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Schools in Rossmoyne and Willetton are highly rated too. A bit more affordable to buy.

Based on what you said you like, Melbourne is the best city in Australia for those interests. 4 seasons in 1 day though. Sydney next, both come with a price tag.

Let me get this right. You are proposing to move the children away 13,000 miles from their father. You and him can get a divorce, doesn't mean that the kids and their Dad are divorced. What ages are the kids? You will need his permission for the kids to emigrate with you or a court's ok if he objects (highly unlikely). If you take the kids without that, it will most likely be seen as abduction. He can apply for a recovery order through the courts and return of the children under the Hague convention (& it will be most likely granted). I some some experience of the family law courts.

I flew Qatar last year and couldn't fault them at all. Would have them above Qantas, BA or Emirates. I know lots of others who said the same. They were pretty good when my mother changed plans to travel in March. No problems issuing a credit voucher valid for 2 years even though the flight still went. Doha airport is an easy one to navigate too. The bigger issue you will face is the limitations on arrivals by the government. I think Perth is at 525 per week and can't see it changing anytime soon.

Hey mate, FYI Victoria have just announced that all incoming international flights to be diverted for the next few weeks.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/british-pound-sinking-to-emerging-market-currency-status-1.4291672?mode=amp

All of the world. Need central banks to print money to avoid a 1930s style depression.

If you feel that strongly about it, you can always renounce your Australian citizenship.

It's just analytics mate. They do it across all professions. The ATO have a huge amount of data. With AI, it is likely that a human never saw that letter, the analysis would have been done automatically and letters issued based on certain parameters. If your return is legit, you'll be fine and I doubt there will be any further action.

From a work point of view for your partner, Brisbane may be better than Perth but not by much. It really is Sydney or Melbourne. Her type of role does lend itself to remote working but unlikely to get that straight away. If you end up doing FIFO, she may as well be in Sydney.

Is it 6 months both ways? For most white collar roles, 1 month is the norm. As you get more senior, it would be 3 months. For 6 months, I would expect it to be a C suite role. Is it something you can negotiate down? At least make sure it is paid notice. Also, someone mentioned non-compete clauses. They are rarely enforceable and have been struck out by the courts on many occasions (a recent example is the Ryanair v Peter Bellew case)

Mate, I come from a FS background. 60%+ of opportunities for her will be in Sydney, about 35% in Melbourne and maybe 5% elsewhere. While the big super funds will have front office operations interstate all the back office stuff will be Syd/Melbs. Perth is great for raising a family but there is next to no FS operations (trust me, I live here). She could look at a treasury type role in 1 of the big resource companies but they are hard to get into and there are a lot of very qualified professionals in Perth job seeking. Adelaide has a big defence industry, Canberra is a govt/uni town. Have a look on seek.com.au or Linked In to get a feel for job opportunities in the various locations. Could she keep her Canadian job and work remotely?

Yep, it's just reallocated from your super fund to the ATO. It's to prevent it been eaten away by excessive fees. I'm open to correction but I had thought that was nothing to do with your visa but rather whether your account is active or inactive i.e. happens to PRs and citizens too. I thought it was 12 months of inactivity and simpling logging into your account makes it active (but I may be wrong).

That's why I asked where they were? All anybody can do is speak to their own experience and I have experienced minimal issues in 15 years mostly in NSW and now WA. Far from 3rd world experiences.

I didn't say there are no power cuts anywhere ever. My point was that IME, Australia is far from a 3rd world country when it comes to power reliability as the OP was trying to imply.

Where are you planning to move to? A bit like Canada, Australia is a big place. Your wife will be best served first in Sydney or 2nd Melbourne for work opportunities (very little outside of that, possibly Suncorp in Brisbane). For you, probably WA or Qld. You may be able to look at FIFO which pays well but not ideal. You have some research and decisions to make.

Where are you located? 15 years in Australia, lived in 2 states and travelled to them all. Can count the amount of power cuts on 1 hand and only lasted a few hours in each case.

Both well regarded schools. You'd be best getting program details directly from the school's website.

Hi Scott, I don't know up that way well. You may be better posting under WA oron the perthinpoms site.

Hey mate, I'm in Perth and can't really speak to Geraldton with any real authority. What I will say is that I have yet to meet anybody with a positive thing to say about the place. I have met a few who gave it a go but ultimately felt it was too dodgy and left.

I think what you're asking is can you leave your super in Australia to accumulate even if you are on a temp visa and leave Australia, thus avoiding the punative DASP tax. Is that correct? I'm open to correction but I think the answer is yes. You can leave your super in Australia (to grow) when you return to the UK. You then withdraw it on retirement (or when yoyr age allows) as per the rules at the time. You will be taxed as per the rules of wherever you are tax resident at the time you receive the income.

Hey mate, That's a pretty broad query. It's like saying we're thinking of moving to Europe. Australia is a big place and the cities are all very different. If you put a map of Australia over Europe, Perth is about where Lisbon is, Darwin would be in Scandanavia and Sydney probably close to Istanbul. As a few others have said, 1st thing is to see if you are eligible for visas. With a family, there are additional costs (school fees etc) if you are on temporary (sponsorship) visas and you can be pretty vulnerable. If you can, look at PR visas. After that maybe start doing some research on where in Australia will match what you are looking for, where you'll get work and fits within your budget.

Google is your friend and you would be better getting info directly from the medicare website (dept of human services) than from the randomers on here.

Depends what you are into but a week for Dubai would be too long IMO. There isn't that much to do there. Also with Iran & the US sabre rattling, not sure I'd want to be in the middle east at the moment. Dubai is very expensive for alcohol too ($15/16 a standard bottle of corona) although good for food and mocktails for non drinkers. Given the choice, I'd go to Asia or even NZ. Well really, I'd go snowboarding in Japan but may not be your thing.

Hey mate, Don't know them well but both have some dodgy areas. I spent a year working (but not living) in Rocko, nice on the surface but a fair few dodgy characters around. I live near the city but my colleagues down that way all drove in from elsewhere everyday. Safety bay is one of the nicer areas I believe. I suggest renting for 6 months first to get a feel for the areas. Check out the various shopping centres etc.