Fairly new to Aus (yep another brit immigrant) and unlike the UK Australia is not a complete rip off for EVERYTHING. Energy prices, up to 3 or 4x more expensive. Fuel, 2x more in UK. Eating out in your average restaurant you will pay in pounds per person what you will pay in dollars over here. Sandwiches, parking, coffee public transport etc etc etc. Rent outside the two big cities in Oz is similar to UK cities. All in all you've got a much much better country with better wages and you get ripped off far less. And its sunny....
I would say it is cheaper but more expensive at the same time. It all depends on what you are buying. The biggest problem we have right now is not enough housing for everyone. That only sends the price of housing up.
They need to get rid of the riff raff, shut down the NHS bureaucrats giving free health to foreigners etc. Locals aren't having enough kids. Feminism did a number on England. Very sad
The weather alone was enough reason for me to move to Australia. Mind you that was in 1983. Back then Australia was a very different place. I would say it was the best Australia that ever existed.
I'm English, I purchased a block of land in a small remote village in NSW, for $35,000. For $38,000 I purchased a good quality cabin, I have solar and a water tank - there's a free council water tap near enough to run a hose from. There's a small very neat little park in the village, about 150 meters away, with a toilet block and free power points - I charge up Makita batteries there, and boil water to fill 3 thermuses - nobody cares. There's also a free telephone booth (no fee for calls within Australia), the local pub (the only business in town) lets me take showers for free, as long as I have meals and drink there. I have planted 6 fruit trees, and I intend to grow potatoes. I rent a huge shed for $100 a month. I do work, and I do intend to build a proper house there before the close of the decade, but effectively I set myself up, on my own piece of land, and under a modest roof that I own, for less than fifty thousand pounds, with ZERO bills - aside from a tiny water bill (for the council tap) and $400 a year land rates. You can buy 4 litres of wine for $25.00, tinned food costs as little as a dollar, a packet of pasta or rice costs two or three dollars - if you're not a fussy eater, and you can cook, you can eat well for less than $20 a day, but you can survive (eat) on less than $5 a day if you have to.
Loved this comment mate and it is the perfect example of thinking outside the box. I have a similar story about a young couple who came from England 12 months ago. They both got jobs at the mine I work at in Western Australia fly in fly out on a 2 week on 2 week off roster. The lady is working for the catering company, and the guy is an underground mine truck driver. Their yearly salary is over $300,000 before tax. They were shocked at the mine salaries as many are that do this kind of work. They bough an old furniture removal truck that had been turned into a comfy camper with shower, toilet, and is more like a small apartment. They have it all worked out, They bought a 5acre block in a place called Bridgetown in the south west of WA and it has a shed home, quite a popular style of accommodation in country areas. They rented this out to another family who live in Bridgetown who are coincidentally another mining couple who work at a mine in Bridgetown. On their 2 week break from work they are travelling all over the south west of WA living a nomad lifestyle and living the dream. They plan on saving enough cash to build a house on the property and be debt free within 5 years. In the last conversation I had with them they were planning on bringing both their parents over for Christmas holidays, and live it up in a beach hotel in Perth. Australia could do with thousands more immigrants from the UK thats for sure and they would love the life style available here thats for sure. Merry Christmas
Hi, Brits have been coming here for over 1 hundred years as our history tells us. My mother was one of the 10 pound poms who came after WWII. I am a proud wog/pom/aussie.
@@SueNicholls-95 Congratulations. I left Derby UK in 1971 as a ten pound Pom still living in Sydney (Newtown) . When I got off the plane I stayed in a Commonwealth Government hostel at Dulwich Hill then moved to Cronulla I thought it was paradise, I have no regrets, Sydney was a bit of a backwater then still a 1950s vibe.
it might be time to go back to work aussie dose want to pay wages that allow you to live in aussie no workers mean that lifestyle might mean you have to do ten jobs to pay for your coffee after you have made it
The dumbest thing I've heard... "I just paid $40 for a sandwich. Unbelievable" Yes, it is unbelievable that you would actually pay that... and then complain that you did that.
I just bought a schnitzel roll, with lettuce, cheese, tomato & onions and it cost me $8.50au, I got a can of coke as well. All up $11, if you are paying $40 you are not that bright.
Welcome to Australia. Hope you like our country we will be in your situation in like 20 or so years. Governments around the world are hell bent to ruining every nation.
Been here 8 years from London (where I lived 11 years). Hands down still much better here, when I go back to London now it actually seems much worse every time while Melbourne only feels like it’s getting better (we just got a brand new train station near my house, there are new parks, cafes and restaurants opening all the time in walking distance to my house, we’re still discovering new places in nature that are stunning here every month). Buying a house was impossible in London, I know people there only able to do it with super high salaries and 40 year mortgages and then still struggling month to month. We came here and within 4 years bought a house within 10km of a capital city cbd on a 500 square metre block. The grass is literally greener here - I actually have some grass!
@lightweightben I agree about London but Melbourne seriously? High-rise living is awful. The gentrification suburbs are nice especially Toorak, Prahan and Fitzroy from memory. I liked Melbourne 20 years ago was a nice amount of people and affordable. Lots of Melbournians have gone regional inland or down the cost. Curious as to why you never tried outside london like Kent, Oxford. Bristol even up north? A 500 SQM is not do bad considering blocks now are found to 300 SQMs or less near the cbd
@@glennoc8585 Our highrise in Sydney, 15 mins from CBD and not a prestigious suburb, gives us a great lifestyle. Park, gym, pool, cafe, Vietnamese restaurant, minimart below us, and just across the road a small shopping centre, with supermarket, chemist, medical centre, hairdresser, nail salon, cafes, plus servo, dog park and kids playground. Bus stops and Metro station almost at the door. I would not go back to the work of a house.
@Bellas1717 I guess ok if retired. Some High-rise apartments are spacious eg 2 bedrooms lounge and have carparking. If you're lucky you can get a storage room too. The other consideration is the service fee. Some service fees are literally 20k a year
@@glennoc8585 And great for workers like us. Yes, we have a spacious apartment, two car parks and a storage cage, our strata is nowhere near that cost. There are lots of families here. You just need to move a bit out of the city, and the Metro has made that so much easier now.
Well didn't the Brits invade India and colonise them? Sounds like fair game to me. If you can dish it, then you can take it. Indians are literally the highest achieving ethnic group in the UK.
@Roxor128 . In December, it doesn't always get warm as January or February does. Toady is cold wet and rain 30c today? Where up far up north? I'm in Ballarat. i have a raincoat on and a jumper.
From London been living in Melbourne for 7 years. She is just trying to justify her move. The real reason it *seems* cheaper for Brits coming over from the UK is because of how strong the GBP is against the AUD. the other day you could almost double your money. It makes everything in Australia seem as cheap as chips. Problem is you’re screwed when you want to make a move back, or you want to transfer money back.
When Australia converted from the pound to the dollar in 1966, one pound was worth one Australian pound which was converted to 2 dollars. Today one pound gets you about two dollars. The conversion rate is the same as it was 48 years ago, so it is not the high pound. One reason prices may be higher in the UK is VAT (GST) is 20% compared to 10% in Australia. Also they no longer have the benefit of cheaper Eastern European goods (eg from Hungary/Poland), since Brexit.
You fundamentally misunderstand how currencies work. Just because 1 pound = $2 does not mean the pound is much stronger than AUD. What matters is comparing prices and incomes AFTER converting pounds to dollars (or vice versa) to determine which currency is stronger. By your logic, the Japanese Yen is a basket case currency at 200 Yen to the pound.
@@budawang77 Oh boy, let me clarify my comment then. Notice the use of my word "SEEM" in my original comment. I see where you’re coming from, but I think you misunderstood the context of my comment. When I said the GBP is “stronger” than the AUD, I was specifically referring to the nominal exchange rate, where 1 GBP equals ~2 AUD - a standard way of comparing currencies for practical purposes like international trade, travel, basic conversions, etc., the stuff that this video talks about. You’re right that exchange rates alone don’t tell the whole story about a currency’s “strength.” This is why metrics like purchasing power, cost of living, and real wages tell us how currencies stack up economically. e.g. to your point, the Japanese Yen at 200 Yen to the Pound doesn’t make it “weak” since it retains strong purchasing power within Japan. That said, the nominal exchange rate is still a valid indicator in many contexts. For instance, if someone in the UK earns GBP and travels to Australia, they’ll find their Pound converts into more AUD, making it “stronger” in a practical sense for exchange. So while I appreciate your perspective, my comment wasn’t intended as an exhaustive economic analysis, it was about the simple, real-world implications of the GBP-AUD exchange rate.
@@Samoleman While we appreciate your "dunning kruger" delusional comment, the comment your referring to is on the money, just because you receive more of something, is not analogous to being stronger or worth more. I am not in interested in getting down and playing in the mud, we are very familiar with that scenario!
