of having to work on most weekends. Plus the 17.5% loading, it all became a nightmare for the clerical pay staff Australia wide. So a compromise was worked out with staff and unions and and an average loading, including the 17.5% was incorporated. Making it much easier to work out fortnightly wages. Yes, this all happened a long time ago about 30 years. Long service of 4 weeks leave kicked in after 10 years service and then an extra 3 days leave accumulated each year on top of the annual 5 weeks leave. When I retired I had many weeks leave accrued which was paid out.
@@jase026 I’ve not 100% yet but she is willing to research and look into it I think the outdoor life and quality of life for our daughter is swinging it also the wages we can earn she works in childcare over there it’s in demand big time. Where are you from mate?
@@Ironz89 I'm in the UK. I have 2 kids. My earning potential put in Australia in considerably more than UK. Better quality of life for our kids. But my wife does not want to be away from her family. Where are you from?
@@jase026 we are in the uk Lincolnshire. My partner has a close knit family parents and brothers that’s the only thing at the moment but she is in agreement it would be better life for us all . It’s her skills that will get us a visa for Australia so she has a zoom meeting next week with a potential employer and sponser. I’m a hgv driver in the uk and the hours and being away from home are one of the main reasons I wanna move to Australia. I can work in a warehouse in Western Australia perth area for 30 dollars a hour 4 8 hour shifts and 6 hours on a Friday it’s a no brainier and earn 6/600 pounds a week
If you're a teacher and want to travel, look into term contracts in different states. I'm in regional WA (red dirt, outback area) as a teacher, and we have such a shortage that we basically hire anybody who shows the slightest interest. Plenty of teachers stay for a term while they visit the national parks in the area, then move on.
Annual leave loading is the best!! As everyone else has said this "out of stock" thing is due to Covid (imports and local items) and it is a world wide issue that has the flow on affect, never like this prior to Covid. Still no Toilet Paper in Melbourne with a one pack limit 😡 never any tissues either so l hear you. Agree on the friendly neighbours only been in my current home for a year and great friends with all our neighbours from moving in day so yes we are a friendly bunch👍
You mentioned the supply chain. Please keep in mind that Biscoff is imported. If it's out, then it's out. It comes from another continent that may be having its own supply chain issues (especially lately), so yes, you're right - first world problems. :)
Leave loading you'll actually get for every holiday taken, not just end of the year. There is no holiday or christmas pay usually, not like in Austria where you'd get a 13th and 14th month salary. You get paid weekly in most jobs, also pay rent weekly! Another thing you wont expect is that you can buy alcohol only in bottle shops. Not in supermarkets, not in petrol stations, only bottleshops are allowed to sell alcohol. But they do offer very handy drive throughs for that as well! Shops are generally open EVERY day is another thing we did not have in Austria. Another thing: there are no church bells ringing in Queensland. Not like Austria where you'd have a church with belltower in every village, sometimes even 2 or more and they'd chime their bells every quarter, half and full hour and even longer at mass on Saturdays and Sundays. One more thing: you'll find public BBQ grill-stations in nearly every parke or beach in Australia. Everyone can use them, sometimes with a coin, sometimes even free. Just leave them clean for the next person and put your rubbish away. Parks are big for celebrations like birthdays, parties etc. One more hint: Do NOT go topless on the beach, you might get fined! Aussies are prude that way. There aren't many nudist beaches either, very vew actually! And the loveliest thing is you'll be able to join clubs and get into Club Restaurants like RSL or Surf Live Savers etc. and enjoy cheeper food and drinks because as club they pay less taxes. There are no guns in Australia (or very, very limited, not like in the USA) generally there is very little crime and nearly no road rage. People smile at you even at traffic lights. Police is mostly very nice polite and friendly. Enjoy Australia and stay friendly and polite mates! Life is hard enough, so don't make it harder for anyone! Keep smiling! 😇😁👍
Disability support and aged care are really in demand atm because of the pandemic. Many workers in these fields were on working visas, and to renew the visa you have to be outside of Australia. During the pandemic, once you left, it was too difficult (and at some points in time impossible) to actually get back in, so many employers lost a large percentage of their staff. My workplace is still recovering, we just can't get enough staff to regularly cover shifts.
Unavailability of goods is a new experience to most in Australia as well. But being a relatively small market at the end of a supply chain disrupted by a pandemic and congestion (remember the Suez constipation?) has consequences. Even local food supplies have been disrupted by covid and natural disasters in production areas. Regardless, I think you're better off here than trying to survive the consequences of Brexit.
There are various reasons for some things being unavailable. Shortage of pallets was one that surprised me but containers for importing things in are in short supply too. From what i understand the shortage of lorry drivers in England means things are in short supply there too. The lack of working tourists and students mean that some fruit and vegies can't be picked at the same rate they usually are so then prices go up. The floods are also contributing to the shortage of some fruit and vegies that couldn't get delivered. Even the best supply chain manager is going to struggle at the moment. I work in the electronics industry and we were asked to help out an old contact with supply of a particular chip. It usually cost around USD7. We had to pay $53 yes 53 to secure some for him and he was prepared o pay that amount to keep his project on time.
Actually made me laugh out loud that Biscoff was the product called out. That has really only appeared on the shelves in Australia within the last 12 months or so. Some "basic" staples in Europe are just not high priority supermarket items in Australia. Just teach the nippers to eat Vegemite like normal Aussies 😁
I also stumbled across this video as I was walking on my treadmill (you’ve got to find something to beat the boredom.🙄😂). It was so lovely to hear such positive things spoken about our country (I’m a born and bred West Aussie). The older I get the more I appreciate all that we have been blessed with in Australia. I did have a laugh at the biscoff part as I was looking for the exact same thing and we didn’t get it here for months!! We have never experienced supply issues like we did in the past year ever before! I think we are still limited to buying only two boxes of tissues!🙄 I’m glad you found people friendly as some people say the opposite and it does vary state to state as well as from city to country. Country people are known to be far friendlier and have more of a ‘community’ and laid back attitude. If you are talking about beaches Western Australia has some of the best you’ll ever see! Come visit us sometime! 😁
I first visited Australia in March 2004 and when renting a car in Sydney my son and I were chatting with the clerk about various things when she mentioned getting "bump up" when on vacation. When she explained what "bump up" was the expression on our faces spoke volumes. She blushed red with embarrassment describing how she got paid more not to be at work. In the US, many people are not not even guaranteed vacation leave and to get paid more when you're not at work??!!! The Us is a "workaholic" place. We would be a lot better off mentally if people had more free time and the money to enjoy it.
Just a hint to save money, speak with your HR Team in getting paperwork filled out regarding Salary Sacrifice. If you make regular deposits into your Superannuation, check to see how much your contribution is and how much you can deposit into Super to bring your wage down to the next tax level. In other words, I get paid each fortnight, I contributed $50 a fortnight into my Super , but if I increased my contribution to $100 a fortnight, BEFORE I was taxed on my wage, then I would get taxed on the lesser wage, so would pay less tax, which then brings my wage up, because I now was in a less tax bracket AND I was also making a bigger contribution to my Super. Win Win with Salary Sacrifice. When I did this, it worked out that I was actually getting more money in my pocket each fortnight because of the tax break. I also got more back on my tax return each year. And the best part is that its all legal.
If you take 'annual leave' you get the loading does not matter when you take it . Eg: I may take one week in January and will get loading then I might take two weeks later on in the year and will get the loading then I may take one week again and get loading. I may accumulate leave and take it all at once and get loading on all of it I get 4 weeks a year but have not used it for the last couple of years ..so now I could take 8 weeks ( or what ever you have accumulated )off and I will get the loading on all those weeks I also get 1 weeks 'long service leave a year making it 4 weeks annual leave and 1 week long service each year(after 25 years at the company ) That you can accumulate so at the time you leave the company you may have up to 3-4 months (or more)worth that you can take if you do not take them off before to add to any unused annual leave you have saved But we do not get loading to long service leave only on Annual leave
Generally speaking, littering is low in Oz for 2 reasons. (1) Pride that most people have for their local environment - and (2) the SHAME you are put under. If anyone sees you littering, they will - quite rightly - give you a bollocking!
