VERYSTORMY Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Well, so much for the election promise. Electricity to go up 4% this year and probably 7% next year as well as other rises. http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/wa-price-pain-families-to-pay-an-extra-218/story-fnhocxo3-1226638736704 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah but everyone earns so much its not even an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Electricity has increased over 60% since 2008 :elvis: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 News today showed unemployment at its highest level since 2010. One can't help but to get the impression that a major correction is in the making. These things take time to filter through so perhaps another year of denial. Meanwhile house prices are again on the rise in an already wildly overinflated market as party time goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JK2510 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah but everyone earns so much its not even an issue. Im sorry I don't agree with this. Not everyone earns loads...many do live on the breadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Im sorry I don't agree with this. Not everyone earns loads...many do live on the breadline. Sorry I couldnt locate my sarcasm emoticon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmaclec Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I said from the moment i arrived here in Perth that it is only a matter of time till the bubble bursts but people keep telling me it will never happen and that its a great time to buy property as its only going up. Now where else did i hear those kind of comments before.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHeart Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Reminds me of the horrendous rises in UK prices in the years before we left. Australia is not immune to seemingly unfair, excessive utility price rises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix16 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah but everyone earns so much its not even an issue. Yep, we know there are some very rich people in Perth, but these very rich people need cleaners, nannies, pool guys and seriously they still need nurses, police, and all the other hard working people that maintain the infrastructure and continue to help them live happily richly ever after.....give al thought to the rest of us who aren't fortunate enough to be oil barons and are just living as normal a life as you... And a PS, went to a Registrar GP training session recently and was chatting to a Trainee GP who earns $2500 a fortnight for working 40 hours a week and no pay for any training and development, I was quite shocked at this but asked around at work ( work in the health sector) and was told that's about right, still struggling to get my head round it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Can I just reiterate, I was being sarcastic The average person is finding it tough but some would have us believe that because everyone earns more it just evens out, its clear that isnt the case. Yep, we know there are some very rich people in Perth, but these very rich people need cleaners, nannies, pool guys and seriously they still need nurses, police, and all the other hard working people that maintain the infrastructure and continue to help them live happily richly ever after.....give al thought to the rest of us who aren't fortunate enough to be oil barons and are just living as normal a life as you... And a PS, went to a Registrar GP training session recently and was chatting to a Trainee GP who earns $2500 a fortnight for working 40 hours a week and no pay for any training and development, I was quite shocked at this but asked around at work ( work in the health sector) and was told that's about right, still struggling to get my head round it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sami Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Well, but let them be fully trained and working in a clinic and they earn upwards of 10,000$ a fortnight! I know because I work in a clinic where I do the dr's salaries.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix16 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Well, but let them be fully trained and working in a clinic and they earn upwards of 10,000$ a fortnight! I know because I work in a clinic where I do the dr's salaries.... yes I do agree, they eventually do reap the rewards, I was just shocked that in order to be a trainee GP you have to do med school, intern, resident etc, its literally 10 years of training before you get to be a 'trainee' GP, it just seemed quite harsh to me ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix16 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 And to add, my friend who is a nurse and married to a GP and has owned a practice in WA says there is major snobbery with consultants and GPS, but I took my daughter to the GP yesterday, she's 5 I was charged $70 and it was the best money spent, he was so thorough, he left no stone unturned, he doesn't have a great bedside manner in that he openly uses words like 'cancer' etc, I always reprimand him but we have a joke and a good repartee and in the end I KNOW I am getting the best ever GP treatment I can get, I don't get why he is lesser paid than a consultant but its the quasi private/public Aussie system and its not for me to comment but for me as Joe Public, I get the best treatment and I won't compare with UK as HWB will get upset but just no comparison!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I wont get upset in the slightest, I have no issue with an individuals particular situation, it is when that individual situation is used to describe the whole country which is obviously absurd. We had a great GP in Brisbane but she moved to a different area. We have now found a good one here so we are confident of getting good treatment. We must remember that doctors are individuals, some good some bad, its not country dependant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 And a PS, went to a Registrar GP training session recently and was chatting to a Trainee GP who earns $2500 a fortnight for working 40 hours a week and no pay for any training and development, I was quite shocked at this but asked around at work ( work in the health sector) and was told that's about right, still struggling to get my head round it.... Is this good or bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake max Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah but everyone earns so much its not even an issue. LOL your not even in the country joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 For the 3rd time IT WAS SARCASM lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I said from the moment i arrived here in Perth that it is only a matter of time till the bubble bursts but people keep telling me it will never happen and that its a great time to buy property as its only going up. Now where else did i hear those kind of comments before.................... It could get quite messy. In 96 it was hard getting employment in Perth. In 99/00 the housing market was not in good shape. The house purchased in the inner city at the time was off an engineer aged 52,whom had been unemployed for two years. The house had been six weeks on the market and he needed a quick sale. Loads of young folk were relocating either over East or overseas. How short memories are. Perth and WA in general have everything more or less in the same basket. The mining downturn will hurt. Some may argue it is the pain we need to suffer to get back to reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Im sorry I don't agree with this. Not everyone earns loads...many do live on the breadline. Obviously said tongue in cheek. Your not familar with British wit? Or Homewardbound's take on certain issues to do with OZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix16 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Is this good or bad? I personally think its bad, I personally think they should earn loads more, if I'd done 10 years medical studies I'd expect to earn quite a bit more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix16 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Obviously said tongue in cheek. Your not familar with British wit? Or Homewardbound's take on certain issues to do with OZ? Although not directed to me I think we're all very au fait with tongue in cheek and British humour, I did chuckle but nevertheless felt compelled by mt British dogma to reply, regardless of the consequences!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yes it can hurt the average aussie.I speak regularly with my mates,all working yes,mainly casual jobs,but two of them have had their electricity cut off twice because they can't afford to pay it.At this rate we'll all end up living back in caves!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I wont get upset in the slightest, I have no issue with an individuals particular situation, it is when that individual situation is used to describe the whole country which is obviously absurd. We had a great GP in Brisbane but she moved to a different area. We have now found a good one here so we are confident of getting good treatment. We must remember that doctors are individuals, some good some bad, its not country dependant. says the guy that used to hijack every thread going, just to make it a UK better than Oz thread. PB unreal, but at least he has wit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 says the guy that used to hijack every thread going, just to make it a UK better than Oz thread. PB unreal, but at least he has wit Is that the extent of your input in the thread ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernbird Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 It's awful, electric was 8c a unit when I arrived 8 years ago and now it's 22c. thankfully we are doing OK. Thankfully this will put off many new poms coming and it will leave boring Perth to us boring, uneducated people who love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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