Just came back from holiday UK !! Place is horrible and run down especially when I was in liverpool !! And weather is depressing as fk !! Don’t start me on demographic in some cities!! You guys are in trouble
Extremist like you. After your forefathers stole the land, you really think your generation would not bear the consequences. News flash other races are going to move to Australia whether you like it or not.
@perthgirl1012 Christianity isn't a culture, and besides Christianity created and killed millions of people in the last one hundred years alone. Hmm 6 millions jews, million in Belgium congo, world war 2 etc hmm🤔
I’m from Sydney, I grew up here since 1994. It’s changed a lot, sure, but I’d be more than happy to welcome folks from the UK to Australia (especially the women, send your women over here pls). I’ve never met a Pom, Scot, or Welshman who I didn’t like and get along with instantly. However, we’ve got way too many people from Pakistan, and their culture clashes with ordinary life in Australia. I know we need more population numbers but quality over quantity, there’s such thing as letting in too many of the wrong people
500k Indians vs 100k Pakistanis in Australia?Pakistani and indians share same culture and if not drinking wine and eating pork is considered cultural clash than i pitty your intellect
makes you wonder why brits have to jump through so many hoops like being skilled, under 35, lots of money in the bank to afford it yet how do all the people from pakistan get over?
Don't forget the previous government sent over half a million people out of Australia when Covid hit. They had visas and after covid ended they returned along with those who had been issued visas to migrate here. The universities needed the foreign students to return in order to stay financially viable while businesses needed to replace workers they had lost. Coffee beans are in short supply because of severe drought in the major growing regions so prices have gone up around the world. The same with cocoa beans. If it's too expensive to buy coffee in a coffee shop make your own at home. People need to learn to live within their means. Our house prices are high for 2 reasons - not enough land being released and we have the largest average house size in the world. Why do you need a 4 or 5 bedroom house when you only have one or two children, or none? Why are people buying $1500 phones but whinge because they can't afford a house? In the last few years people have struggled with inflation and cost of living because their wages haven't kept pace. Guess who don't struggle? Billionaires like Gina Reinhardt who have doubled their wealth in the last few years and used every tax dodge to pay a lower rate of tax than most Australians.
Right on. Living off the fat of the land. Sickening. What about all these people driving their huge four wheel drives , Avram pulled up beside my Commodore sedan and it was like a home unit beside my car. I couldn't get out of the angle parking because it completely blocked my vision. The world has lost the plot and all the greed is nauseating.
I don't have any stats for this but I think there are many empty nesters who remain living in family sized homes because: 1) the cost of moving is prohibitive especially for a pensioner, and 2) there is a lack of suitable houses on the market to downsize to.
Australia is a beautiful and diverse country, but we are now at a point where our resources and infrastructure are becoming stretched. Our capacity to accommodate newcomers is being tested, and many Australians are starting to feel the pressure. There's a growing concern that some immigrants, particularly from certain backgrounds, are not fully embracing the Australian way of life. While we remain open to those who genuinely want to integrate and contribute, those who isolate themselves in their own communities without making an effort to understand or respect our values are creating challenges for everyone. It might be time for individuals who aren't willing to adapt to reconsider their place in Australia, so we can ensure the preservation of the unique qualities that make our nation special. Australia is full, and it's crucial we find a balance between welcoming newcomers and protecting our way of life.
Queensland currently has AUD50 cent fares per trip. Huge saving, especially for people coming into Brisbane regularly for work from more regional areas.
As an Australian who's family has been here since 1852....PLEASE, BRITS COME HERE! The Brits that come over contribute, have skills, speak the language and don't have a backwards death cult religion they're going to shove down our throats.
@@sunilsethi2982😂. Pld check you facts Australia had a all white policy until 1966 but the policy wasn't completely removed until 1973. There were a minor amount of Indians who came decades before that date but the white policy was designed to restrict Asians thus Indians from coming here. We are Australia not India 2.0
@@sunilsethi2982 Our Western countries are trying hard to keep our cultures but mass immigration are making it impossible. I hope millions of Brits come. We share a culture
I was lucky enough to spend 13 months in the Dandenongs in my 30's. Still the best experiences of my life, Healesville sanctuary ❤️. With places like Warnambool and the Little Desert to visit, so awesome. And yes, big skies, big azure skies. Awesome ❤ We were getting paid our UK wages and it was a great exchange rate back then getting almost double our wage comparatively.
im a brit , lol living in australia . BUT , ive been here for 55 yrs , came here when i was 5 , not because australia ' seemed ' like a nice place to live . but my dad was here in the british navy , defending australia during ww2 , and when england ended up , like australia is today . he decided to move us here for a better life , no complaints here , im 60 now , and love this country with ever breath ive taken , this is my home , and i have aussie kids and grandkids , i wouldnt be anywhere else on this planet , and being english ? ive had good access to any country i wanted to be in , but ive never thought twice about staying right here .
I’m English emigrated 1983 then it was a good life, still worked hard but we were happy. Now it’s not a happy place. We are all living around the outside of Australia too many people, roads are crazy. Prices for everything is crazy, people are under stress and not happy. Don’t know where to recommend in the world, it’s all under stress and big changes coming. Happy Christmas and hopefully a great New Year 🙏🏻💕🙏🏻💕🙏🏻
As Muslims from Arab countries and South Asia continue to migrate to the UK, Brits feel compelled to relocate to other countries, such as Australia. Over time, this dynamic could lead to Australians seeking opportunities in East Asia, creating a cyclical pattern of migration that perpetuates itself over time.
Yet it wasn’t south Asians who destroyed the economy have you forgotten brexit? Liz Truss who quite literally tanked the economy when will Anglos take responsibility for their own actions?
The concept of immigration has to be abolished. It just makes everywhere worse. The best people are leaving the UK and moving to Australia, but Australia is being overrun by East Asian and South Asian people, so soon the best Australians will be leaving to go somewhere else. Brain drain and demographic replacement everywhere will just make the world a significantly worse place. We should all return to where we belong and put in the effort to make it good.
Love you belive it is Arabs that is the problem, your government runs your country lobsided like a monarchy you have so little social mobility but keep blaming people who are worse off than you haha so brainwashed
This girl is not the first I've come across on UA-cam is says "illegible" when she means "eligible". Seems education standards are about the same between Britain and Australia.
@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. Can you elaborate. I am an American high school teacher. I feel like we have a lot of problems and in general, people worldwide are not impressed with our education level (except, usually, for university level.)
Even though Australians complain a lot about the cost of living in this current economic situation. I am blessed to be living here, I want to slap my Aussie husband lol ☑️People ☑️Work culture ☑️Healthcare system ☑️Nature ☑️Immaculate surroundings ☑️Wages ☑️And more!!
From Perth born & bred but my wife is from Kent UK. She met me here 21yrs ago when she was travelling & rest is history. High wages, double income sees us in a large hse (land area 1,250m2) with pool, Bali style backyard, Dble garage & workshop with car hoist , parking for caravan & trailer & plenty of driveway parking for visitors. We worked hard & paid off our Mortage so debt free now & this year we travelled back to the UK & Europe for +6 wks using the train network. Could not believe how expensive everything is over there now & no wonder they are complaining. But the worse thing we noticed travelling was just too busy, too crowded & grumpy people especially retail trade & locals in general. Anything of interest tourist wise was drowned in sea of people & tourists were getting ripped off by money grabbing extortionist locals. We were paying AUD$20 for 2 coffees and they were what we consider smaller cup size & quality pretty bad. Cafe food was "very" pricey everywhere. After spending time London, Kent, Yorkshire & most of Europe getting back home to Perth was like a breath of fresh air (literally) and it rams home the high quality of life we live in WA and just how stunning Perth & WA is with what i consider up there with the best quality of lifestyle, best coast (13,000kms of it) , best beaches & best weather on the planet and i am not biased.
I wasn't aware Albo has gone out and personally recruited all the "garbage" you don't like. Which is code for...? How have the migrants changed since ScoMo was PM? And are all the "non-garbage" like you? In which case the rest of us might object.
@stellalunas499 That is not going to disappear thanks to useless politicians that we got I prefer to have decent people that will work to better our economy and our way of life and not a weight on the shoulders of the taxpayer, your present politcian are determined to fill this country with people that are not going to better us but to destroy all the work that we have done ,so what is your preference.
Australia is now one of the most expensive countries in the world along with Canada. My daughter works in hospitality in UK but also comes regularly to Australia and has noticed everything getting so much more expensive here in Australia. Some things are the same price now but others are cheaper now in UK. I’ve lived here for 57 years and have watched both countries play leap-frog with each other in terms of costs.
I'm more than happy for them to allow permanent migration for under 35's born in the UK. Much better fit for Australia than the majority of migration from elsewhere.
