Ausvisitor

Me too, I went to Sydney to start with but hopped to Melbourne as soon as it was possible

Unless it's sheep dog or a greyhound you'll be shunned in Melbourne nowadays for being uncool in your choice of canine

There is no such thing as a global university, there are many universities with a global recognition. The thing you will quickly learn with Australian migration is that superlatives and grandiosity are irrelevant. 10 years experience at Harvard or Cambridge is worth as much as the same time at Hull University (no disrespect), it's your ability and quals that matter not how you can package it to sound good. That said a professor at age 38 is highly desirable to Australia so you should have no issue getting a visa

Very different to a UK property purchase we just made in my partner's name... Needed to send £3 to do a legal search, their card got blocked so to keep things moving I paid with mine. Cue a request from the solicitor for a full due diligence and KYC on me as well. Pointed out that I was nothing to do with the transaction, but that was not enough and so many pages of carp later they could buy a property I had no interest in. Go figure!

Yes but the question was about the UK tax code not the treatment of the income in Australia

It's the private pension most likely as that's UK derived income

Yeah just two of us, and I may have chosen to forget some of the costs to soften the blow as time has passed

I wrote a post once about our path to getting here and being settled in a rental property. Now we probably spent more than some would be we weren't *exuberant* in our choices. I can't find the post, but from recollection we spent over $40k on relocation and visa stuff between deciding to go and actually being in our rental (that doesn't include the $35k for a new car either). Our migration agent was about $3,200 of that total cost and worth every cent

Yes very true, everyone thinks it won't happen to them but it can and it does. In our office we decided to stop focussing on one area of the market that was not as busy as we imagined it was going to be. This meant we ended up having to make some redundancies including a couple of people who had moved their families over (2 adults 3 kids of school age) expecting to make their life over here (including selling up back home). Unfortunately once you get the news you have 88 days to find a new job and get the sponsorship transferred (which is a large paperwork activity that doesn't happen overnight) or you have to leave the country. A 482 is good for those who want a short adventure or those who are aware and willing to take the risk but it's not the nirvana guaranteed path to PR everyone suggests it is...

Your coding is based on how much you can earn tax free, it isn't reflective of your income, so it changes each year based on 1) the agreed tax free amount from GOV 2) any tax you owe previously 3) any other benefits you have or income from dividends etc

Is that because of all the witches looking for a co pilot? Seriously though what's the issue with cats out there?

Yeah I drove out there today from the CBD, it was 40 minutes in the car from the CBD on a Sunday morning. It's worth pointing out there is absolutely nothing in Caroline Springs so cinemas, decent shops, good restaurants you will be travelling

True but the bigger issue is that my house is only a 13 minute walk away so I'd have to drive past the office to park there and then walk further than I would have had to in the first place! But seriously, parking in the city isn't fun unless it's included in your employment perks

True but that's 16 minutes walk from my office on Collins st.

Yes it's entry level big 4 director pay, 15 year experience solicitor or as you say a medical specialist. Not saying there aren't jobs out there that pay that but they are few and far between. Also worth looking at some comparison sites as car and fuel cards are taxed to high f**k in Australia I'd you thought European taxation on fuel and cars was high you've seen nothing yet (it's why almost no-one offers them, they just aren't as economical for the business or the employee as just paying you more to start with). The thought of start early and leave early is a notion perpetuated by "Wanted down under" and similar - it was true decades ago but nowadays (at least in Melbourne and Sydney) it's starting start early, leave late and still get stuck in the traffic. If you are coming to Melbourne because it will be shorter work days then don't bother if anything it's a longer slog than in the UK (oh and the $12 an hour parking in the city isn't fun unless that's covered)