Landlord,
Where do you live that jobs are hard to get?
Be more specific as most areas of Australia are looking for skilled and
unskilled workers and cant get them even though there are still many able
bodied persons on the dole.
Australian unemployment is around 4.6% for 2nd month.
Tasmania has the highest WA has the lowest around 3.1% and Eastern states
are around 5%
Living costs in Australia, even though the two big Food chains of Woolies
and Coles are
lifting prices every month, are a lot less than in say Europe where the cost
ratio between wages
and costs of food and accomodation is in the main nearly double Australia.
John H
"LandLord" apub@sydney wrote in message
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The pay and conditions in Australia are abysmal. Yes there are plenty of
nursing jobs etc.The money is no good. This is across the board. Since the
Howerd's government have brought in the new IR laws, it's all going down
hill.
Don't compare with other countries. You can only compare with what you can
earn with what you can afford. The outlook for rental accom. is a 20% in
2007. Those figures you quote. You don't mention age groups,trade qual,
etc.etc.
I live in Sydney.

LL