100% couldn't agree more. The Indians that are coming over in such numbers all seem to want to do work like couriers or uber drivers....we desperately need brick layers, carpenters, builders etc. They don't seem interested in picking up those skills at all. The conversations I have with them about those jobs, it's almost as if they think physically demanding jobs are for untouchables.
any body living in new zealead for two years can get citazan ship 1 day after getting citenzshipe in new zealand they can alply for aus citernship government is the problem
dude . as an ex brit i can honestly say . if i had stayed in england with that doom n gloom weather , i wouldnt be around now , i naturally suffer depression from a chemical imbalance , and one of the things that makes me happy , is a nice warm , 22 to 32 degree sunny day , which we have many of here in australia . id be lucky to get that in england for more than a month in summer , if , it didnt rain .
@@undeadwerewolves9463 i was the same at first , but i climatized a bit , 30 is about my comfort zone , any higher i feel it . we get some days in summer over the 40's . i hide in the air con all day lol
My parents are British and they migrated out to New Zealand. It was an odd choice at the time because in the 80s and 90s, the UK was so rich while NZ was so poor. But the UK has been declining since then and the wealthy Brits keep leaving while illegal migrants keep arriving. They're spending billions on migrant hotels at the expense of spending money on schools and hospitals. The UK is rapidly rotting. It makes sense the young and the wealthy are leaving. My British friend wants to leave the UK but he has health problems so he can't apply for a visa for AU/NZ/Canada/US. The poor and unhealthy are trapped there.
Trust me, the British government is over-spending on hospitals. The NHS is the 7th largest employer in the world, beaten only by the likes of Amazon, and the Indian Ministry of Defence. British hospitals are terrible because they are run entirely by the government, unlike Australia where we have plenty of private hospitals. While Australia is coming 2nd in many aspects of healthcare, such as cancer survival, the UK is coming last out of every OECD country. The NHS is a black hole which receives more government funding every year while producing worse results. It's not a money problem. It's because it's government run, which means the workers have no incentive to actually do a good job.
I saw that. There's apparently a hotel owner who's making something like 8 million AUD PER DAY renting them out to the government for migrants there. I think he's a billionaire now as a result...
Agree. Illegal migrants aren't forced to live under a tree instead tax payer dollars are used to put them up in Hotels, give them phones, food, cheap transport on and on it goes.
It's beyond the joke while genuine people who through no fault of their own end up homeless & many of them hold down jobs. Where's the help for them!!!! But , we can bend over backwards for all these others. They breed like blow flies as well and out number us , then we feel like we're the Aliens in our own countries. It's gotta stop.
in the 90s your perants got 3 new zealand dollar to one pound and a government job but from them day your parents got new zealand has gone backwards so now the are asset rich and getting tax advantage from the government
I'll always remember my Mum's cousin's wife a well-educated English rose who lived in Australia for 50 years yet always referred to England as home. When her husband died she sold up and before you could say "Jack Robinson" she was back in her beloved England leaving behind a son, and grandchildren but it didn't seem to matter. She couldn't believe the shock of seeing how much England had changed and she was back in Australia within 2 years.
As someone who is German, British, Indian and Malaysian at the same time. Anywhere is better than Europe at this point. The governments there are killing our economy and culture all for their "moral highground." So yeah... I had thoughts of relocating to Malaysia or Singapore or the US or Australia, just to get away from European self ruining policies. However, she is right. London is an expensive sinkhole, with ULEZ, congestion charges and high prices to do stuff. However, places like the Midlands and the North of England are way cheaper than the South.
Congestion costs the economy billions every year. ULEZ is successfully reducing congestion by making people think twice about driving into London. You can complain that it's expensive for individuals, but there is a very solid economic justification for congestion pricing.
@JohnFromAccounting Yeah, I will take the train, oh wait, it costs 4x more a month than just taking my car down... And I live 12 miles from the London boundary...
I support Brits migrating to AU, because I don't want Asia society to be expanding that fast anymore, I am East Asian myself, but I hope the migrants portion of AU to be more even.
I never understood the way you think. If you think we are getting over run by Asians but just not you? I had an Indian say to me the other day that he moved from a certain suburb, bc there are too many Indians in Australia now. In the same breath he said... oh, I'm getting my mum, dad, and family to move here. I just don't understand.
@@Keyrose-my3xr I think he's just afraid of people who are "fresh off the boat" (so to speak). The ones who are already here are no longer "fresh." They are happy with the "demographic environment" that exists here and don't want it to change too quickly. It's the locals that make this place a good place. He is afraid that if too many come over, it's not going to feel "local" anymore. It's going to feel "foreign." A little bit of "India" or "Asia" coming in isn't a bad thing, but too much "India" or "Asia" coming in at once is going to scare some people.
@@Keyrose-my3xr its about a dynamic status quo, I would not say the same 10yrs ago, or 5yrs ago, but now I see situation is out of control, I came to AU years ago, paid huge tuition fees and real dollars living in cities then get my residency legally before I start to feel Asian migrants are overwhelming, I am not bring my relatives here and Im not removing myself from AU.
@yuhuitong7717 Thank you so much for explaining:). I think it's important to keep a countries culture. It is what makes people want to immigrate to certain countries in the first place, I assume. Yes, you are correct. For the past five years, I don't really recognise the country anymore. We are very quickly losing our culture. When I say this, most people cry racism, which isn't my intent at all. Thank you again for understanding.
Go on the uk job markets and you will find that outside of london. Finding a job that pays 37k is very tough without being in a specialist field or high up position like manager.
Economic robustness and economic diversity is much better in Britain. Australia's economy is about as diverse as Senegal, and is reliant on Chinese demand for our mined resources.
@@JohnFromAccounting Although I'd agree that Australia has unwisely put nearly all of its eggs in one basket with China when it comes to mining; South Korea, Japan the USA, EU, India, Canada, SEA & NZ are also very important trading partners and not just for iron ore & coal. Lots of beef is exported to the US, with lots of wine, agricultural produce, natural gas and live animals exported to numerous other countries. Plus a healthy financial services sector. Mining is not the only source of income. 13 Dec 2024 - Share of Output key sectors: Mining 12.2%, Finance 7.5%, Health and Education 13.4%, Manufacturing 5.9%, Construction 7.5%.
I'm from England, but I lived in Africa for most of my childhood. I didn't find the weather there depressing, and you can spend as much time outside, very minimal chance of sunburn or stroke. The animals are less dangerous to a degree. Most of my family have had no real danger with wild life here. In England as a child I entered a field full of bulls, only to end up in a field with a stallion want to mate with the mare not safe either. Also in Africa a cover just came into the house, was 7ft and stood on the tip of its tail. Our garden had a deadly tree snake too. We have had brown snakes in garden here, but no bits, and less scary than the house. In England my son n daughter inlaw were chased by a herd of cows scary for them, but so funny to here about. I went back in September 2022, we didn't get public transport we hired a car, we travelled from London to Cornwall. The weather was great, we eat out a few times, but mainly got Marks n Spencer's meals as we had self contained unit. We did stay a couple of nights in Hounslow, not many whitefellas their, changed since I was there in the 80s. The 80s was definitely way cheaper, you could afford a house on one wage average that is. Culture has changed we didn't eat out as much, and that is returning due to cost of having a roof over your head. Fish n chips $40 plus for a family, it was the poor man's eat out, not now.
In the north of england this year it barely got above 20c all year it feels like it has rained for the whole year without any significant break. It actually gets people down having to stay indoors so much.
😄Good day from Goonellabah, NSW, Australia. I was the project manager and civil engineer. I worked as an engineer in Singapore from 1999 to 2005. My hour is $180.00. We designed and constructed twelve-kilometre tunnels with two boring tunnel machines and five stations. I also managed 160 engineers and architects. I have been a contract engineer since 1975, Constructing sewage and water treatment plants from Melbourne to Cairns. Kate's wife is a well-known interior designer, and Kate was introduced to Grand Design in Australia-the ideal partnership for 50 years of marriage of the year. I applied to NASA in 1974 to be an astronaut in the Apollo Space Program. I became an engineer. I was on the Gold Coast at Christmas, where three meals cost $75. 🤗Cheers, Ian Cleland
All? No, there is no racism behind such a statement..the same welcome would not be extended to a doctor from Asia but happy to bring every Tom, Dick and Harriet from the UK who only has customer service skills to offer us..
As an Australian living abroad and wanting to move back the cost of living and the housing shortage is a huge hurdle that makes it seem impossible. Even if I am able to land a job that pays enough how am I going to be able to find somewhere to live and pay the first month of rent and deposit before getting a pay check? The people moving to Australia now are extremely privileged.