Littering was pretty damn high in the late '70s and into the early '80s until the Keep Australia Beautiful campaign took off (begun, as noted by Boris above, by KESAB). I can remember some of the adverts, including the primary school kids attempting to sweep a chalk outline of Australia clean and cans and such constantly being blown back on by the wind.
@@Chapps1941 the 5c bottle recycling refund helped a lot too. It was raised to 10c per bottle a while ago. Bottle recycling is used as a fundraiser for the Scouts and Girl guides too. It amazed me when I found out that it was only is SA. I think they’re still fighting Coca Cola for it in NSW.
It used to be June in Queensland but because most of the public holidays were in the first part of the year, the LNP moved Labour Day (the first Monday in May) to October. Then Labor got in and wanted Labor Day back in May, so moved Queen’s birthday to October instead. Her Majesty mustn’t know where she is.
Not all Aussie awards have leave loading. Some wages are ‘annualised’. Ie they add in every additional payment you are likely to be entitled to throughout the year, then divide it by the number of pay periods you have during the year. It means you know exactly how much you will get each pay.
Indeed. I worked in the print media for 19 years (highly unionised) where leave loading was incorporated into your salary/wage as part of your salary package. We didn't get 17% 'extra' when we went on leave. Being unionised, we had fantastic conditions and benefits.
Not all industries have leave loading. Many industries leave loading is incorporated into your salary/wage as part of your salary package. This means you don't get 17% extra in your holiday pay.
yes that's true, many larger companies do this to streamline their expenses (as wages are a fixed cost) , and also, if you've saved up your annual leave over one month, and all of a sudden they make you redundant or you resign from your job , thats an extra 17,5% your lump sum your employer has to pay you out. When business go to get loans or lines of credit from banks, this is seen as too much of a liability , when workers save over 1 months, especially when you get regular pay rises. It's like a financial ticking time bomb that they will have to expense in one hit.
@@kennytaylor8903 Melbourne/Victoria is better than Sydney or NSW anyway! Haha the good ol’ Victoria/New South Wales rivalry! Victoria is so much better though. Enjoy it!
On the subject of the cost of things here is Australia, wait until you do your first trip back to Blighty. As a regular traveler back to the UK, I cannot get over some of the prices there. B & B's, hotels and train travel are particularly expensive there. Additionally, for some products I buy there, I notice a 1:1 cost ratio which due to exchange rates make them double what I would pay here. Glad to hear you are finding all the benefits of living here, it is the best move I ever made.
Grab yourself a bag of potting mix and a couple of pots and plant some seeds from the last capsicum (pepper) you bought. They grow easily and save you a lot of money. The only difference between green ones and red ones is the time in the ground before picking. The price of capsicums is incredibly volatile for some reason, so just grow some of your own.
Welcome to our little oasis guys! I'm so pleased your experience has been positive and you've been welcomed. I can see that you're already adding to our national family. Sorry about the stock issue. We're working on it 🤣
Leave loading is to compensate you for not earning extra pay for working unusual hours. When you go on leave, you only earn your base rate of pay and not your usual pay per hour. Because everyone gets more per hour if they work nights, public holidays and overtime rates, you would be paid significantly less when you go on annual leave so the 17.5% leave loading payment is to compensate you for that. We have a very strong labour and union movement in Australia and leave loading has ensured that when people go on their up to 5 weeks leave per year, that they can still pay their bills etc. You are supposed to not be worse off for taking leave.
My accountant tells me that long service leave is exactly 8.66 weeks because, back when it was first introduced, it was calculated that it took that length of time to travel by boat to and from England with time to visit relatives. Times change, but Aussies don’t surrender holidays. Recent government efforts to remove overtime were rebuked by asking them to work weekends and after hours first.
The shortages are down to covid, it has disrupted supply chains - it will get better! Before covid there were no serious shortages. We need to bring more manufacturing back to Australia - we need people who can do manufacturing, c’mon down!
The out of stocks isn’t a standard thing. That has really only started since Covid. I’m hoping that it fixes itself soon. Glad you’re enjoying Australia.
I thought leave loading was 18% in UK I was told its its 25% in Ireland and most E.U> counties One of the reason that some things are more expensive in Oz is because of the other benefits we get. The extra percentages added to the hourly wage rate to cover sickies and workers compo and so on . the few cents added is well worth it in the end.
Kind of makes sense, as demand dictates prices. So if everyday items were cheap, demand was not as strong, hence the demand for labour to supply more of the product is not strong either. But I guess at the end of the day, it all depends on what trade / profession you are in.
Yes, do not look too closely in big cities...but generally speaking it's much cleaner than most european cities! And do not look on Queensland Highways where you'll fund tires, pumpers, mirrows, other car parts very often because there is no annual check up on cars, so they do rust a lot and get shabby. Cars rust more in humid weather and living in salty areas near the beaches of course.
As a fellow Queenslander, it's nice to see these videos. Welcome. Your perspective's of us is actually EYE OPENING for us! We don't have a lot to complain about after all! (Except our Pollies) they're bad all over the World. LOL.
Not sure how you're getting 15 public holidays. There's Christmas day, boxing day, Australia day, good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac day, queen's birthday and October one.
Funnily enough, I used to get leave loading in my old job here in the UK too. It was called "Holiday Pay Supplement" - Basically the idea is that you shouldn't be financially disadvantaged for taking your annual leave, so if you can show that you earn a certain amount per month on average due to overtime then you should get that paid also during your leave. I was blown away when I got the letter saying I was getting an extra £400 at the end of the year in HPS for the first time lol.
I have noticed vandalism has declined in Australia since the 70s when I was a kid. Then everything looked like concrete bunkers, designed to be vandal-proof, but lots of stuff still got wrecked. Now I look in amazement at the beautiful public facilities and furniture that councils and governments pay for which pretty much survives intact. Especially glass bus and tram shelters, public artworks, polished wood and brass fittings. Most of that stuff would have been demolished within weeks in the 70s.
Moved to Aus when I was 7 from the UK. My first impression was not good - yellow grass everywhere and green seemed to be not a thing. Of course, early summer is not a great time for grass 🤣 but I’d highly recommend getting on board with Christmas in July for your more traditional Christmas meal and embracing the bbq meats and salads for the Dec Christmas. It took my family 40ish years but we got there eventually.
Another alternative is to go to the Australian Alps for Christmas. I come from the Northern Tablelands. Summers are warm, it not excessively so. I grew up with hot lunches and it was quite comfortable eating them. In fact there were years when Christmas Day was down right cold (it snowed on Christmas Day the year my parents moved there). I am pretty sure the temperatures will be fairly mild near Thredbo, Perisher and so on most Christmas Days, as they are at even higher altitudes.
Some quick advise for you, is to make sure your super is in a industry super fund or government fund. Make sure you remove any of the insurances from your super, they are a rip off. You get a massive tax reduction if you pay some extra into your super if it is pre-tax contributions, important to start doing ASAP, think of it as the tax man is adding to your savings! Glad to see you are enjoying Australia
My employer pays 15.4% on top of my pay into my super. I contribute 10%. 9% is the minimum an employer must contribute. I earn six figures. My pension will be more than many peoples wages. Gotta love Australia.
To clarify - Leave Loading is placed on ALL annual leave that any Full-Time or Part-time employee takes, Casuals aren't entitled and for the reasons Brett Kajar mentioned. Superannuation is a mandatory expense employers have to pay and, you'll be happy (the employers might not be) to know that next FY it goes up another .5%. Your entitlement to contribute more to it is salary sacrificing and you'll be surprised at how many things you can do this with. As all SS are taken at the Gross before PAYG kicks in, it might push you down a tax bracket.
Really fair assessment of your experience in Australia. Just a few points. Some things are expensive. Out of season produce for example. The answer is buy the in season produce. Australia has the luxury of having a wide range of climates so most fresh fruit and veg can be grown here. The supply issue is a world wide issue due to COVID. Hopefully it will improve sooner rather than later. Superannuation was a major step forward in providing employees with a guaranteed lump sum at retirement (generally 60 plus) when a pension or income stream can be withdrawn from that sum tax free. Introduced by the Labour Party treasurer Paul Keating in 1992.
