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9/10 you need to get a landline I think Virgin are the only company who do fibre without the landline. I did manage to haggle with Sky, I told them I really didn't need a landline and managed to haggle unlimited internet for free and just pay the landline £17 something a month. As someone else has mentioned look on moneysavingexpert they always list offers.

I didn't say anyone was saying otherwise :-\ I was just trying to help the OP but I couldn't find much information just about the unpaid part. That was also why I asked if OP could get PR first due to the benefits that come with having a PR. I am sorry to hear about your complications I hope you and your baby are okay and the complications upon delivery are limited.

Just having a look on the internet this government link says 457 visa holders are allowed 12 months unpaid leave. https://www.border.gov.au/visas/SiteAssets/457-your-rights-work.pdf Are you able to get a permanent visa before as this would make it a lot easier for you I would imagine. Hope all works out

As a partner of a 457 visa folder there are no working restrictions for the partner. Studying wise I believe you will be treated as an international student in regards to fee's. I am sure someone else will correct me if I am wrong on that one.

Yes thats the smell. Really interesting place to visit Rotarua once you get used to the smell :laugh:

I enjoyed my time at Rotarua very smelly though lol!

I guess the main issue is money see how much cash you have come October and then decide. The great thing backpacking is you can make decisions last minute I hope the current job/place gets easier.

I have had severe depression but at the time I didn't know I had and just thought it was normal the way I was feeling. It was only say a year later when my circumstances changed that I realised I depressetely should have gone to the doctors but at the time I thought it was normal. I have as a teenager harmed myself not for attention as most assume as I did so in places I covered up but more so because I was going through a bad childhood and wanted a way to realise anger built up inside. Though I never thought of suicide I did feel sad and depressed.

Completely agree people previously in WA who at the time of application didn't have fees then being told they have to pay fees seems unfair.

Personally I think changing the flag of any country is dumb it's the history of the country and imagine if every country kept changing their flags imagine all the costs involved.

The Leeds figure seems about right though I now have more disposable then I did in Leeds and I now live in the south east (our incomes are higher and we have a lot less debt then we used to have). The Leicester one looks really low though my friend has a lot more spare then that including paying a mortgage with a below average salary her partner earns slightly higher then average salary. Also my cousin in Edinburgh is really skint as she pays high in rent and her disposable is more like £200.

Last year I did London - Dubai - Sydney and back, Had 2 hours 30 minutes going out which was plenty of time had enough time to look in a couple of shops. However coming back I had 1 hour 50 minutes and I literally had to run half way across the terminal. Our flight was slightly delayed leaving Sydney, and my husband called Emirates asking if they were going to hold the plane at Dubai and they said no, they said my flight which was in the afternoon was the last flight of the day and they would end up putting me in a hotel if I missed that flight. I ran so so fast and the only reason I made my flight was because they had issues with a passenger which delayed the flight slightly. Personally I would never do under a 2 hour stop over again as it was way to stressful, and them telling us they would not hold the plane either. I know everyone is saying it is fine and it probably will be fine but if you encounter any delay leaving Perth then be prepared you may have to stay over night in Dubai. Sorry to put a damper on just giving my personal experience.

sorry to hear about the struggles your son is facing! My husband tried the apprenticeship route too here in the U.K. But as he was late 20s at the time nobody wanted to know. They only wanted to take on 16-18 year olds as thy received more funding then taking on a mature student. In the end we ended up funding a diploma at college for him which helped for him to get a cook job (no chef positions would take him due to only having the qualification and not much experience apart from 6 months voluntary work). Once he did the cook job for a while he managed to get noticed for chef positions as he had experience working in a commercial kitchen with loads of pressure. Is it possible for your son to do the qualification separately? I agree wih the comment about chef being nothing like master chef! My husband says its a super stressful job but is really re-warding at the same time but it is a job with such a high turnover. His seen so many people come and go in a short amount of time.

To be fair if a chef from Australia got sponsored because they had more experience then my husband as a newly qualified chef I would completely understand, employers want the best. In fact when he was applying for cook positions a lot of Europeans got the position over my husband. It has all worked out eventually but it was difficult to get his foot in the door so to speak. Yes there should be more training opportunities to take people freshly qualified but in a lot of jobs it doesn't work that way unfortunately. I wish more employers took on newly qualified or trained more in house but its the same in a lot of countries. I have noticed with the NHS there is a lot of overseas recruitment, in fact I had an op last week and everyone apart from 1 person I spoke to struggled with English, so I am assuming (I could be wrong) they were recruited from overseas. Like you said there is a shortage of training places for nurses so doesn't really make sense.

:biglaugh: I am easily addicted to spending

We don't really have savings. Well when we are saving for something specific we have savings, and then we spend it on that something specific. Yes we should have an emergency back up but we kind of live for the moment as we never know whats going to happen tomorrow.

I think the $78k is to high! My OH is a chef and when we have researched the average salary seems to be around $50-$60k way off the 78k suggested. Why not bring in Cooks/chefs from the other side of the world if locals do not want to do those jobs? If people locally want those positions then they should go college and obtain the qualifications and work experience to do so. It was really hard for my OH to get a cook then chef job because everyone wants experience even in the UK. Several years ago he ended up working voluntary whilst doing a college course just to get some experience. This enabled him then to get a cook position even though his qualification was over qualified, after some years experience as a cook he managed to get a chef job (For what his qualification was related to).

There are so many nice people on this forum :cute:

It is hard seeing everything, glad you managed to get to Rottnest Island (I love that place, hired out a bicycle and cycled around though was tired afterwards haha). I could imagine living in Perth too, the OH has family there, I loved how people would just come up and start chatting to you had that a few times when we took my daughter to the park, hardly get that in the UK. Yeah north should be lovely time of year, I think it is still okay at the moment in the south but seasons starting to change. Do you think your try and do 3 months regional work? (I don't think I could hack it fruit picking etc, would be okay if I could work in hospitality lol). At least you have done a lot and hopefully still enjoying the experience This time last year I was getting ready to visit Sydney, argh feel like booking another trip lol.

If you know the code try this website: https://www.anzscosearch.com/search/ Once you have chosen the job occupation you can click on Anzsco code information which tells you the qualification bit. I hope this helps.

Did you manage to go see Rottnest Island? I love Perth, I remember sitting at Fremantle watching the sun go down was so beautiful! I do love Sydney too but for different reasons. I have always fancied going up north WA to monkey Mia and down to Margaret River (Managed to get as far down as Busselton but that was it). At least you get 2 days to yourself before you start work

Congratulations on the job offer :-) hope you enjoy your time working in WA. Do you head over soon? You have your own plan and even though plans change as long as your doing something you enjoy then go for it and don't worry about any negative comments. Look forward to hearing about your adventures!

Glad everything is falling into place Stormy. Windsor is pretty though I have only visited a few times that way. I can relate to expensive rents we are in Hertfordshire and are similar rents (A little cheaper average 2 bedroom is between £1000-£1200). Hope the Mrs gets the job she is interested in!

I have lived in both Leeds and 30 minutes train journey outside London. I agree that Leeds is very reasonable living costs, the city is also had a lot of investments in the last few years building a brand new shopping centre. There used to also be plenty of jobs too. I do like living down south too but would live in Leeds again.

When I have gone I have never shown any visa identification as it was done on the ImmiAccount and all done electronically. What visa are you going on?