The thing is: Australia is quite a new country and have a lot of industries yet to be explored. The range of fully developed industries still very short. The "main" fields are health system, mining (and related engineering), hospitality and construction (plus related tradies) and more or less education, while in other developed (and "older") contries this range is way wider. So while the country needs more workforce with different skills to develop those industries at a short term, and also need these people to keep the consuming wheel spinning with spends and visas (that is also a money making machine), the goverment is failing in how to accomodate all these new arrivals, causing a high demand/low offer dynamic and as a result inflating the cost of living...
As a person who did his degree to PhD in Australia u do not rexommend studying in Australia....bettet UK or US or Asian universities that have caught on.
Most people in the UK are not on £17 an hour. minimum wage is about £12 an hour, so about that figure, £13 if your lucky. London prices are different from the rest of the country. Yes buses are now subsidized, bus fares are capped at £3 per ticket. Was £2, so people are complaining that the cap has raised. the UK is reliant on cars, so this net zero push is ridiculous and makes no economic sense. The UK cannot build anything as the railway building fiasco showed. We should be going for growth not net zero. People cannot afford electric vehicles.
Australia has the some.woke bureaucracy and bs that England has. Just with better weather and without proximity to Europe, the best place in the world to travel to.
I dont have an issue with migration I do have an issue with people that bring conflicts from their homeland here. I thought they came here to escape conflict.
Coffee Prices? I buy coffee beans wholesale and in the last 20 years the price has gone from $25 a kilo to $37, . The retail price of a coffee was $2.50 to $3. now it is around $4.50. Seems close to inline with bean prices. Most of the talk of bean prices increasing significantly is tabloid (TV) news or to use an often used statement "fake news". Biggest issue is the how hard it can be to find a good coffee.
My fiancée and I have been trying to buy a house in Sydney for 2 years and the market is insane, on top of that, all properties go to auction which makes it even worse
Yeah, I guess good news is it's starting to turn. Sydney prices have been dropping and it's become a buyers market slowly. Though still... it's astronomical compared to what other generations have paid. Hope you get something soon, mate.
I was holidaying in the UK for a month this year and was staggered by the poor Aussie dollar to the British pound! No wonder Brits are coming here now with their money worth twice ours. Of course our weather is way better too!
My last trip to the UK saw the dollar buying 36p, it dropped to that just before I went over, it rose again just after I got back, I didn't time that very well..
I got $2.46 for a pound in 1966. My pay in UK was $17.00 in Australia was $34.00. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Still feel the same way today.
Back In the UK now. Yes the Aus exchange rate hit hard but, the pound is going further than we expected. Getting into AUS (permanently) is definitely NOT easy (which nobody seems to mention here) and whilst you will double your GBP (currently) but you will struggle to leave as your half your savings unless the AUD gets way stronger.
Something similar is happening in Florida, people moved here when prices for houses were cheap and now complain that everything is just as expensive as the place they moved from.
Meanwhile the government leaves those who already live in Australia to die in a tent 👏👏👏 this planet is actually hell if you haven't figured that part out yet.
My family left Manchester UK in 1963, and it's been amazing this Australian life style, seen alot of massive changes too 2025, but it's common in OZ ,rather be unemployed here with great weather and beaches ⛱️ etc than freezing UK 🇬🇧! 😅😂
@@paulschofield2630 I could not stick the heat in Australia, nor the snakes, spiders etc. You can keep it. Would rather have this green and pleasant land.
Hey! Great reaction video, it’s really interesting to hear some Aussie insights and perspective on the topic! ☺️ as an update to this video, I’m currently loving Sydney and the amazing people I’ve met so far. Definitely wouldn’t swap it for the depths of winter in the UK atm 🙌
This might explode as an issue. I live in a part of Australia that has long had lots of Brits and Irish, but now I hear almost no non-British or non-Irish accents on the street, I guess because of the massive immigration rates of the last few years. Now I'm being priced out of the neighbourhood I've lived in for nearly my whole life. I and others have histories where we live, stories of survival, tied to the areas we're in. Bear in mind that Australia's Middle-class Immigration Policy means that so many new immigrants are much wealthier than many of the locals which causes several problems besides this, like blocking off access to educated jobs that poor & working class people are told they should get educated for in order to access, if they want to improve their lot in life. And on top of this, it's hard to see how these people who colonised a 1/4 of the world, in the age of wokeness, won't nevertheless appeal to the language of identity politics in reaction to any criticism. And yet I'm disabled and have been ridiculed on the street multiple times by drunken Brits and Irishmen. And bare in mind, regarding this woman's issues with living Britain, she is part of the process of simply exporting those issues to Australia. She seems so out of touch. "I don't like where I am and I want to move to X and I don't care what effect that has on the people of X". Well, I guess that suggests why they colonised 1/4 of the world. And it's causing, at least to some extent, a housing crisis, an attendant homelessness crisis, and internal migration crisis. I'll add that there must be some non-zero number of these immigrants who get employed as professionals to manage the social damage done by causing the internal migration crisis that they themselves contributed to. It's madness. There might be a shit storm coming.
great comment ☝️ the government policies are destroying the place . we are being cancelled. 😳 the targets of the U.N Lima Agreement 1974 has a lot to do with it.
33-year-old Brit here, just moved back from Sydney after a 1.6-year stint. I would have stayed, but the company I was working for went under, and I lost my visa. Coming back to the UK has been an awful experience and has reminded me just how bad things are here. Yes, prices are high in Sydney, but you get what you pay for: beautiful beaches and great weather. Here in London, I pay even more rent to live in a tiny apartment in a grey, knife-crime-infested, horrible part of the city. In Sydney, it seemed like the “average Joe” could get by, compared to the UK, where essentially, if you don’t work in finance, you’ll always struggle. People in Australia have more opportunities to make a decent living, even without a degree. I knew an electrician who drove a Porsche-seriously, this isn’t uncommon. I also knew a girl who got made redundant and was able to earn nearly $50 an hour standing on street corners at building sites directing traffic. Australian wages are higher, and even people working in coffee shops can get by. In the UK, if you do any of these jobs, you’re essentially poor. The issue with the UK boils down to one word: greed. The UK is a country fuelled by financial institutions-nothing else is valued as highly. We use the term “inflation,” which is just a clever word for greed. Banks need to make more money, inflation goes up, prices rise, and guess what? Wages stay the same. Okay, enough ranting about the UK financial system. Speaking on a personal note, when I was in Sydney, I badly broke my foot and was admitted to the Northern Beaches Hospital. The facilities and care there were amazing. The doctors and nurses seemed happy because they work in better conditions and are paid appropriately. Things were quick, efficient, and well-organized. I bring this up because, as I write this, I’m sitting nearly a year later in a UK hospital preparing to have the metal removed from my foot (which was installed in Sydney). The hospital here is disgusting, disorganized, and everyone seems miserable, likely due to workloads, burnout, and being hugely underpaid. What I’m getting at is this: in Australia, there’s a sense that things will be okay. You can work but also relax and enjoy your life. Brits, especially those in medical and nursing professions, move there because the quality of life is so much better. When I worked in Australia, I worked 9-5-and I mean 5! In my first month there, I worked until 6:30, and my manager asked why. In the UK, it’s standard practice to work outside of your paid hours. In Australia, there’s even a law stating that you aren’t obligated to open emails outside work hours, and employers can’t do anything about it. There are a million more reasons why Brits want to flee the UK and move to Australia, but this message is already too long! To sum up, I cannot bloody wait to move back to Australia and leave this awful country behind-hopefully forever. Another user commented this below, and I cannot agree more: @HermannCortez Just spent 3 months in the UK in early 2024, so I have several brief observations: Food prices are considerably cheaper than in Australia. House prices are very high but not insanely high like Australian cities. Taxes are considerably less in the UK, but wages are ridiculously low, making home ownership a fantasy. Train fares are insane, and people are culturally conditioned to use them. I drove everywhere in the UK and saved thousands of quid. The cities are overrun with immigrants, so much so that they look like the slums of Bangladesh and Karachi. Crime is through the roof, and the economy is in the toilet. In particular, there is zero opportunity for young people due to the complete destruction of manufacturing and primary industries.*
@AussieEnglishPodcast You're welcome! It was more me venting my frustration at the UK than anything 😅. I do agree that the influx of immigrants going to Australia is probably part of the reason why renting and house prices are so high, and why you have to queue around the street corner just to view an apartment! Thanks for the kind words. I hope I can get back to Australia at some point and be part of the problem 😅. It's too nice of a country not to return to, you guys are very lucky!
You do know that the rents are so high in London because of immigration as well don’t you? So please explain why so many people still want to live there despite all the problems and lower wages than Australia?
