dodgy

Exactly that.

It all seems fishy to me anyway letting New zealanders in here so easily and the English have to jump through the visa hoops and pay thousands of dollars.We have the same queen that the Australians have been trying to distance themselves from for years and want the union jack taken off the Australian flag yet they all take a day off for her birthday. :biglaugh:

The thing is they cannot come here legally through the proper channels / front door they have to come the back door route.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/toddler-takes-drugs-to-osbourne-park-child-care-centre/story-fnhocxo3-1226725410436

All now sold.

I will have for sale in middle/end January 2014 all furniture from a 3 bed 2 story home. If your on a recci before then and don't want to ship furniture to Australia here is everything you will need all ready to go.Everything is either near new or in as new condition as hardly used. Anybody interested can call round if in Perth to view or can email photo's or check out on Skype. I would rather sell all together and don't really want to have 100 people traipsing round the house at once in a garage sale or waste time trying to sell individually. If your looking for a rental from 1st Feb 2014 can be arranged and will sell all furniture listed below to stay in home - nice home overlooking Indian ocean. 1 black leather cinema lounge set 2 seater & 2 end recliners fits together in arch shape with matching coffee table with underneath storage. 1 fawn suede lounge set 3 seater & 2 seater matching foot stool cushions etc. 1 wood buffet for tv. 3 queen size beds all with mattresses. 1 wood with 2 matching bedside cupboards used 3 times for visitors. 1 brown leather with matching wood bedside cupboards. 1 metal frame bed. 1 bedroom storage thingy for tv to sit on. 2 bedside lamps. A complete downstairs all matching stone and glass tops set : Dining table with 6 chairs. buffet with large matching mirror. 2 matching side wall tables/displays. lounge display cabinet. 2 small matching stone lamps. 1 large stone lamp. 2 matching picture frames with picture. 1 coffee table. 1 42" plasma tv. 1 46" lcd tv. 2 LC large fridge freezers size of wardrobes 1 stainless steel new in box 1 used with slight dent on side of outer door.but in very excellent working condition. 2 top loading LG washing machines 1 new in box 1 used with top light damage. 2 large floor mats. Various smaller appliances microwave,kettle,pots and pans,cutlery,plates,cups etc. Will throw in bedding sets, pillows,quilts etc if needed,pictures.

And this weeks idiot of the week award goes to Adrian currently over from the UK and living in Perth :biglaugh: http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/west-perth/other-jobs/up-to-10-000-offered-for-help-with-visa/1026742788

Its not a case of being blinded by compassion the op posted a thread on here and was quite clearly asking for help so you think fair comments are : Intotal agreement with you but some on here have one way specs thinking the land of milk & honey has arrived, up root the family with the £10,000 lol then cry for help. I would Thats the risk you take with a 457 do it cheap but pay more in the long run. And faster.......................I want it and I want it now syndrome. Well since its been 5 days and 5 pages and the OP hasn't bothered to respond to anything they cant be that desperate for help! Some of you were lucky enough to get PR straight away and come to Australia to follow your hearts/dreams with out much hassles and others have come a much harder route and are still trying, maybe you should take a good hard look at yourself's from within and stop posting blunt unhelpful posts i thought the idea of this forum was to help others who are making the same journey that we have and are looking for advice the same as we all have. Look up compassion in the dictionary.

Its a shame people do not remember that they have struggled to immigrate etc and sometimes people doing it now need a shoulder to listen or advice not blunt or harsh comments.Come on people lets show a bit of compassion.

It might have something to do with the fact that their thread has turned into allot of negative comments like "Thats the risk you take with a 457" / "And faster.......................I want it and I want it now syndrome" too name 2, Along with tax implications etc.

Imagine getting layed off after paying for all the costs of travel,immigration agent and visa costs.

Only the lucky ones get everything payed for by the big companies, the majority have to pay their own visa and travel.

The smaller companies probably don't pay for anything and the employee pays everything like i did 3 times just to get the visa.

Yes my experiences and the experiences from friends/colleagues etc are all from small companies taking the opportunity to get cheap labour or to be used for their skills.Im thinking large companies with more business experience and HR departments etc just wouldn't/couldn't behave inappropriately. There is good employers in all sectors or work so don't let others bad experiences put people off coming over on a 457 for some like myself it was the only way to stay here due to age/no certification and not having the funds for student visa.

Sorry to hear of your dilemma i know exactly how you are feeling having had 3 x 457 visas the 1st was granted on the Friday,I turned in on the Monday morning for my 1st day only to find the company had been in the hands of receivers for months and they had folded the company on the very day my visa was granted. I managed to find another sponsor within 2 weeks and was treated like a dog for over a year constantly threatening sacking if dangerous work was not done without scaffolding etc until i found another company willing to sponsor me. 3rd company seemed like a dream company at interviews etc until visa was granted and nothing materialised as was promised,was equally treated badly as previous company i.e. made to do twice the workload of Australians for less money.Dangerous jobs no scaffolding.Treated like a 2nd class citizen who didn't know anything because i wasn't Australian. When i stood up for myself and said i do twice the workload of every other employee i was told "you all do 8 hours" When i said that i didn't have any praise or recognition for what i have done for the company i was told "i was insecure" I was also told "i was bi-polar" because i shouted at apprentices and lazy off-siders for not helping whilst i struggled, when thats what they were there for. When i had a genuine point/complaint they always played the "winging pom" card. I put my head down, shut my mouth and worked through it until i could apply for PR (1 yr) and promptly left when granted. When i handed in my notice the boss was shocked and said "i hope its nothing we have done" (lol). Company could not find a replacement to do everything i did and that section folded within the company (I had turned it around from 0 - a profitable section.The boss then admitted to other employees he didn't realise how valuable an employee i was to his company.......Too late lol. I now run my own business doing exactly the same work load that i had done for previous employer but with the benefit of much more money. I will say i did this alone and almost gave up at times and probably would of if i had a family to support. I now have citizenship and it all seems a distant memory. What i am trying to say is that it was a very long and hard road but the only option for me to stay in Australia and i worked through it and now all the pain,heartache and hard work was all worth it in the end.Stay firm and work through it and all will come good in the end as nothing worthwhile comes easy and you appreciate it all the more.

It never ceases to amaze me of the many people who come to Australia and forget the fact that they have been through the same struggles and endurance to get here and feel they have to be outright rude to people going through the same struggles.Come on people show some impassion.

I did hear of a "Mr Australia" winner being found to not have been an Australian Citizen (could not find online) so had his paperwork rushed through over night in time for the presentation............... How are your muscles ? :biglaugh:

Maybe she was hormonal/time of the month/going through the change etc :biglaugh:

I didn't see clarkson WA either :biglaugh:

Yeah with more than a few Sticky Vicky's :biglaugh:

Also classed as winge over here :biglaugh:

Don't you have to be a Citizen to vote ? :biglaugh:

Maybe he is ashamed to answer :biglaugh:

Id like to put forward Wellers and whitehead and Flag of convenience they seem like to very apt candidates for this scheme. :biglaugh:

Let Flag of convenience put them up at his / her place :biglaugh: