Excuse me but is this not meant to be about people wanting to move to oz!! This is my opinion and our life is pretty crap here at the moment! NO money, bad credit, really struggling!
I did not expect to come on here and be judged!!!
Maybe I will not bother anymore, talk about rude!!
In MY opinion life will be better in oz.
This is only one of my first posts and I think I will not bother if that is the reaction I am going to receive!!
If you are struggling in the UK to live you will really struggle in Oz. wages are lower but houses and the cost of living is higher here, I work 6 days a week and have nothing left over after all the bills go out.
Forgive me for asking but why did all of you go to OZ if its soooo bad there??
I'm getting a bit confused with it all.
My husband is in a professional job he does not get that much money here, we have a big mortgage and live in an expensive area.
In Adelaide we could half our mortgage my husband could get more money or the same money at least and I know this as we have a friend in the same field.
What were everyones reasons for wanting to go and do you now regret that decision?
Forgive me for asking but why did all of you go to OZ if its soooo bad there??
I'm getting a bit confused with it all.
My husband is in a professional job he does not get that much money here, we have a big mortgage and live in an expensive area.
In Adelaide we could half our mortgage my husband could get more money or the same money at least and I know this as we have a friend in the same field.
What were everyones reasons for wanting to go and do you now regret that decision?
Wages in trades like bricklaying plumbing sparkey etc are lower than the UK, houses in Perth are as high as kent where I come from, I find the cost of living more expensive...and the real pain is that Lager is about £3.50+ and belive it or not, wine is also more expensive than back home..
I like the weather although it can get too hot 40+, I may feel better when I try somwhere else as Perth is not for me.
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The Poles are good workers, you will find you are also an immigrant in Oz and some of the locals make you know it.
I meant it was an eye opener to immigration in general. I have nothing against the Poles or any other immigrant as generally they are harder workers and keener to succeed than the locals.
I was more shocked by the behaviour of the young english people and their reaction to competition in the workplace.
I meant it was an eye opener to immigration in general. I have nothing against the Poles or any other immigrant as generally they are harder workers and keener to succeed than the locals.
I was more shocked by the behaviour of the young english people and their reaction to competition in the workplace.
I am with you on that, I dont go with the doom and gloom Daily Mail brigade in the UK, the workers who go to work in the UK are great for the Country...its the ones who just want to scrounge of the state are the ones they must get rid of...they are finally doing an oz type point system,.....horse bolted comes to mind.
Yes, the poles may be good workers ,but it is the people here that are employing them because they are cheap labour that are the problem. My OH is a bricklayer and he would disagree with you. Because they charge half the price they get the work. Now that the Poles have got all their work experience and qualifications they are all buggering off back to their own country and leaving the our British workers to tidy up after them.
This country is going downhill there is absolutely no doubt about it. We want to move to Perth mainly because my family is there but houses may be more expensive, the pay may be less but I do believe that my kids will have a better, safer and healthier lifestyle.
My sister has lived in Perth for nearly 4 years now. Their first year was very hard but never once did they compain or were they negative and never have they felt like they did not belong. I am a great believer that if you are going to a new country to live you try and fit in. No different than starting at a new school or a new job. They now have a great life. Yes, money maybe a bit tight but their weekends are spent socialising with their friends round a BBQ or down at the beach. My nephew is doing sports he never would have done here.
All those that emigrate don't have rose coloured glasses on, although I think alot of people assume we do. We are aware it will be a hard slog but god willing we will succeed. Yes, we may be classed as immigrants in Oz but that is just the way it goes.
The new budget will affect me as fags and booze have gone up, but the bl**dy wait just for acknowledgment is killing me quicker.
Claire, good for you for researching your future and chosing to voice your opinion. It is interesting to hear peoples views and opinions both in and out of Australia but at the end of the day the decision is yours and I think it will be the best decision you will have made.
I would just like to add that I very rarely voice my opinions, but this time I have. I do not wish to upset anyone.
Claire
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Exactly........the main point of the programme was to say that it's not the actual immigration that's the problem it is the scale of it that causes issues.
As you say the UK govt may be a little too late copying the Oz system
Yes, the poles may be good workers ,but it is the people here that are employing them because they are cheap labour that are the problem. My OH is a bricklayer and he would disagree with you. Because they charge half the price they get the work. Now that the Poles have got all their work experience and qualifications they are all buggering off back to their own country and leaving the our British workers to tidy up after them.
This country is going downhill there is absolutely no doubt about it. We want to move to Perth mainly because my family is there but houses may be more expensive, the pay may be less but I do believe that my kids will have a better, safer and healthier lifestyle.
My sister has lived in Perth for nearly 4 years now. Their first year was very hard but never once did they compain or were they negative and never have they felt like they did not belong. I am a great believer that if you are going to a new country to live you try and fit in. No different than starting at a new school or a new job. They now have a great life. Yes, money maybe a bit tight but their weekends are spent socialising with their friends round a BBQ or down at the beach. My nephew is doing sports he never would have done here.
All those that emigrate don't have rose coloured glasses on, although I think alot of people assume we do. We are aware it will be a hard slog but god willing we will succeed. Yes, we may be classed as immigrants in Oz but that is just the way it goes.
The new budget will affect me as fags and booze have gone up, but the bl**dy wait just for acknowledgment is killing me quicker.
Claire, good for you for researching your future and chosing to voice your opinion. It is interesting to hear peoples views and opinions both in and out of Australia but at the end of the day the decision is yours and I think it will be the best decision you will have made.
I would just like to add that I very rarely voice my opinions, but this time I have. I do not wish to upset anyone.
Claire
Good luck to you and hope you like Perth, but people moan about the UK all the time and it is only right that people who live in Oz can moan and complain about Oz as well, I have been in Perth 12 months and hate the place.will try somewhere else soon, all people are different.
if i'm right the uk points system is for those outside the eu because any member of the eu is free to live and work anywhere inside the eu no borders and all that so we can't actual stop them coming from europe only outside.