Mate have you been to the UK. Prices are crazy. Here you can get a chicken Schnitzel for $20 at the pub, in the UK for fish and chips equivalent of our Shnitties is $40. A train trip from Wollongong to Sydney is about $10, same distance and I paid it was $60! Petrol is twice the price, but everyone drives as it’s cheaper. I could go on, mate, but you have no idea. You need to get off the net and take a look for yourself. I have traveled all over the world and Australia is still the best bar non! My daughter lives in the UK and has a good job, but London rents are insane. She bought her husband to Australia. Got the train from Wollongong to Sydney, Ferry to Manly, then back to Sydney, on and off the train to visit friends on the way back to Wollongong for a total of $16. My son in law said it was so cheap it may as well be free! You can pull up stupid figures all day, but that ain’t the real world.
If we increase the wages in Australia so much more then the price of goods and services will skyrocket, I can't see how wages will solve this issue at all. Issues are migration which is great for our country but our government has screwed us by letting the molopoly of builders keeping land to build properties but whats worse is our energy section, we only tax 2% of all the resources that leave our shores which is only taxing what is kept in Australia which is 20% of the resources while 80% isn't taxed at all. We should be getting over 2 trillon reveune per year from these companies but NOPE! Regarding migration we are letting in over 600,000 migrants that are coming from Nepal and India what have unrestrictive visas as a student and while they come here to study they apply to fake education places where they don't need to physically attend school and get perm residents after 3-4 years. We are in a shamebal!
I moved from Blackpool Lancashire in 1992. I left with my family. I begin my time in Australia in isolation in the outback. I lived in Australia for 10 years or more before I stayed in a hotel for the first time. It was a rough childhood living in the north of Queensland.
Brit living in Australia here, the GBP to AUD exchange makes it a breeze to move over. Paying $500 a week for a room in Sydney eastern suburbs makes London look so expensive. God help Aussies moving to London. A - Live in London for £1600 a month and make £1600 a month B - Live in Sydney for £1000 a month and make £2000 a month. On top of that sunshine, living by the beach etc. it’s literally a no brainer.
@@lastofthev8interceptors411 yea agreed if they where too weak to keep their own country from turning out the way it is now they aren’t going to be any better here until they can grow a pair and fix their own nation they should be un welcomed here. Along with any other country in the same situation.
The British Government made the biggest mistake ever, by Privatizing UK Rail. It's now a "Pure Profit" organization, where they can set the prices as high as they want.
Housing density is crucial to housing prices and availability. The suburban sprawl tract housing model is very limiting. The pictures I've seen of them look like they are sun-baked. I could not live in an area without greenery around the housing.
Sydney is not Australia. Sydney cost of living is out of control. Brisbane soon to follow. However Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and plenty of major rural cities are liveable if you have employment.
@blackridgeproductions2738 it's happening across the Commonwealth. If we don't make a stand we are gone. Our way of life will be ruined. Enough is enough.
Unfortunately, Australia is worse than Canada atm. Statistics say that by the end of this decade, Indians will be the most populated ethnicity in Australia
@@Keyrose-my3xr it’s the same in Canada. Canada currently has the most Indians out of any country on the planet other than India. We hit about 500,000 pr but we actually have 1 million people who came in in 2024 when you include students and workers. (Non pr) Either way it looks like we are in a disgusting place in history for both of our cultures and I am so sorry you guys are also going through this. I do recognize it would be more apparent though for you guys because you have a smaller population.
I first tarvelled to Australia in 2003, and am now back on a skilled visa. The difference is night and day. In 2003 even doing labouring jobs there was plenty of disposable income, now I honestly don't know how the youngsters can make ends meet.
We moved to The UK from Ireland because the cost of day to day living was so high. Our electricity cost per unit rate in Ireland was around 50% higher than in The UK and gas was around 30% cheaper in The UK than Ireland. Food prices are much cheaper in The UK, going out for a night out us cheaper in The UK than Ireland too.
It's not just about cost of living. It's quality of life..... Which in the UK is dog shit unless you (or mummy and daddy) are loaded. And in the UK the class system is very much alive and thriving and social mobility basically stopped in the late 80s. Where as Australia you can get ahead you can be better and it's just a much nicer place. Since COVID every time I go back to blighty it just looks more damaged, decayed and broken... The UK is dying a very sad death.
As an expat that moved to Australia 20 yrs ago,it was great back then,affordable housing,great weather, good wages and relatively cheap everything... Now if I could I would move to Asia, Australia has been run by bunch of Muppets for years now and it's completely unaffordable against what you earn..$100,000 a year nowhere near enough to live anymore and unless your in mining you would be hard pushed to earn that at a regular local job.. Don't get me wrong it's a beautiful place but don't plan on owning anything
Honestly a place that charges you 40 AUD for a vegan/vegetarian sandwich does not deserve to be in business. At least in Melbourne, you find good meals ranging from 15 to 25. E.g. Chicken parma in most places is >$25 and
The thing I noticed compared to London, is that the average restaurant is much better value in Melbourne. Cheaper and better quality food in a place you just walk in. Fine dining is better in London, but you pay double, and it’s like a once a year thing really. Melbourne has better food in places you can go every week.
David it's still joke charging $30 for a bit of chicken pama and two slices of cheap bread...mind you coffee here in Paradise is the world's best by far😂❤
I lived in Australia for 5 years and left 10 years ago. From what I hear, it sounds like the Australia I lived in doesn't exist anymore. So much has changed. I'm glad I started my youtube channel while in Australia, which enabled me to become a digital nomad and live anywhere. I couldn't imagine going back to 9 to 5, even in a developed country like Australia or the UK. The West is doomed, it seems.
the thing is about brits is , apposed to most other countries , is , this is english land now , its as much brits home as england , but . its still 1/2 way around the world , and alot different to not only england , but the whole northern hemisphere , weather , time , even the moons upside down here , yes its true , and even after 55 yrs here . everything doesnt seem quite right . lol my birthday here is on the 14th , but its not the 14 th where i was actually born , until the next day , so weird .
The grass is always greener only here it is brown here! The cost of living here is no bed of roses either!!!! Keep this up Brits and we will accelerate to the recession we don't want or need😮😢🥺 No! The cost of living is out of control here.
Yep... it's ridiculous. And we're already in a per capita recession that's only being masked by mass migration. Hopefully things start getting better soon though
Funny, we don’t notice that. We have a mortgage, and that's been the biggest change we’ve noticed, two service industry jobs, run two cars, but live close to a Metro so we often take that instead. We can buy fresh and very satisfying food to make meals for around $20 each for a family of four. We don’t need takeaway, we easily do our own pizzas etc and prefer those anyway. We have great phone plans (better than America our Reno’s tell us), our doctor bulk bills (we shopped around a bit). I guess it depends on what you expect and what you value.
@Bellas1717 I am very happy to hear you are doing so well there. I on the other hand am living out of my car I was evicted from a family home by a group of lawyers acting on behalf of my greedy selfish brother who just wants it all for himself. Consequently he claims I owe all this back rent on a property that is supposed to be divided equally between us both!!!! I hope you keep myself in mind and all the other poor unfortunates out there across Australia? Thanks for your views🙂☺️😊
The basis of my comment was a response to the cost of living. My point was that a very reasonable living is still very achievable under quite ordinary circumstances. Your circumstances, of course, are the total opposite of ordinary, but they are not based in the cost of living. So while your comment is irrelevant to mine, I do have empathy for you and for others in dire situations. There are many times in the past where we didn't know how we would pay the next round of bills, especially when interest rates increased, when we had to choose between school shoes and the electricity bill. We had family to support us through that. My dad would appear with a book for me to read and he'd have tucked money in the pages, or some in a bag of oranges he brought for the kids; my BIL would give me a shift at his cafe to make some extra money. For us, the cost of living in the past has been worse than it is in the present. I'm sorry that your brother is the absolute opposite of supportive. That must just add so much distress to your situation. I hope that things work out for you.
@@AussieEnglishPodcastSo, didn’t Britain colonize others? And also when a blk person commits a crime you call it “pattern recognition” if someone discriminates another blk person. Well I will group all Britain’s together too, I’m glad UK, EU and Australia will be majority African and Middle Easterner.
@22:43 I live in London and thats soo true. Last week the sun would go down like 3:45 in the afternoon and now at 4pm which you can imagine is not very nice. Australians be greatful
@@felicitydeikos5250 Are you seriously not insured? I've been paying for private health insurance my whole life, even when I worked in fast food. Give up the coffee and alcohol and you'll be able to afford private health insurance.
Lots of bs. You can buy a sandwich in London for £4 to £5. A beer in a pub is less than moat Aussie bars. Wage growth in the uk is higher. I lived in the uk for years...i have fond memories of pub beer gardens in spring summer and autumn. I worked the bar in a hotel in Cornwall and I was clearing glasses in the twilight at 10pm on warm evenings. Here in Adelaide in winter it's too cold to sit in the beer garden of my local pub and ive left work at 5pm and its dark in midwinter.
@williamanthony915 exactly. Some people paint Australia as a permanent sunshine longday country which is false and misleading. It's better to state truths than to give a false reality to those that emigrate to southern Australia and suddenly realize that there is a cool winter. As you say, if you want no winter head to the equator.
@christinefiedor3518 Some do yes but beer gardens in winter aren't frequented as much as most customers opt to go inside. Some pubs have cut the outdoor heaters due to operating cost cuts as pubs struggle now with falling sales and higher costs. Yeah was 40c then 38c next day. I stayed in too hot
Even though wages are somewhat comparable in the UK the problem people face in the UK is all the extra taxes and fees payable the UK VAT is at 20% TV licence fees even for the elderly, parking fees just about everywhere even in supermarket parking areas and at the beaches, even a bedroom tax for empty bedrooms plus many more taxes.
Official statistics: The average income in Australia is A$100,016 per year. The average Income in Britain is £37,430 (A$74,553). On top of that salary Australians have 11.5% paid into their compulsory super by their employer.
What is a Dollar Drain - Imagine 10 people with $10 each and each have a mutually exclusive but essential skills. Suppose, one is a cobbler and one of them is a washerman. Now, the washerman just washed a cloth for $2 and out of his earnings he sent back 1 dollar to his own country. He followed this rule for 10 times. Now the room has $90 left. Now, the price for services goes down since everyone except one has less money. Due to non profitability, cobbler leaves the room. Now, washerman brings another person from his country for the same job. This time price of the service is 1 dollar and both collectively sends 1 dollar from their earnings to their own country. This cycle continues for 10 times. Now, the room has 80 dollar left. One more worker left the room while cobbler became homeless. Now you know why America is destined to fail.
There seems to be hundreds of thousands of British citizens who think that the grass is greener on the other side in Australia and that is why they want to emigrate to Australia.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast As a North Queenslander, that's all I give anyone. We don't hide what we think or feel. Got more bloody Poms here than any other group, and all they do is bitch about everything and complain about the other people moving here. Hell, half our bloody politicians are from there (and don't we all wish they'd piss off back there too).
Not really, people go to OZ because of the weather, as they have since the sixties. It’s that simple. Then some come back coz they can’t stand the heat.🤣
The capital cities are expensive to live in but there are other great towns and suburbs to live in. I'm thankful every day that my Mum and Dad had the foresight in 1964 to emigrate to Australia 🇦🇺
I bet a lot of those Poms are focused on the exchange rate cost of living difference, based on their savings prior to making a move to Australia, but might not have factored in their wages and spending power, once they land in Australia and their UK savings are completely exhausted. This girl has only been here for a few weeks, so likely still living off her UK savings, thus getting a good exchange rate advantage whilst she still has savings.
Lottie seems to be exaggerating the cost of train tickets in The UK. The example she gives is a day trip from Cambridge to London (about 50 Miles or 80 Kilometres each way) which she quotes as being £40. That sounds about right for someone just turning up at the railway station and buying a ticket but a typical commuter wouldn't be buying those tickets they would have a season-ticket and a monthly season-ticket valid from Cambridge to London costs slightly under £600. Not cheap, but a commuter would be taking the journey 15-20 times a month which brings the cost down to £30-35 per day ... plus they are valid at the weekends so leisure trips into London for whatever reason would bring the cost of each trip down even further. And very few of those commuters would have jobs that pay average, let alone minimum, wages .. they would be people with highly paid jobs in Central London, so a typical commuter from Cambridge to London wouldn't be working four hours to pay for their train ticket, they might not even be working one.
Uk always been dear, but when they come here, their pounds go a long way, part of the reason so many English migrate here... most love the weather too. Just going from what friends who lived in UK and tourists have said to me. What we call "expensive" is just normal up there.
Do you think it's cheaper to live in Australia vs Britain? Comment below!
It’s not cheaper (especially for housing), but the pay is better and at least you get more sunny days.
Fairly new to Aus (yep another brit immigrant) and unlike the UK Australia is not a complete rip off for EVERYTHING. Energy prices, up to 3 or 4x more expensive. Fuel, 2x more in UK. Eating out in your average restaurant you will pay in pounds per person what you will pay in dollars over here. Sandwiches, parking, coffee public transport etc etc etc. Rent outside the two big cities in Oz is similar to UK cities. All in all you've got a much much better country with better wages and you get ripped off far less. And its sunny....
I would say it is cheaper but more expensive at the same time. It all depends on what you are buying. The biggest problem we have right now is not enough housing for everyone. That only sends the price of housing up.
no the best country to live in close by is Malaysia however they have already lots of irish and scottish
@@paulnelson7070and better health care access for PR and citizens.
While Sydney’s is expensive, I think you underestimate how much of a hell hole the uk is right now
I’ve been here 35 years. Try to visit uk every couple of years and each visit things are worse than the previous one.
@izaacnelson340 Australia is headed the same way if we don't curb immigration, and put the wealth our ancestors built where it belongs.
@izaacnelson340 I like london lots to see and do. I wouldn't live there too crowded long term. Outer towns are much nicer like Windsor and Wimbledon
They need to get rid of the riff raff, shut down the NHS bureaucrats giving free health to foreigners etc. Locals aren't having enough kids. Feminism did a number on England. Very sad
@@lachlanbrown409 Don't talk about England, Scottie. We don't need your brand of women haters.
The weather alone was enough reason for me to move to Australia. Mind you that was in 1983. Back then Australia was a very different place. I would say it was the best Australia that ever existed.
Yes, it’s not what it was!
@@Roz-y2dwhy ?! Because there’s less Anglos ?!
@sepic13 wow, you really think that?🤣
@@Roz-y2d well it’s definitely less in Sydney, Melbourne!
@sepic13 yes.
Two words explains the cost of MANY things EVERYWHERE:
Blackrock & Vanguard.
Finally, someone said the truth.
Yep. And central banking which actually has a target of inflation (really currency debasement and sanctioned theft) of 3% per year.
You forgot the biggest factor driving inflation; mass immigration!
Their algorithm says basic human needs items are the most profitable...I bet they're planning ways to charge for oxygen.
They already have,its called the carbon tax.@daemonknight460
I'm English, I purchased a block of land in a small remote village in NSW, for $35,000. For $38,000 I purchased a good quality cabin, I have solar and a water tank - there's a free council water tap near enough to run a hose from. There's a small very neat little park in the village, about 150 meters away, with a toilet block and free power points - I charge up Makita batteries there, and boil water to fill 3 thermuses - nobody cares. There's also a free telephone booth (no fee for calls within Australia), the local pub (the only business in town) lets me take showers for free, as long as I have meals and drink there. I have planted 6 fruit trees, and I intend to grow potatoes. I rent a huge shed for $100 a month. I do work, and I do intend to build a proper house there before the close of the decade, but effectively I set myself up, on my own piece of land, and under a modest roof that I own, for less than fifty thousand pounds, with ZERO bills - aside from a tiny water bill (for the council tap) and $400 a year land rates. You can buy 4 litres of wine for $25.00, tinned food costs as little as a dollar, a packet of pasta or rice costs two or three dollars - if you're not a fussy eater, and you can cook, you can eat well for less than $20 a day, but you can survive (eat) on less than $5 a day if you have to.
Loved this comment mate and it is the perfect example of thinking outside the box. I have a similar story about a young couple who came from England 12 months ago. They both got jobs at the mine I work at in Western Australia fly in fly out on a 2 week on 2 week off roster. The lady is working for the catering company, and the guy is an underground mine truck driver. Their yearly salary is over $300,000 before tax. They were shocked at the mine salaries as many are that do this kind of work.
They bough an old furniture removal truck that had been turned into a comfy camper with shower, toilet, and is more like a small apartment. They have it all worked out, They bought a 5acre block in a place called Bridgetown in the south west of WA and it has a shed home, quite a popular style of accommodation in country areas. They rented this out to another family who live in Bridgetown who are coincidentally another mining couple who work at a mine in Bridgetown.
On their 2 week break from work they are travelling all over the south west of WA living a nomad lifestyle and living the dream. They plan on saving enough cash to build a house on the property and be debt free within 5 years. In the last conversation I had with them they were planning on bringing both their parents over for Christmas holidays, and live it up in a beach hotel in Perth. Australia could do with thousands more immigrants from the UK thats for sure and they would love the life style available here thats for sure. Merry Christmas
you are freeloading of the rate payers in your local area.
Try Bolivia ❤
I think this is awesome, just a question, do you have, live with a woman?
Good work bro, that's a success story right there.
Hi, Brits have been coming here for over 1 hundred years as our history tells us. My mother was one of the 10 pound poms who came after WWII. I am a proud wog/pom/aussie.
