boganbear

It's also the average temperature for mornings in April!

It doesn't surprise me. When I lived in Slough there was an anti terror raid 4 doors up from me and the kid was 16. I'm sure the parents will insist he is a good boy, just as the parents of the London and Boston bombers did.

Finding staff is so hard these days. Just make sure they are not from D Bay

Thus is one of the most silly threads I've come across on here. Absolutely no logical and rational argument from the original poster who obviously hasn't studied fascism and just downloaded something off the internet. Just treat it with the disdain it deserves.

what a load of tosh. No one is privatising the NHS. It's still free and I don't know why you think the rich get treatment more quickly. When my mum was diagnosed with cancer, she started chemo within 3 days. When I had to have urgent lung tests I got them in 2 days. The NHS does have problems but on the whole it's pretty good. It is run badly and huge demands have been placed on it over winter but that usually happens. According to govt figures, spending has been ring fenced and not cut either. The Australan medical system has more privatisation than the NHS. GPs are private, so are pathology services, dentists and most doctors do not bulk bill so you end up paying something for an appointment and there is no flat fee for prescriptions. Whoever wins the election, the UK is buggered as none of the parties are competent to run the country and resolve its problems. The UK has developed a blame culture and is on a downward spiral until politicians can do something positive. Im just glad i left.

Where from? xe.com is 1.94 and it's been fairly stable

I grew up in a different part of the UK to my relatives so going to Australia or another part of the UK has the same outcome. There are some things that are better her and some things that are not. As others have said, sunshine doesn't mean you will spend more time outdoors. The heat can be unbearable and I am quite happy to see rain or feel cold. My partner looks back on his childhood in a similar way to mine so growing up generally, has the same problems anywhere.

I had a lot of trouble getting a credit card and even a mobile phone contract, despite getting a job in 2 weeks and having $50k in cash. Seems that most institutions thnk a partner visa is temporary when it is not. Took me 6 months to get a credit card so we missed out on a huge number of reward points as we started again from scratch, buying everything brand new.

I think your ability to find work will be your deciding factor. No point living in a nice place if you cant get a job. Anywhere in Australia can get extreme weather, be it drought flood, bush fires or storms and its just something you have to take into account and prepare for. These things dont happen very often but thats how australia is.

The clue is in the name...first home

Jet a tip. You do need to read the citizenship test booklet and revise but the test is pretty easy. Make sure you read and reread the questions as there are some trick questions. However, I did the test in 4 minutes

Get your lawyer to look at USMAN ALI v INDUSTRIES SERVICES TRAINING PTY LTD [2011] FWA 9177. Employment by the same company overseas can be counted which is some good news. On the issue of constructive dismissal I cannot assist. Best to look for a new employer and lodge an application asap to be on the safe side

I think either would be much better than the UK. Both offer a great lifestyle and NZ is consistently higher in international education studies but I suppose it depends on where you are in either country that matters.

You must have lived together for 12 months before lodging your application. Don't bother with an agent as partner visas are relatively simple. There is a lot of paperwork but if you read the partner visa booklet it is a doddle. The wait is the problem. I wouldn't go on a tourist visa as there are too many things that can go wrong. Just be patient and the visa will get granted. It does annoy me how some people use the tourist visa route to effectively jump the queue.

No I won't sign. Look at the mess the UK Is in partially due to free movement in the EU. The Commonwealth ended decades ago and since the UK turned its back on the Commonwealth when it joined the EU, Canada, Australia and NZ have gone their separate ways. The petition itself us incorrect. There is no free movement between Australia and NZ. There are conditions such as character requirement and restrictions on Kiwis receiving benefits and claiming citizenship. There is no free movement agreement between Canada and the U.S either. Australia has no trouble attracting quality migrants and it's strict migration policy is effective. Whilst there are benefits to a free migration zone, one country will take the brunt of migrants and all 3 countries have good migration policies because the do not want to end up like the UK which does not. As separate nations, each has the right to determine their own immigration policies. None of them are going to change as there is no reason to do so. They may prefer migrants from each other countries and ease restrictions but that's all that might happen. Free movement certainly won't.