Regarding costs of stuff, I was talking to someone in NZ yesterday - its cheaper for them to buy groceries from Australia, including import cost! Their fuel prices were over $3 a litre recently!
Great vedio. Came to sydney over Christmas from UK and loved the country. Traveled to Melbourne and Goldcoast too was stunning and people are so so friendly and relaxed. 🤔 do you compare teaching in UK vs Aus and the standard of education? And hoe many months holidays do teachers get is it same as term dates like UK?
Hi, you actually get annual leave loading for all of your allocated holidays no matter what time of year you take them. Which is usually 17% on top of your regular pay. As a nurse I also get base pay for public holidays even if I'm not rostered on for that day. :)
Prior to covid there were less shortages, I never saw tissue shortages until recently. As an Aussie, I’ve never heard of Biscoff (Apparently made in Belgium). During the 2000 Olympics many British thought Australia was cheap- the exchange rate was about 2.5 to 1. Times change.
Funny thing about distance. I live in Western Australia now after most of my life in Victoria. I find that I see MORE of my family now, living on the other side of the country, than I did when I lived in the same city as them. The cost of international airfares these days would allow one to fly back to catch up with family once or twice a year. Maybe the rest of the family could move over as well ... that would solve the problem!
In Canada, we only have 11 public holidays per year. But, we do have a day off honoring the Queen,but not the current Monarch. On May 24, we get Victoria Day off.
It varies between states in Australia....usually around 11 to 12 per year. Melbourne/Victoria has a public holiday on the friday before the AFL grand final and on Melbourne Cup day....always the first Tuesday in November.
It's not 15 public holidays in Queensland. I count 9 for the Gold Coast. It's probably 15 if you count all of the regional public holidays but these aren't state wide so even though there are various days at different times it's really one each region. ie Brisbane has Ekka show day around mid August and Gold Coast has GC show day at the end of August but no-one else gets these.
You have to pick up your dogs poo or you can be fined ... we just buy special bags for it when we take our dogs out. Otherwise they poo in our gardens and we clean it up with pooper scoopers!!! The shortages are a pandemic thing we dont normally run out of anything and we were getting back to normal then the floods happened and a lot of stuff was directed to the flood areas which need things more than we do. I emigrated here from the UK in 1974 and was very homesick for the first 2 years , once I got over that Im happy to say I would never move back, in fact havnt even been back for a holiday! Oh and my biggest shock was how wide the normal streets in Adelaide were it felt like driving on a motorway lol.
Like how he points out the public holidays. He should of also mentioned the high sick call rate before and after a public holiday. It’s very normal to happen.
As an Australian born Australian (With a Pom Father) who has lived in the UK (Essex) at some point (all be it as a preteen), I wonder what on earth is a Biscof? Also as the Child of an Australian Woman whose Uncles and Father served in the Australian Army each World War I understand why we celebrate ANZAC day as it was a huge commitment by Volunteers (mostly but not always below 20 years of age) from a very small recently independent Nation to initially join two separate world wars on behalf of Family many of us still had in the UK(the casualty toll per head of population was sizeable). I liked the Photo you showed ,I think from Mary Cairncross Park, of the Glasshouse mountains (named by James Cook, as was Mount Warning down south). The park usually lush and Gree was named after of an ancestor of an Aunty of mine who unfortunately passed around the onset of Covid (The Aunty not the ancestor). If you ever get the chance the some of the Glasshouse mountains are a good climb(if your young and fit).
I am glad you have found your place in this wide country. I hope you will find the rest of it just as special. The north is not grim here, no, not at all. ; ) Don't forget about long service leave.
In the US, not all public holidays are observed by employers. Retail usually doesn't recognize Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving... or ANY of the major holidays. Most other employers will recognize those, and Memorial Day, Labor Day, New Year's Day, and Independence Day as a paid day off work, but I've worked for a few employers who don't. Typically if you want every holiday off you have to work at a bank or be a federal or state employee... otherwise it's not really a guarantee.
Fellow Queenslander here. If you want an island holiday and to feed some wild dolphins get yourself over to Moreton island & Tangalooma resort. It’s a short ferry ride from Pinkenba just outside Brisbane.
As an Australian who has visited the British Isles, I can understand that your supply chains are fairly robust. However, supply chains in Australia pre-Covid were efficient and timely. There are far greater distances to traverse to bring products to market. Now there are many and varied uncertainties due to shipping being held up by Covid related crewing problems,; availability of trucking; and limited shipping available. Shipping numbers have been reduced because; the older vessels have been sent to the scrape yards; and empty sea containers are not being returned or filled as rapidly as normally possible. USA have much the same problems, but on a much larger scale. Also there is often a run on supplies at a local store because customers have an irrational fear of missing out. Farmers markets can be a source of good quality food at reasonable prices. Do your research on prices before going. Hope this helps you and your audiences. Better dye your hair as ageism is rampant in employment in this country.
PSA: Fresh produce in Australia, the benchmark is $4 per kilo. That's a good measure for seasonality. Of course, things like cherries are always going to be more than that, but for things like citrus, melons, stonefruits, CAPSICUMS, (peppers are the family that peppercorns come from, capsicum comes from the nightshade family,) and root vegetables,... if they cost more than $4/kg then move on.
I hope you guys got to a dawn service today....You would really appreciate the Australian ethic of ALL the people getting down to their local dawn service, when you see it, especially all the
As someone who went to live in Britain from Aussie, I found England really dirty and couldn’t get used to the black soot on my car. Also found life more hectic and harder to relax. When I got back to Australia My blood pressure went down and I felt happy again. The colours are brighter. The things I enjoyed was the countryside out west, rugby in Bath and the closeness to Europe. However I missed the surf. Britain has expensive petrol but cheap pharmacy drugs.
Re: Tax, just be aware that uk pension income is taxed as overseas income and that uk govt pensions paid to Australian residents are frozen from the date of first drawdown.
Here in Perth nothing was ever out of stock before covid. There was a cut train line in SA recently and that caused some stock issues but it hasn’t been a big deal.
Thanks..I really enjoy your videos..its great to hear you say positive things and truthfully acknowledge the negatives..look forward to you doing some more travelling and posting your impressions...especiially in the outback areas which I love👍
The thing with Holidays in America is very few of them actually are a day off for workers. For a lot of workers you might have to work through thanksgiving, memorial day, Christmas,etc etc.
Also, the ability to have off on a holiday is very industry and state dependent even with federal holidays. Like someone else said, pretty much the only people that get off every federal holiday are state, federal workers and bank/financial services workers
You guys are making ME want to move to Australia! Will your Agent help me do you think? I live in Tasmania. 😂🙃🤣😆 BTW... Just a heads up... Yes. Most Aussies are friendly - but - when people ask you "How're ya goin?" They're kinda surprised if you start actually telling them. It's really just a different version of 'Gidday!" 👍
I don’t know how you count public holidays. But unless you work for the government, in the US. So that means the majority of the country get New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and finally Christmas. So in case I’ve lost you that equals 6 days.
Moving to Australia in 1990 I doubled my income as a Path Lab scientist and halved my cost of living. I moved from London from a share flat to my own two bedroom apartment for considerably less that I had been been paying. Food at Prahran Market was fresh, great quality and cheep. So I doubled my wages and halved my cost of living. I was 4 times better off.
What’s more Aussies are prepared to give you a go. I managed successfully to change careers four times! From Scientist to Personal assistant to marketing exec to crafting teacher! That couldn’t happen in the UK!
I’ve lived here for longer than I did in the UK and I have zero regrets.
How did you cope with the distance from family/friends etc especially if you’re super close to your family?
Yes ,if I have my family in Europe .😮
hi, what's the best advise that you can give for me as a single lady like me who's planning to move to AU and whats the best city to move in ? thanks
We migrated from Argentina to Queensland 40 years ago ..and we are blessed everyday we are here Mate !
That's so cool. Australia is so diverse in cultural heritages but most of us consider ourselves Aussies. You're an Aussie who was born in Argentina 😊😊.
What you like there ?
You studied in Australian University ?😮😊
New Zealand is "the land of the long white cloud" Australia is "the land of the long weekend".
Should be on their crest
Actually Australia is the land of the long metal fence
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣So true! Love it♥️
NZ has taken a _vowel_ of silence.
Nah, I heard that NZ is "the land of the wrong white crowd". Apologies to our Kiwi friends - said in jest😉
I stumbled across this video and I'm glad I did. Welcome to Australia, it was so refreshing to hear people say how happy they are being here. During and after covid all I seem to hear is whinging. We are a lucky country, not perfect, but we have a lot of things going for us. People don't really appreciate Australia until they travel abroad. Your sense of humour, attitude and positivity here will be well received here.
Aww cheers bud, really appreciate it
@@ThatJohnstonLife Firstly welcome to our Great Southern Land. Name of a song actually. But what you're noticing in the supply chains are 25 years in the making. We have had the complete opposite to what the European Economic Union had. You had to pay people to produce stuff that went to waste.
@@ThatJohnstonLife 2nd part of our supply chain is most people here got focused on cheaper nasty products from China. Thus a great imbalance occurred over the decades, add to that 2 years of pandemic and every fault in the system shows. Enjoy your stay. Think about Citizenship because the way the world is travelling in Late April 2022 I can think of much worse places to be. Cheers Aussie Jeff
@@ThatJohnstonLife .... Kiwi here ... but my grandparents moved from the UK to Australia at the end of the First World War ... would've been interesting to know their take on the pros & cons ... but the former must've outweighed the latter because they stayed in Oz (like you, Queensland) for more than 40 years before retiring back to Blighty.
Exactly I spent 7 years in Philippines. Not a pleasant experience. Nothing to do with people, it's the upper echelons. True mini America.
As a recently retired Australian I'd have to say that super is one of the best things about working here. Not having financial stress in your retirement is fantastic.
We're very lucky to live in Australia.
Super the biggest con. A lot of people could have done with their money that was put into super.you don't need that much ,about $250 in super and the full pension.for a couple .less for a single. At one time some of our tax went into a separate government account for a pension when we retired till some smart politician decided it would be best in consolidated revenue, probably to pay their own inflated entitlements when they retire,
@@joycebaron672 I'm not sure what you are talking about. You can choose your own super fund (which I did). In fact, you can run your own super fund (but I wouldn't do it). In the years leading up to my retirement, I put as much into super as I could to minimise my tax (and thus reduce consolidated revenue for the politicians).
@@BobHutton minimising tax is good, but if you have your own home ,even with twohundred and fifty thousand in super ,put that into a pension stream and with the pension you will still get about twelve hundred a week to live on
As a couple and can still have a good amount of savings , you would need so someone on the radio on talkback .a million and a half or more in super to get more or less the same return . Like I say big con. Doesn't affect politicians their super is subsidised by the taxpayer besides the rest of their entitlements. Enjoy your retirement were enjoying ours .
@@joycebaron672 super is only a con if you join someone like AMP or other private companies. We had an RC about that. So you’re delusional
There was never any empty shelves and out of stock items before the shutdowns...all our businesses were exceptionally fast and efficient in logistics but alas the current situation has affected everything...even stuff from Europe.
Even the USA and the UK are having problems with empty shelves for many months.
It's definitely a problem all over
Never an issue pre-covid
You can't really expect a UK item to be restocked during the pandemic when flights were very few and far between. Time to try a new bikkie Aurora!
Just been back to South Africa for a family visit and believe it or not, they had NO empty shelves. Shelves were over flowing everywhere. Not sure if it’s because they manufacture a lot of it themselves or what, but when I got back to Australia I could actually physically see the gaps in the shelves and the lack of choices available.
Very true. Australia had a great supply and demand regimen and covid has knocked it for six.
Leave loading was a condition won by the Union movement specifically because people who were forced to take Leave during School holidays had to pay significantly more for their holidays because Hotels had higher rates at the school holiday times. We enjoyed explaining this to Americans we met last time we were in Europe. Seeing their faces when we talked about working conditions (Sick Leave), Public Holidays, Superannuation, Maternity Leave, Leave Loading and even the 4 weeks Recreational Leave for ALL, it was delightful. When we got Long Service Leave they thought we must have been lying, it was the equivalent of saying we came from Mars!
I love confusing Americans too
Leave loading was brought in to make up for not being able to work overtime while on holiday. Overtime used to be worth working before they started taxing it to hell.
Brett K it was for lost overtime earnings. Not what you said.
It was explained to me many years ago that Leave Loading was originally won by shift workers because they are generally paid an allowance for working out of normal hours but when they take leave they lose that allowance. It was therefore intended to maintain their income closer to their working one. For some reason when it was introduced it was applied to all (or most) workers. Despite other explanations posted here it seems odd that people will be paid more when on holidays than when they are working productively.
@@hinterkress sorry, but it was in recognition for people who worked overtime and that they couldn't earn that money when they were on holidays.
I moved to Australia 35 years ago from New York. I made a great choice and am convinced I live in the "lucky country".
I bet your life is so different now Margaret
I stumbled across you guys and I am hooked. As an Australian myself, it helps me see and appreciate what we have here even more than I already do. And seeing a young immigrant family seeking opportunities for their children embrace their life here gives me hope that we will continue to be a lucky diverse multicultural nation. I really should go do some work now, but I've already lined about about a dozen videos first. Keep up the good work!
Cheers Matt, appreciate it
Love this me and my partner are on about moving to Australia to give our new born daughter a better life style
Im on the sunshine coast QLD , il tell yu you will never look back ,i love my bikes dirt and road jetski's beach,bush walks, scenery, outdoor sports , we got it all, you will love it
@@fearnobeer9077 sounds amazing hopefully be there soon
Do it! Our lifestyle is great
A tip:I hope you like barby's,the beach and Aussie beer.
Take care anyhow,OK.
@@1953beetle yeah we like barbys beaches sun and I specially love beer regardless of where its from lol just sort stuff out and hopefully be over in next couple of years
Long service leave. You get that after 10 years. I was able to get 3months off and did a round the world trip. In nursing it's 17 weeks extra leave after 10 years service on top of 6 weeks annual leave each year. You also accumulate long service leave each year.
We get a public holiday in Victoria for a footy match and a horse race.
Awesome
I worked for the Police, and 10 years after I had a baby so with maternity leave I had 6 months off on full pay. But boy was I happy to go back to work for adult conversation, loved my baby just a better mother working.
My mum is a teacher, she used her long service leave to get in extra long weekends; took Mondays and Fridays off and worked the other 3 days.
Around the mid to late 70’s that probably ran into the 80’s we had a big add campaign to ‘Do the right thing and put it in the bin’ this made people more conscious and aware of littering and it was frowned upon to litter. We also do have workers paid to picking up litter throughout the city and suburbs, also if you get in trouble and sent to do community service you will probs be picking up litter too. But overall it’s not socially accepted to litter.
The way it should be
If you were in trouble at school - it was the dreaded "Scab Duty" where you collected papers off the ground. Kids now get Gloves / Pick Up Grabbers & Rubbish Bag. We just used our bare hands & washed them after ripping the papers in half to show you had more than you did LOL.
There are fines for littering. $200 for dropping a cigarette butt out the window of your car.
@@wendymccabe1625 I saw a lit butt set fire to the nature strip when I was driving for a work visit. It was put out by the RFS volunteers in Summer.
We had "Pick it up pig" in the 80s. It was very effective
Love your take on life in Oz. To put supply and costs into perceptive … I follow a vlogger from the US.
Who now lives in Australia. She’s mentioned costs and unavailability many times until she went back to the US to visit last month. She did a cost comparison of food and other things there and was totally stunned to find that things cost even more in the US now than in Australia. Unfortunately the whole world is changing at a bizarre speed and what’s happening here is happening everywhere. I have relatives in the UK and they’re telling us it’s the same thing is happening over there. Availability problems for some things of course are local supply chain issues, especially food related, but many are world wide issues. Tissues is due to shortage of pulp timber which is largely imported. We make some pulp here but not nearly enough.
Sounds like it's a world wide issue then
I think it's all relative, things are more expensive in Australia but our wages are higher. When my daughter was doing a gap year (actually 2) in London her wages as an 18 - 19 year old, working for an events company, a nanny and a teachers aid was just over 1/2 of what she was earning at McDonalds as a 15 -16 year old in Australia.
Which vlogger?
SmDont tell me we are cutting down old growth firsts in Tasmania to make tissues!! IDE rather have a snotty nose and keep the Quolls.
Do you miss friends and family? Close connections? My 3 children were born here and this really helped to make new and long lasting friendships. I immigrated from Scotland in 1979, love love love it here!. Don't measure your quality of life in $$ it is so much more than that,. I still love Scotland and go back every year (except with COVID situation), as my family still live there. Leave loading, casual worker loading, long service leave, annual leave, healthcare system all excellent. The Superannuation system is excellent. My husband is a Head Teacher in Newcastle NSW. I worked for the Federal Government and so my Superannuation contribution was 15% from my employer and 10% from me. The pension situation in UK appears to be much less favourable. Enjoy you new life in Australia !
Glad you guys have found how blessed we Aussies are in a great many areas.
Continue enjoying the people and place.
We will. Thanks John
John, do Aussies dislike us poms? I have found making friends really hard, and I’m a happy sort of soul. I’ve been here since 2006, and I’m yet to find an Aussie who wants to be friends. I try to talk, and they sometimes look at me like I’m nuts lol. Maybe it’s me? I don’t know. My husband is an Aussie, but even his friends wives aren’t too friendly. I’ve sort of resigned myself to being a bit lonely here. Maybe I’ll find a yowie to be friends with lol. 👍🏽🏴🇬🇧🇦🇺🌸
@@pommiebears Hi PB, maybe it depends on where in Oz you live. I've lived in W.A. for most of my life and "Poms" are generally accepted as friends as they fit in fairly naturally - we share the same language, values and sense of humour. The only exceptions were once known as "Pommie whingers" but that description could apply to people of any nationality with that disposition. Maybe you need to find others with similar interests,
@@pommiebears usually good natured ribbing. it was, after all, the english who helped establish this great modern nation.
I agree with the job finding bit. I was in Oz from '87-'89. My wife went for 7 job interviews over 2 days and got all 7 of them. Took none of them and got a different one.
I'm an Australian, this is a pretty great list. One point for anyone considering moving out - Superannuation is not always on top of your income. Some jobs, the salary quoted is including superannuation. It's a minor point but something to consider when applying for jobs.
Thanks for the info Matthew
I'm relatively new to the channel but definitely excited to watch more! my spouse and I have been looking at Moving over to Australia from the US for awhile now and watching your videos makes me feel even more excited!
Happy to help Wyntr
Glad you are enjoying your time here, about the litter thing, yes it’s about respect for others but more importantly it’s about being a team mate, playing your part and looking after the rest of your community. If you want to do well here in Australia then be a giver and a team player and look for ways to help others in your community, nothing pisses us off more than those that just take and don’t give back to their community.
Totally agree Tamara
At the time leave loading was introduced the unemployment rate was low and a great many jobs had regular overtime, in fact jobs were often advertised as having regular overtime to draw in workers who wanted the extra income. Some workers would leave a job and go elsewhere if the overtime was reduced. They got used to relying on the extra money and since many places close down for three weeks at Christmas and all their employees must take their leave then, the drop in pay at the most expensive part of the year was really felt. When you added in shift workers who got extra for working odd hours there were enough people grumbling for the unions to push for a leave loading and they got it.
Thanks for the info
I didn't know that there were industries here that still had leave loading!
I worked in federal government (payroll & conditions officer) back in the early 90s, & they canned it then, nearly 30 years ago. When he was taking about 17.5% loading I thought 'whaaaa? Who has that still??'.
@@MsCateStar
Yes, I once worked for the Federal Government, we had to work different shifts each day, round the clock.
Overtime, weekend penalty rates, different rates on Saturday (time and a half fot the first three hours then double time), on Sunday (double time) and working on public holidays (double time), even triple time if working on Christmas Day, different rates for the hours if starting work earlier than 7am.
5 weeks annual leave, one week was in lieu of having to work on most weekends.
Plus the 17.5% loading, it all became a nightmare for the clerical pay staff Australia wide.
So a compromise was worked out with staff and unions and and an average loading, including the 17.5% was incorporated.
Making it much easier to work out fortnightly wages.
Yes, this all happened a long time ago about 30 years.
Long service of 4 weeks leave kicked in after 10 years service and then an extra 3 days leave accumulated each year on top of the annual 5 weeks leave.
When I retired I had many weeks leave accrued which was paid out.
Gonna show my wife this video! Desperate to get out there. Keep those videos coming mate.
I agree mate me and the wife are making plans
@@Ironz89 how did you convince her? My wife is still against it
@@jase026 I’ve not 100% yet but she is willing to research and look into it I think the outdoor life and quality of life for our daughter is swinging it also the wages we can earn she works in childcare over there it’s in demand big time. Where are you from mate?
@@Ironz89 I'm in the UK. I have 2 kids. My earning potential put in Australia in considerably more than UK. Better quality of life for our kids. But my wife does not want to be away from her family. Where are you from?
@@jase026 we are in the uk Lincolnshire. My partner has a close knit family parents and brothers that’s the only thing at the moment but she is in agreement it would be better life for us all . It’s her skills that will get us a visa for Australia so she has a zoom meeting next week with a potential employer and sponser. I’m a hgv driver in the uk and the hours and being away from home are one of the main reasons I wanna move to Australia. I can work in a warehouse in Western Australia perth area for 30 dollars a hour 4 8 hour shifts and 6 hours on a Friday it’s a no brainier and earn 6/600 pounds a week
If you're a teacher and want to travel, look into term contracts in different states. I'm in regional WA (red dirt, outback area) as a teacher, and we have such a shortage that we basically hire anybody who shows the slightest interest. Plenty of teachers stay for a term while they visit the national parks in the area, then move on.
There was a national movement started years ago “Keep Australia Beautiful”
Annual leave loading is the best!! As everyone else has said this "out of stock" thing is due to Covid (imports and local items) and it is a world wide issue that has the flow on affect, never like this prior to Covid. Still no Toilet Paper in Melbourne with a one pack limit 😡 never any tissues either so l hear you. Agree on the friendly neighbours only been in my current home for a year and great friends with all our neighbours from moving in day so yes we are a friendly bunch👍
Glad to hear the neighbours thing is still alive and well...
You mentioned the supply chain. Please keep in mind that Biscoff is imported. If it's out, then it's out. It comes from another continent that may be having its own supply chain issues (especially lately), so yes, you're right - first world problems. :)
Leave loading you'll actually get for every holiday taken, not just end of the year. There is no holiday or christmas pay usually, not like in Austria where you'd get a 13th and 14th month salary. You get paid weekly in most jobs, also pay rent weekly! Another thing you wont expect is that you can buy alcohol only in bottle shops. Not in supermarkets, not in petrol stations, only bottleshops are allowed to sell alcohol. But they do offer very handy drive throughs for that as well!
Shops are generally open EVERY day is another thing we did not have in Austria. Another thing: there are no church bells ringing in Queensland. Not like Austria where you'd have a church with belltower in every village, sometimes even 2 or more and they'd chime their bells every quarter, half and full hour and even longer at mass on Saturdays and Sundays. One more thing: you'll find public BBQ grill-stations in nearly every parke or beach in Australia. Everyone can use them, sometimes with a coin, sometimes even free. Just leave them clean for the next person and put your rubbish away. Parks are big for celebrations like birthdays, parties etc.
One more hint: Do NOT go topless on the beach, you might get fined! Aussies are prude that way. There aren't many nudist beaches either, very vew actually!