Since 1788😂
You're completely missing the point 😂
I was born in UK. Have been an Australian 50yrs. I love Australia.😊
Same here. Now 70 arrived here from England when I was 10 ❤
@@SueNicholls-95 Congratulations.
I left Derby UK in 1971 as a ten pound Pom still living in Sydney (Newtown) . When I got off the plane I stayed in a Commonwealth Government hostel at Dulwich Hill then moved to Cronulla I thought it was paradise,
I have no regrets, Sydney was a bit of a backwater then still a 1950s vibe.
Been here since 63, each time I've been back to the UK it's looked more and more like a foreign country.
it might be time to go back to work aussie dose want to pay wages that allow you to live in aussie no workers mean that lifestyle might mean you have to do ten jobs to pay for your coffee after you have made it
Arrived in Australia in November 1971 from UK and have never regreted it! Living in sub tropical Brisbane Queensland
The dumbest thing I've heard... "I just paid $40 for a sandwich. Unbelievable"
Yes, it is unbelievable that you would actually pay that... and then complain that you did that.
haha I was wondering the same thing. Unless you ordered it and only paid after it was handed to you.
Rubbish.
I just bought a schnitzel roll, with lettuce, cheese, tomato & onions and it cost me $8.50au, I got a can of coke as well.
All up $11, if you are paying $40 you are not that bright.
Sure you did, you must of had a few Covid boosters too.
A badge of honor for some, she paid for that right to complain, so you're going to hear it!
Welcome to Australia. Hope you like our country we will be in your situation in like 20 or so years. Governments around the world are hell bent to ruining every nation.
New World Order. Their all crooks.
Trudeau is destroying Canada.
Welcome to neo-liberal economics.
@@littlefurrow2437 fascism is the word you are looking for
Only Western nations.
Been here 8 years from London (where I lived 11 years). Hands down still much better here, when I go back to London now it actually seems much worse every time while Melbourne only feels like it’s getting better (we just got a brand new train station near my house, there are new parks, cafes and restaurants opening all the time in walking distance to my house, we’re still discovering new places in nature that are stunning here every month). Buying a house was impossible in London, I know people there only able to do it with super high salaries and 40 year mortgages and then still struggling month to month. We came here and within 4 years bought a house within 10km of a capital city cbd on a 500 square metre block. The grass is literally greener here - I actually have some grass!
@lightweightben I agree about London but Melbourne seriously? High-rise living is awful. The gentrification suburbs are nice especially Toorak, Prahan and Fitzroy from memory. I liked Melbourne 20 years ago was a nice amount of people and affordable. Lots of Melbournians have gone regional inland or down the cost. Curious as to why you never tried outside london like Kent, Oxford. Bristol even up north? A 500 SQM is not do bad considering blocks now are found to 300 SQMs or less near the cbd
@@glennoc8585 Our highrise in Sydney, 15 mins from CBD and not a prestigious suburb, gives us a great lifestyle. Park, gym, pool, cafe, Vietnamese restaurant, minimart below us, and just across the road a small shopping centre, with supermarket, chemist, medical centre, hairdresser, nail salon, cafes, plus servo, dog park and kids playground. Bus stops and Metro station almost at the door. I would not go back to the work of a house.
@Bellas1717 I guess ok if retired. Some High-rise apartments are spacious eg 2 bedrooms lounge and have carparking. If you're lucky you can get a storage room too. The other consideration is the service fee. Some service fees are literally 20k a year
@@glennoc8585 And great for workers like us. Yes, we have a spacious apartment, two car parks and a storage cage, our strata is nowhere near that cost. There are lots of families here. You just need to move a bit out of the city, and the Metro has made that so much easier now.
Houses tend to appreciate better but if that's not a priority then the apartment is an affordable optuon
Strange! Brits are leaving Britain, and Indians are moving into Britain.
Indians are moving into Britain and it's former colonies.
it's payback for them...
@@morwickchesterham3875 the Indians aren't the ones to worry about, it's their neighbours.
Well didn't the Brits invade India and colonise them? Sounds like fair game to me. If you can dish it, then you can take it. Indians are literally the highest achieving ethnic group in the UK.
Indians should immigrants to Australia too, British know the best.
It's better to be poor in warmer climate 😂😢
Yes, but we don't want paupers to come here, we have enough of them. The grubs become a burden on the system.
But only so much warmer. Too much, and you go from a shortage of heating to a shortage of cooling.
@Roxor128 Most houses in Australia have air conditioning. And it's only hot in Australia 2 months a year, January and February
@@Nathan-yy2xs It was 30 today. I don't know where you get your "two months" figure from. I hate summer.
@Roxor128 . In December, it doesn't always get warm as January or February does. Toady is cold wet and rain 30c today? Where up far up north? I'm in Ballarat. i have a raincoat on and a jumper.
From London been living in Melbourne for 7 years. She is just trying to justify her move.
The real reason it *seems* cheaper for Brits coming over from the UK is because of how strong the GBP is against the AUD. the other day you could almost double your money. It makes everything in Australia seem as cheap as chips. Problem is you’re screwed when you want to make a move back, or you want to transfer money back.
Yeah, I think also not anticipating how much things like property cost here is a big one too.
When Australia converted from the pound to the dollar in 1966, one pound was worth one Australian pound which was converted to 2 dollars. Today one pound gets you about two dollars. The conversion rate is the same as it was 48 years ago, so it is not the high pound.
One reason prices may be higher in the UK is VAT (GST) is 20% compared to 10% in Australia. Also they no longer have the benefit of cheaper Eastern European goods (eg from Hungary/Poland), since Brexit.
You fundamentally misunderstand how currencies work. Just because 1 pound = $2 does not mean the pound is much stronger than AUD. What matters is comparing prices and incomes AFTER converting pounds to dollars (or vice versa) to determine which currency is stronger. By your logic, the Japanese Yen is a basket case currency at 200 Yen to the pound.
@@budawang77 Oh boy, let me clarify my comment then. Notice the use of my word "SEEM" in my original comment. I see where you’re coming from, but I think you misunderstood the context of my comment. When I said the GBP is “stronger” than the AUD, I was specifically referring to the nominal exchange rate, where 1 GBP equals ~2 AUD - a standard way of comparing currencies for practical purposes like international trade, travel, basic conversions, etc., the stuff that this video talks about.
You’re right that exchange rates alone don’t tell the whole story about a currency’s “strength.” This is why metrics like purchasing power, cost of living, and real wages tell us how currencies stack up economically. e.g. to your point, the Japanese Yen at 200 Yen to the Pound doesn’t make it “weak” since it retains strong purchasing power within Japan.
That said, the nominal exchange rate is still a valid indicator in many contexts. For instance, if someone in the UK earns GBP and travels to Australia, they’ll find their Pound converts into more AUD, making it “stronger” in a practical sense for exchange.
So while I appreciate your perspective, my comment wasn’t intended as an exhaustive economic analysis, it was about the simple, real-world implications of the GBP-AUD exchange rate.
@@Samoleman While we appreciate your "dunning kruger" delusional comment, the comment your referring to is on the money, just because you receive more of something, is not analogous to being stronger or worth more. I am not in interested in getting down and playing in the mud, we are very familiar with that scenario!
Just came back from holiday UK !! Place is horrible and run down especially when I was in liverpool !! And weather is depressing as fk !! Don’t start me on demographic in some cities!! You guys are in trouble
The UK is fucked. Especially England. The cities have been absoltuly devastated and the natives can't escape quick enough.
Mate, the WEST is in trouble.
What a coincidence, eh ?
Then you will have also noticed by looking at our demographics in Australia rn, we too are also on big trouble
@@Keyrose-my3xrits incomparable white brits are a minority in nearly every city now. Also towns and soon to be countryside.
😂Who goes on holiday to the IK?
I think any European Migration here is a good thing, It is rare, but it helps keep cultural balance in Australia
How? Not all Europeans have the same culture
Extremist like you. After your forefathers stole the land, you really think your generation would not bear the consequences. News flash other races are going to move to Australia whether you like it or not.
@@taz09216Christian cultures ❤
@perthgirl1012 Christianity isn't a culture, and besides Christianity created and killed millions of people in the last one hundred years alone. Hmm 6 millions jews, million in Belgium congo, world war 2 etc hmm🤔
Yes,easy to adapt and no problems, low crime.
I’m from Sydney, I grew up here since 1994.
It’s changed a lot, sure, but I’d be more than happy to welcome folks from the UK to Australia (especially the women, send your women over here pls).
I’ve never met a Pom, Scot, or Welshman who I didn’t like and get along with instantly.
However, we’ve got way too many people from Pakistan, and their culture clashes with ordinary life in Australia.