I think you need a reality check and accept that it will be extremely unlikely a company is going to pay for your husband to commute from Brisbane when the job is in Sydney. You are simply living in cloud cuckoo land. If you were already living in Brisbane there is a small chance they would pay moving expenses but you are not. You are emigrating and as a company manager I would expect you to move to Sydney because that is where the job is. When I got my job in Brisbane I had to pay my own expenses to move from Melbourne, about $5k. You will also be expected pay for your own travel to work. If you can afford to commute to Sydney you can certainly afford to live there. There is no way I would commute to Sydney, even if it was once a week. I have to work in Syndey on rare occasions and I hate iit, especially in summer when QLD is an hour behind, getting up at 3am and doing a full days work. It's not worth it in terms of money or hassle. I live in Brisbane. It's a nice place but it's not THAT great. Commuting from the northern suburbs into Brisbane is bad enough! Even the CEO of my company who earns millions lives in Sydney

You need to come with an open mind and be prepared to alter your expectations. If you want leafy and green as in England, good schools and reasonably priced houses you are going to be disappointed by something. Schools are generally good and overall Aussie schools are superior to Uk schools according to international studies but if you want an excellent school you will be looking at private schools. The outback doesn't start outside Brisbane CBD and there are lots of pretty suburbs, loads of parks and play areas but the quality and size of houses can be varied. That doesn't mean they are complete dumps and not all Aussie houses have a massive pool and aircon. You don't get huge crime ridden council estates or endless dreary suburbs as you do in England. You do need to look at transport links, mainly to work and i would recommend living somewhere near where you work to minimise cost and travel time. It took me an hour and a half to drive 20 km the other day. Trains are very expensive but they generally run on time are clean and have few disruptions.

Hi, mooloolaba is really too far away to commute to Brisbane by car and it's difficult on the train. Bribie island is just about doable. It has a mixed age range but a lot of retired people. The cafés etc cater for tourists and whilst there are some good ones, it's not great either. if you want to surf you will probably end up doing it at weekends only as you won't really be able to do it before or after work. Dusk is also a risky time as sharks come closer to shore to feed.it gets dark about 6pm so kiss goodbye to long summer evenings

hospitals, mining companies but ive never heard of anyone being employed to do just this. try seek.com.au

You do need to inform the school but post a letter or send an email. The welfare officer is very out of order! at least there is much less of this political correctness and fewer jobsworths in Australia than in the uk. Something i don't miss

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It would be exceptionally rare if you haven't been admitted to be taken on. you might get a job as a legal researcher but as I said earlier, firms usually take on final year students part time to do that. You can register in Qld as a foreign lawyer but cannot practice Qld or Cth law but can practice English law which is not regulated. This is rather pointless from your perspective. If an Aussie firms wants someone to practice foreign law they will contact a foreign law firm. Have a look at http://www.qls.com.au/For_the_profession/Your_legal_career/Australian_Registered_Foreign_Lawyers You wont get a practitioner job until you are qualified and I know a number of English lawyers who have had difficulty getting jobs as you are competing with so many grads and Aussie lawyers. There are a few big firms in Brisbane but they are very picky when it comes to recruitment. Good luck!

I used to be a law librarian and now a legal trainer for Qld at one of the big publishers. There have been quite a few job loses over the last year for practitioners and support staff as the mining industry contracts and law firms cut costs. However there are jobs about and lots of people changing jobs. There's not much you can do about the job market so just see what it's like when you get here. Brisbane seems ok and firms on the GC are expanding. Firms here tend not to have paralegals as they do in the UK as they get students, law clerks to do quite a lot of paralegal work. Practitioners need to go back to Uni and get Aussie qualifications and get admitted before they can practice from overseas which will take a year and is expensive so it can be hard for foreign practitioners to get jobs. Legal practice is almost the same but the laws can be very different I some areas.

In a word, No. The days of an Australian family member sponsoring someone are long gone. There is the last remaining family member visa but these are very hard to get and the waiting list is years. He should apply on his own skills if he has qualifications that Australia recognises.

If you have plenty of evidence of your relationship and good health and do not foresee any complications, you do not need a migration agent. You do need to be organised and read the partner booklet thoroughly but the process is pretty straight forward. My my tip is make 2 or 3 copies of all of your documents, get them certified by a JP then you have copies to send away and back ups should you ever need them. Also scan in all docs and email them back to yourself and put them in a folder so you have electronic copies. It's saved a lot of time when finding rentals, opening bank accounts etc and for completing the paperwork for stage 2 of the partner visa.