And the loveliest thing is you'll be able to join clubs and get into Club Restaurants like RSL or Surf Live Savers etc. and enjoy cheeper food and drinks because as club they pay less taxes.
There are no guns in Australia (or very, very limited, not like in the USA) generally there is very little crime and nearly no road rage. People smile at you even at traffic lights. Police is mostly very nice polite and friendly. Enjoy Australia and stay friendly and polite mates! Life is hard enough, so don't make it harder for anyone! Keep smiling! 😇😁👍
We need more people like you in this country😊🇳🇿
Disability support and aged care are really in demand atm because of the pandemic. Many workers in these fields were on working visas, and to renew the visa you have to be outside of Australia. During the pandemic, once you left, it was too difficult (and at some points in time impossible) to actually get back in, so many employers lost a large percentage of their staff. My workplace is still recovering, we just can't get enough staff to regularly cover shifts.
Unavailability of goods is a new experience to most in Australia as well. But being a relatively small market at the end of a supply chain disrupted by a pandemic and congestion (remember the Suez constipation?) has consequences. Even local food supplies have been disrupted by covid and natural disasters in production areas. Regardless, I think you're better off here than trying to survive the consequences of Brexit.
Absolutely
There are various reasons for some things being unavailable. Shortage of pallets was one that surprised me but containers for importing things in are in short supply too. From what i understand the shortage of lorry drivers in England means things are in short supply there too.
The lack of working tourists and students mean that some fruit and vegies can't be picked at the same rate they usually are so then prices go up.
The floods are also contributing to the shortage of some fruit and vegies that couldn't get delivered.
Even the best supply chain manager is going to struggle at the moment.
I work in the electronics industry and we were asked to help out an old contact with supply of a particular chip. It usually cost around USD7. We had to pay $53 yes 53 to secure some for him and he was prepared o pay that amount to keep his project on time.
Actually made me laugh out loud that Biscoff was the product called out. That has really only appeared on the shelves in Australia within the last 12 months or so. Some "basic" staples in Europe are just not high priority supermarket items in Australia. Just teach the nippers to eat Vegemite like normal Aussies 😁
@@fridaytax I don't even know what Biscoff is.🙂
I also stumbled across this video as I was walking on my treadmill (you’ve got to find something to beat the boredom.🙄😂). It was so lovely to hear such positive things spoken about our country (I’m a born and bred West Aussie). The older I get the more I appreciate all that we have been blessed with in Australia.
I did have a laugh at the biscoff part as I was looking for the exact same thing and we didn’t get it here for months!! We have never experienced supply issues like we did in the past year ever before! I think we are still limited to buying only two boxes of tissues!🙄
I’m glad you found people friendly as some people say the opposite and it does vary state to state as well as from city to country. Country people are known to be far friendlier and have more of a ‘community’ and laid back attitude.
If you are talking about beaches Western Australia has some of the best you’ll ever see!
Come visit us sometime! 😁
WA is definitely on our list!!
I first visited Australia in March 2004 and when renting a car in Sydney my son and I were chatting with the clerk about various things when she mentioned getting "bump up" when on vacation. When she explained what "bump up" was the expression on our faces spoke volumes. She blushed red with embarrassment describing how she got paid more not to be at work. In the US, many people are not not even guaranteed vacation leave and to get paid more when you're not at work??!!! The Us is a "workaholic" place. We would be a lot better off mentally if people had more free time and the money to enjoy it.
People can't keep working forever
Do you mean she got "holiday pay"? Because Unemployment Benefit is not enough to live on.
Capitalism at its best. Money is more important than happiness.
Just a hint to save money, speak with your HR Team in getting paperwork filled out regarding Salary Sacrifice.
If you make regular deposits into your Superannuation, check to see how much your contribution is and how much you can deposit into Super to bring your wage down to the next tax level.
In other words, I get paid each fortnight, I contributed $50 a fortnight into my Super , but if I increased my contribution to $100 a fortnight, BEFORE I was taxed on my wage, then I would get taxed on the lesser wage, so would pay less tax, which then brings my wage up, because I now was in a less tax bracket AND I was also making a bigger contribution to my Super. Win Win with Salary Sacrifice.
When I did this, it worked out that I was actually getting more money in my pocket each fortnight because of the tax break.
I also got more back on my tax return each year.
And the best part is that its all legal.
If you take 'annual leave' you get the loading does not matter when you take it .
Eg: I may take one week in January and will get loading then I might take two weeks later on in the year and will get the loading then I may take one week again and get loading.
I may accumulate leave and take it all at once and get loading on all of it I get 4 weeks a year but have not used it for the last couple of years ..so now I could take 8 weeks ( or what ever you have accumulated )off and I will get the loading on all those weeks
I also get 1 weeks 'long service leave a year making it 4 weeks annual leave and 1 week long service each year(after 25 years at the company )
That you can accumulate so at the time you leave the company you may have up to 3-4 months (or more)worth that you can take if you do not take them off before to add to any unused annual leave you have saved
But we do not get loading to long service leave only on Annual leave
Generally speaking, littering is low in Oz for 2 reasons. (1) Pride that most people have for their local environment - and (2) the SHAME you are put under. If anyone sees you littering, they will - quite rightly - give you a bollocking!
Absolutely!
South Australia started that. Other states took it on.
Littering was pretty damn high in the late '70s and into the early '80s until the Keep Australia Beautiful campaign took off (begun, as noted by Boris above, by KESAB). I can remember some of the adverts, including the primary school kids attempting to sweep a chalk outline of Australia clean and cans and such constantly being blown back on by the wind.
@@Chapps1941 the 5c bottle recycling refund helped a lot too. It was raised to 10c per bottle a while ago. Bottle recycling is used as a fundraiser for the Scouts and Girl guides too. It amazed me when I found out that it was only is SA. I think they’re still fighting Coca Cola for it in NSW.
@@melissahoneybee8493 it amazed me that other states never had Woodies Lemonade.
Great to know,! We are awaiting PR .. hoping for the best😊
Fingers crossed!
The Queens birthday public holiday is the second Monday in June in Australia. Even though her actual birthday is in April.
The public holiday varies from State to State.
It used to be June in Queensland but because most of the public holidays were in the first part of the year, the LNP moved Labour Day (the first Monday in May) to October. Then Labor got in and wanted Labor Day back in May, so moved Queen’s birthday to October instead. Her Majesty mustn’t know where she is.
Not all Aussie awards have leave loading. Some wages are ‘annualised’. Ie they add in every additional payment you are likely to be entitled to throughout the year, then divide it by the number of pay periods you have during the year. It means you know exactly how much you will get each pay.
Indeed.
I worked in the print media for 19 years (highly unionised) where leave loading was incorporated into your salary/wage as part of your salary package. We didn't get 17% 'extra' when we went on leave. Being unionised, we had fantastic conditions and benefits.
Not all industries have leave loading. Many industries leave loading is incorporated into your salary/wage as part of your salary package. This means you don't get 17% extra in your holiday pay.
yes that's true, many larger companies do this to streamline their expenses (as wages are a fixed cost) , and also, if you've saved up your annual leave over one month, and all of a sudden they make you redundant or you resign from your job , thats an extra 17,5% your lump sum your employer has to pay you out.
When business go to get loans or lines of credit from banks, this is seen as too much of a liability , when workers save over 1 months, especially when you get regular pay rises. It's like a financial ticking time bomb that they will have to expense in one hit.
Moving to Sydney in may from Denver Colorado here in the US
Why Sydney? Perth is a far more laid back place to live and being such a huge state, has masses to offer in variety of scenery. Cheaper housing too.
@@marieravening927 I’m going to boronia Victoria actually sorry, I’m moving there because me and my girlfriend were separated during Covid
@@kennytaylor8903 Melbourne/Victoria is better than Sydney or NSW anyway! Haha the good ol’ Victoria/New South Wales rivalry! Victoria is so much better though. Enjoy it!
Hey Kenny good for you. Sydney is fabulous!
