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Yes, it is a defined benefit, deferred since 2009. Though the LGPS is funded unlike some of them? I would of course be giving up the DB lump sum and lifetime pension - but I am concerned that both will be taxed when paid from the UK while if transferred as a cash equivalent into super here they wouldn't be when I take the benefit. I could actually take the LGPS benefit (reduced) in 2 years at age 55. Thanks

Hi, Andrew - is this because the NHS is a public sector fund? I have a deferred benefit with the Local Government scheme (LGPS), and while I was not thinking of transferring it, it would be good to know if it is possible. Thanks

I have had citizenship for a few years but am certainly not Australian...

Though getting Australian citizenship would not stop you from being deported after serving a criminal sentence - they would just strip you of it if they wish.

Yes I read something similar. I have asked them to send me a revised payment cost noting that they have already confirmed Class 2 for me... Thanks again.

Thanks - I assume you mean April 2019?

Hi, Andrew Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I was sent a letter in 2015 giving details of repaying past NI years at Class 2 (as you said around 140GBP per year). Now when I log onto HMRC under my page the higher class 3 is being quoted for my missing years (around 700GBP per year, which many not be worth it) - has class 2 for people living abroad been abolished? My 2015 letter said I had until April 2019 to pay so hopefully that would still be valid? Many thanks

Yes, you sound like my wife and I, we've been in Victoria for 9 years, and have realised that we will never have a deep connection to this place, or make many friends here (she has one or two, I have none) we just have to concentrate on what is good about our lives here and enjoy it. We were musing about returning a few months ago but that has passed - it will probably come back but as we have a nice house, well-paid jobs and basically enjoy our existence it would seem foolish to risk it at our time of life (around 50) - finding work at my age would not be easy.

Apart from changing his name which is perfectly legal the article doesn't really make clear what the fraud was.

Yes, I would say unless there is something 'wrong' with your UK life, I would not come to Aus now. I might even say, don't come unless you have a firm job to go to.

They are, but close to a third of employers underpay it or don't pay at all - another national scandal.

This link suggests that crime levels have clearly fallen in Mirrabooka over the last 7 years: https://www.police.wa.gov.au/Crime/Crime-Statistics-Portal/Statistics?locality=Mirrabooka&startYear=2010&startMonth=1&endYear=2017&endMonth=12 Sounds like any influx of migrants has had a beneficial effect on crime there - showing the local criminals that it is possible to live in harmony... but I am sure many residents who sadly are the victims of crime are happy to blame immigrants without any evidence: you've no idea who broke into the house you mention, or their ethnicity.

Share of gross domestic product enjoyed by Australian wage earners has recently tumbled dramatically. For the third consecutive quarter employees’ share has been below 46.9%. This is the lowest since the ABS began recording this data in 1959.

During the Rudd years, Australia’s annual economic growth was in the top three in the OECD. In 2012 and 2013, it was still in the top seven. After four years of the Coalition, growth now ranks 25th out of those 35 countries.

Before you were an Aus citizen shouldn't the rental income have been untaxed in Aus?