On the subject of the cost of things here is Australia, wait until you do your first trip back to Blighty. As a regular traveler back to the UK, I cannot get over some of the prices there. B & B's, hotels and train travel are particularly expensive there. Additionally, for some products I buy there, I notice a 1:1 cost ratio which due to exchange rates make them double what I would pay here. Glad to hear you are finding all the benefits of living here, it is the best move I ever made.
Welcome to the land down under. Enjoy your time here!
thanks Emily
As a bloke that has lived in the outback all my life, highly recommend visiting.
Grab yourself a bag of potting mix and a couple of pots and plant some seeds from the last capsicum (pepper) you bought. They grow easily and save you a lot of money. The only difference between green ones and red ones is the time in the ground before picking. The price of capsicums is incredibly volatile for some reason, so just grow some of your own.
Gonna try that in the next veg bed
Welcome to our little oasis guys! I'm so pleased your experience has been positive and you've been welcomed. I can see that you're already adding to our national family. Sorry about the stock issue. We're working on it 🤣
Leave loading is to compensate you for not earning extra pay for working unusual hours. When you go on leave, you only earn your base rate of pay and not your usual pay per hour. Because everyone gets more per hour if they work nights, public holidays and overtime rates, you would be paid significantly less when you go on annual leave so the 17.5% leave loading payment is to compensate you for that.
We have a very strong labour and union movement in Australia and leave loading has ensured that when people go on their up to 5 weeks leave per year, that they can still pay their bills etc. You are supposed to not be worse off for taking leave.
Thanks for the extra info
My accountant tells me that long service leave is exactly 8.66 weeks because, back when it was first introduced, it was calculated that it took that length of time to travel by boat to and from England with time to visit relatives. Times change, but Aussies don’t surrender holidays.
Recent government efforts to remove overtime were rebuked by asking them to work weekends and after hours first.
The shortages are down to covid, it has disrupted supply chains - it will get better! Before covid there were no serious shortages. We need to bring more manufacturing back to Australia - we need people who can do manufacturing, c’mon down!
Bringing back local manufacturing isn't part of the globalists agenda
The out of stocks isn’t a standard thing. That has really only started since Covid. I’m hoping that it fixes itself soon.
Glad you’re enjoying Australia.
I thought leave loading was 18% in UK I was told its its 25% in Ireland and most E.U> counties One of the reason that some things are more expensive in Oz is because of the other benefits we get. The extra percentages added to the hourly wage rate to cover sickies and workers compo and so on . the few cents added is well worth it in the end.
How things have changed, we moved to Brisbane from the UK in 2001 and remember thinking how cheap everything was and hard it was to find work.
Kind of makes sense, as demand dictates prices. So if everyday items were cheap, demand was not as strong, hence the demand for labour to supply more of the product is not strong either.
But I guess at the end of the day, it all depends on what trade / profession you are in.
Like your attitude about Oz. Enjoy your stay.
Thanks S P
On how clean it is it depends on which state you’re in
Yes, do not look too closely in big cities...but generally speaking it's much cleaner than most european cities! And do not look on Queensland Highways where you'll fund tires, pumpers, mirrows, other car parts very often because there is no annual check up on cars, so they do rust a lot and get shabby. Cars rust more in humid weather and living in salty areas near the beaches of course.
As a fellow Queenslander, it's nice to see these videos. Welcome. Your perspective's of us is actually EYE OPENING for us! We don't have a lot to complain about after all! (Except our Pollies) they're bad all over the World. LOL.
I don't think there is a good politician
Not sure how you're getting 15 public holidays. There's Christmas day, boxing day, Australia day, good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac day, queen's birthday and October one.
From a new Aussie bro
Welcome to "the land downunder" 😉
Thanks Robert
Funnily enough, I used to get leave loading in my old job here in the UK too. It was called "Holiday Pay Supplement" - Basically the idea is that you shouldn't be financially disadvantaged for taking your annual leave, so if you can show that you earn a certain amount per month on average due to overtime then you should get that paid also during your leave. I was blown away when I got the letter saying I was getting an extra £400 at the end of the year in HPS for the first time lol.
What!!!! Never saw it in the UK at all
I have noticed vandalism has declined in Australia since the 70s when I was a kid. Then everything looked like concrete bunkers, designed to be vandal-proof, but lots of stuff still got wrecked. Now I look in amazement at the beautiful public facilities and furniture that councils and governments pay for which pretty much survives intact. Especially glass bus and tram shelters, public artworks, polished wood and brass fittings. Most of that stuff would have been demolished within weeks in the 70s.
We've noticed that apart from a little graffiti, there is far less vandalism than the UK
Queensland is probably the best state to live in if you like the great outdoors.
Moved to Aus when I was 7 from the UK. My first impression was not good - yellow grass everywhere and green seemed to be not a thing. Of course, early summer is not a great time for grass 🤣 but I’d highly recommend getting on board with Christmas in July for your more traditional Christmas meal and embracing the bbq meats and salads for the Dec Christmas. It took my family 40ish years but we got there eventually.
We're gonna do it this year!
Another alternative is to go to the Australian Alps for Christmas. I come from the Northern Tablelands. Summers are warm, it not excessively so. I grew up with hot lunches and it was quite comfortable eating them. In fact there were years when Christmas Day was down right cold (it snowed on Christmas Day the year my parents moved there). I am pretty sure the temperatures will be fairly mild near Thredbo, Perisher and so on most Christmas Days, as they are at even higher altitudes.
Some quick advise for you, is to make sure your super is in a industry super fund or government fund. Make sure you remove any of the insurances from your super, they are a rip off. You get a massive tax reduction if you pay some extra into your super if it is pre-tax contributions, important to start doing ASAP, think of it as the tax man is adding to your savings! Glad to see you are enjoying Australia
I love the way Samantha had a quiet yawn!
She's a sleepy girl
My employer pays 15.4% on top of my pay into my super. I contribute 10%. 9% is the minimum an employer must contribute. I earn six figures. My pension will be more than many peoples wages. Gotta love Australia.
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To clarify - Leave Loading is placed on ALL annual leave that any Full-Time or Part-time employee takes, Casuals aren't entitled and for the reasons Brett Kajar mentioned. Superannuation is a mandatory expense employers have to pay and, you'll be happy (the employers might not be) to know that next FY it goes up another .5%. Your entitlement to contribute more to it is salary sacrificing and you'll be surprised at how many things you can do this with. As all SS are taken at the Gross before PAYG kicks in, it might push you down a tax bracket.
Supper, lots public holidays leave loading and bbqs in parks
...... these are some of my favourite things 😍
Really fair assessment of your experience in Australia. Just a few points. Some things are expensive. Out of season produce for example. The answer is buy the in season produce. Australia has the luxury of having a wide range of climates so most fresh fruit and veg can be grown here. The supply issue is a world wide issue due to COVID. Hopefully it will improve sooner rather than later.
Superannuation was a major step forward in providing employees with a guaranteed lump sum at retirement (generally 60 plus) when a pension or income stream can be withdrawn from that sum tax free. Introduced by the Labour Party treasurer Paul Keating in 1992.
True, we have a lot to thank Paul Keating for. BTW, he was already PM in 1992.
@@paulsz6194 OK. 3 decades is a long time ago
@@jimr4354 yes that’s true. I was trying to be polite about it, no il l will intended.
@@paulsz6194 That's fine. Acknowledged. No offence taken.
Regarding costs of stuff, I was talking to someone in NZ yesterday - its cheaper for them to buy groceries from Australia, including import cost! Their fuel prices were over $3 a litre recently!
Petrol price sitting around $2 a litre in Australia right now. Seems crazy but that’s a global thing.
@@smokeandquills
There's a video I saw, about petrol being 10cent a litre in Australia in the 70s and apparently that was,expensive.
That's because of 15%GST on fuel and the Labor govt wouldn't cut the fuel excise.
Great vedio. Came to sydney over Christmas from UK and loved the country. Traveled to Melbourne and Goldcoast too was stunning and people are so so friendly and relaxed. 🤔 do you compare teaching in UK vs Aus and the standard of education? And hoe many months holidays do teachers get is it same as term dates like UK?
Hi, you actually get annual leave loading for all of your allocated holidays no matter what time of year you take them. Which is usually 17% on top of your regular pay. As a nurse I also get base pay for public holidays even if I'm not rostered on for that day. :)
Prior to covid there were less shortages, I never saw tissue shortages until recently. As an Aussie, I’ve never heard of Biscoff (Apparently made in Belgium). During the 2000 Olympics many British thought Australia was cheap- the exchange rate was about 2.5 to 1. Times change.
Glad to have your lovely family here in Oz and so pleased that you are settling in and enjoying life. Love the channel 💕
Thanks so much! 😊
Funny thing about distance.
I live in Western Australia now after most of my life in Victoria.
I find that I see MORE of my family now, living on the other side of the country, than I did when I lived in the same city as them.
The cost of international airfares these days would allow one to fly back to catch up with family once or twice a year.
Maybe the rest of the family could move over as well ... that would solve the problem!
In Canada, we only have 11 public holidays per year. But, we do have a day off honoring the Queen,but not the current Monarch. On May 24, we get Victoria Day off.
It varies between states in Australia....usually around 11 to 12 per year. Melbourne/Victoria has a public holiday on the friday before the AFL grand final and on Melbourne Cup day....always the first Tuesday in November.
Everyone else seems to get a day off for the Queen except the British
It's not 15 public holidays in Queensland. I count 9 for the Gold Coast. It's probably 15 if you count all of the regional public holidays but these aren't state wide so even though there are various days at different times it's really one each region. ie Brisbane has Ekka show day around mid August and Gold Coast has GC show day at the end of August but no-one else gets these.
You have to pick up your dogs poo or you can be fined ... we just buy special bags for it when we take our dogs out. Otherwise they poo in our gardens and we clean it up with pooper scoopers!!! The shortages are a pandemic thing we dont normally run out of anything and we were getting back to normal then the floods happened and a lot of stuff was directed to the flood areas which need things more than we do. I emigrated here from the UK in 1974 and was very homesick for the first 2 years , once I got over that Im happy to say I would never move back, in fact havnt even been back for a holiday! Oh and my biggest shock was how wide the normal streets in Adelaide were it felt like driving on a motorway lol.
Like how he points out the public holidays. He should of also mentioned the high sick call rate before and after a public holiday. It’s very normal to happen.
😄 🤣
I am moving there next month. Glad to have seen this video. I look forward to our new life down under.
Good luck Ayman
The night skies in the desert are amazing. You'll love it.
As an Australian born Australian (With a Pom Father) who has lived in the UK (Essex) at some point (all be it as a preteen), I wonder what on earth is a Biscof? Also as the Child of an Australian Woman whose Uncles and Father served in the Australian Army each World War I understand why we celebrate ANZAC day as it was a huge commitment by Volunteers (mostly but not always below 20 years of age) from a very small recently independent Nation to initially join two separate world wars on behalf of Family many of us still had in the UK(the casualty toll per head of population was sizeable). I liked the Photo you showed ,I think from Mary Cairncross Park, of the Glasshouse mountains (named by James Cook, as was Mount Warning down south).
The park usually lush and Gree was named after of an ancestor of an Aunty of mine who unfortunately passed around the onset of Covid (The Aunty not the ancestor). If you ever get the chance the some of the Glasshouse mountains are a good climb(if your young and fit).
Biscoff will save your life
I am glad you have found your place in this wide country. I hope you will find the rest of it just as special. The north is not grim here, no, not at all. ; ) Don't forget about long service leave.
In the US, not all public holidays are observed by employers. Retail usually doesn't recognize Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving... or ANY of the major holidays. Most other employers will recognize those, and Memorial Day, Labor Day, New Year's Day, and Independence Day as a paid day off work, but I've worked for a few employers who don't. Typically if you want every holiday off you have to work at a bank or be a federal or state employee... otherwise it's not really a guarantee.
Not making me a fan of the US work life balance
Loved the natural, "G'day." Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fellow Queenslander here. If you want an island holiday and to feed some wild dolphins get yourself over to Moreton island & Tangalooma resort. It’s a short ferry ride from Pinkenba just outside Brisbane.
As an Australian who has visited the British Isles, I can understand that your supply chains are fairly robust. However, supply chains in Australia pre-Covid were efficient and timely. There are far greater distances to traverse to bring products to market. Now there are many and varied uncertainties due to shipping being held up by Covid related crewing problems,; availability of trucking; and limited shipping available. Shipping numbers have been reduced because; the older vessels have been sent to the scrape yards; and empty sea containers are not being returned or filled as rapidly as normally possible. USA have much the same problems, but on a much larger scale. Also there is often a run on supplies at a local store because customers have an irrational fear of missing out. Farmers markets can be a source of good quality food at reasonable prices. Do your research on prices before going. Hope this helps you and your audiences. Better dye your hair as ageism is rampant in employment in this country.
PSA: Fresh produce in Australia, the benchmark is $4 per kilo. That's a good measure for seasonality.
Of course, things like cherries are always going to be more than that, but for things like citrus, melons, stonefruits, CAPSICUMS, (peppers are the family that peppercorns come from, capsicum comes from the nightshade family,) and root vegetables,... if they cost more than $4/kg then move on.
I think Aussie dudes are the most fun, most laid back, most down to earth. 😊
Haha "it's magic money really". As an Aussie watching this I got a really good laugh out of that!
Your wry sense of humour tells me you guys are fitting right in here, so good to see. All the best!
The anti litter campaign of the 70s really changed Australian's attitude towards litter. Before that you'd just chuck things out your car window.
Literally the start of many spot fires
I hope you guys got to a dawn service today....You would really appreciate the Australian ethic of ALL the people getting down to their local dawn service, when you see it, especially all the
We get a public holiday for the Queen's birthday in June. Australia is a Commonwealth country, so she's our Queen too. 😊
I guess
Sad excuse for a culture then worshiping a women from another country.
Great vid hopefully this will help my case of why we should move to Australia
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That thing with things being out of stock for weeks or months never used to happen before covid.
I think it's a global thing now. Not just Australia
As someone who went to live in Britain from Aussie, I found England really dirty and couldn’t get used to the black soot on my car. Also found life more hectic and harder to relax. When I got back to Australia My blood pressure went down and I felt happy again. The colours are brighter.
The things I enjoyed was the countryside out west, rugby in Bath and the closeness to Europe. However I missed the surf.
Britain has expensive petrol but cheap pharmacy drugs.
Re: Tax, just be aware that uk pension income is taxed as overseas income and that uk govt pensions paid to Australian residents are frozen from the date of first drawdown.
Oh my goodness guys.. I want to live this dream!! I have adhd and worried they won't let me over!!
Here in Perth nothing was ever out of stock before covid. There was a cut train line in SA recently and that caused some stock issues but it hasn’t been a big deal.
Thanks..I really enjoy your videos..its great to hear you say positive things and truthfully acknowledge the negatives..look forward to you doing some more travelling and posting your impressions...especiially in the outback areas which I love👍
The thing with Holidays in America is very few of them actually are a day off for workers. For a lot of workers you might have to work through thanksgiving, memorial day, Christmas,etc etc.
That sucks
Also, the ability to have off on a holiday is very industry and state dependent even with federal holidays. Like someone else said, pretty much the only people that get off every federal holiday are state, federal workers and bank/financial services workers
Good video hopefully more people will move to Australia. Such a large country with such a small population. 26 million. Plenty of room and jobs.
You guys are making ME want to move to Australia! Will your Agent help me do you think?
I live in Tasmania. 😂🙃🤣😆 BTW... Just a heads up... Yes. Most Aussies are friendly - but - when people ask you "How're ya goin?" They're kinda surprised if you start actually telling them. It's really just a different version of 'Gidday!" 👍
You'd never want to leave the little island
I don’t know how you count public holidays. But unless you work for the government, in the US. So that means the majority of the country get New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and finally Christmas. So in case I’ve lost you that equals 6 days.
Re cleanliness, yes Brisbane is very clean. But Melbourne is probably more similar to the UK. Still a clean city, but not Brisbane level.