I know we need more population numbers but quality over quantity, there’s such thing as letting in too many of the wrong people
500k Indians vs 100k Pakistanis in Australia?Pakistani and indians share same culture and if not drinking wine and eating pork is considered cultural clash than i pitty your intellect
100% agree
I had thoughts of moving to Australia for a better life. However, the migrant crisis is something that concerns me.
makes you wonder why brits have to jump through so many hoops like being skilled, under 35, lots of money in the bank to afford it yet how do all the people from pakistan get over?
No more whinging pommiesimmigrants
Don't forget the previous government sent over half a million people out of Australia when Covid hit. They had visas and after covid ended they returned along with those who had been issued visas to migrate here. The universities needed the foreign students to return in order to stay financially viable while businesses needed to replace workers they had lost. Coffee beans are in short supply because of severe drought in the major growing regions so prices have gone up around the world. The same with cocoa beans. If it's too expensive to buy coffee in a coffee shop make your own at home. People need to learn to live within their means. Our house prices are high for 2 reasons - not enough land being released and we have the largest average house size in the world. Why do you need a 4 or 5 bedroom house when you only have one or two children, or none? Why are people buying $1500 phones but whinge because they can't afford a house? In the last few years people have struggled with inflation and cost of living because their wages haven't kept pace. Guess who don't struggle? Billionaires like Gina Reinhardt who have doubled their wealth in the last few years and used every tax dodge to pay a lower rate of tax than most Australians.
Right on. Living off the fat of the land. Sickening. What about all these people driving their huge four wheel drives , Avram pulled up beside my Commodore sedan and it was like a home unit beside my car. I couldn't get out of the angle parking because it completely blocked my vision. The world has lost the plot and all the greed is nauseating.
Typo , a Ram. They are a joke , honestly.
I don't have any stats for this but I think there are many empty nesters who remain living in family sized homes because: 1) the cost of moving is prohibitive especially for a pensioner, and 2) there is a lack of suitable houses on the market to downsize to.
So what your saying is if they buy the cheapest Samsung phone instead of an IPhone they will be able to buy a home, sounds like a great idea.
@@Patricia-vq4hv Whats a Ram?
Australia is a beautiful and diverse country, but we are now at a point where our resources and infrastructure are becoming stretched. Our capacity to accommodate newcomers is being tested, and many Australians are starting to feel the pressure. There's a growing concern that some immigrants, particularly from certain backgrounds, are not fully embracing the Australian way of life. While we remain open to those who genuinely want to integrate and contribute, those who isolate themselves in their own communities without making an effort to understand or respect our values are creating challenges for everyone. It might be time for individuals who aren't willing to adapt to reconsider their place in Australia, so we can ensure the preservation of the unique qualities that make our nation special. Australia is full, and it's crucial we find a balance between welcoming newcomers and protecting our way of life.
Queensland currently has AUD50 cent fares per trip. Huge saving, especially for people coming into Brisbane regularly for work from more regional areas.
But you voted out the government that promoted these faces!¡!!!!!!!!¡!!!😮
Currently public free in Perth for the whole summer holidays (6 weeks). This would be completely unheard of in UK
Oh wow. Socialist paradise! The tax payer pays it you realise?
That's only temporary.
As an Australian who's family has been here since 1852....PLEASE, BRITS COME HERE!
The Brits that come over contribute, have skills, speak the language and don't have a backwards death cult religion they're going to shove down our throats.
They do. The largest immigrant group is Poms. Only thing keeping Aus whitish. Would be long gone without them
So did Indians who came in the early 1800"s.
@@sunilsethi2982😂.
Pld check you facts
Australia had a all white policy until 1966 but the policy wasn't completely removed until 1973.
There were a minor amount of Indians who came decades before that date but the white policy was designed to restrict Asians thus Indians from coming here.
We are Australia not India 2.0
@@sunilsethi2982
Our Western countries are trying hard to keep our cultures but mass immigration are making it impossible.
I hope millions of Brits come. We share a culture
@@sunilsethi2982hope the Brits come by the millions ❤
I was lucky enough to spend 13 months in the Dandenongs in my 30's. Still the best experiences of my life, Healesville sanctuary ❤️. With places like Warnambool and the Little Desert to visit, so awesome. And yes, big skies, big azure skies. Awesome ❤ We were getting paid our UK wages and it was a great exchange rate back then getting almost double our wage comparatively.
im a brit , lol living in australia . BUT , ive been here for 55 yrs , came here when i was 5 , not because australia ' seemed ' like a nice place to live . but my dad was here in the british navy , defending australia during ww2 , and when england ended up , like australia is today . he decided to move us here for a better life , no complaints here , im 60 now , and love this country with ever breath ive taken , this is my home , and i have aussie kids and grandkids , i wouldnt be anywhere else on this planet , and being english ? ive had good access to any country i wanted to be in , but ive never thought twice about staying right here .
No more whinging pommiesimmigrants
Good for you
I’m English emigrated 1983 then it was a good life, still worked hard but we were happy. Now it’s not a happy place. We are all living around the outside of Australia too many people, roads are
crazy. Prices for everything is crazy, people are under stress and not happy. Don’t know where to recommend in the world, it’s all under stress and big changes coming. Happy Christmas and hopefully a great New Year 🙏🏻💕🙏🏻💕🙏🏻
As Muslims from Arab countries and South Asia continue to migrate to the UK, Brits feel compelled to relocate to other countries, such as Australia. Over time, this dynamic could lead to Australians seeking opportunities in East Asia, creating a cyclical pattern of migration that perpetuates itself over time.
Yet it wasn’t south Asians who destroyed the economy have you forgotten brexit? Liz Truss who quite literally tanked the economy when will Anglos take responsibility for their own actions?
Yep, quite sad really. Multiculturalism only works when you respect the culture your moving to.
Aussies are Brits / Europeans... its not the same thing
The concept of immigration has to be abolished. It just makes everywhere worse. The best people are leaving the UK and moving to Australia, but Australia is being overrun by East Asian and South Asian people, so soon the best Australians will be leaving to go somewhere else. Brain drain and demographic replacement everywhere will just make the world a significantly worse place. We should all return to where we belong and put in the effort to make it good.
Love you belive it is Arabs that is the problem, your government runs your country lobsided like a monarchy you have so little social mobility but keep blaming people who are worse off than you haha so brainwashed
Australia is the best place in the world
in my humble opinion 🙏
Yes🙏🙏
Was not anymore.
@@Sept1973 It's not as good as it was
but I still think it's the best place in the world 🙏
Dont come, its all hype and bs, few jobs, nowhere to live.
@@jonsimmons4150 That depends on where in Australia
This girl is not the first I've come across on UA-cam is says "illegible" when she means "eligible". Seems education standards are about the same between Britain and Australia.
Welcome to Generation Doesn't read Books Anymore
Education standards are much higher in the US..go anywhere online where most people are American and the difference is so striking..
@@Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness. Can you elaborate. I am an American high school teacher. I feel like we have a lot of problems and in general, people worldwide are not impressed with our education level (except, usually, for university level.)
Even though Australians complain a lot about the cost of living in this current economic situation. I am blessed to be living here, I want to slap my Aussie husband lol
☑️People
☑️Work culture
☑️Healthcare system
☑️Nature
☑️Immaculate surroundings
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Haha do it anyway. I probably need one too as I complain about the place more than I probably should.
Go home we have enough muppets
@@AussieEnglishPodcastEspecially since you are so uninformed.
All going down hill
Hey I love your backyard, it’s much nicer than mine …
“ SHUT UP, I live here NOW “
From Perth born & bred but my wife is from Kent UK. She met me here 21yrs ago when she was travelling & rest is history. High wages, double income sees us in a large hse (land area 1,250m2) with pool, Bali style backyard, Dble garage & workshop with car hoist , parking for caravan & trailer & plenty of driveway parking for visitors. We worked hard & paid off our Mortage so debt free now & this year we travelled back to the UK & Europe for +6 wks using the train network. Could not believe how expensive everything is over there now & no wonder they are complaining.
But the worse thing we noticed travelling was just too busy, too crowded & grumpy people especially retail trade & locals in general.
Anything of interest tourist wise was drowned in sea of people & tourists were getting ripped off by money grabbing extortionist locals. We were paying AUD$20 for 2 coffees and they were what we consider smaller cup size & quality pretty bad. Cafe food was "very" pricey everywhere.
After spending time London, Kent, Yorkshire & most of Europe getting back home to Perth was like a breath of fresh air (literally) and it rams home the high quality of life we live in WA and just how stunning Perth & WA is with what i consider up there with the best quality of lifestyle, best coast (13,000kms of it) , best beaches & best weather on the planet and i am not biased.
They aren't tourists, sadly..
Only a little bit 😂
Is Perth being that close to Singapore, Jakarta and Bali of a huge advantage for you both..? :)
@@hsheuw Basically a 3 hour flight.
Sound like a spoiled rich kid. Take a breath from the real-life brother.
Better Brits than the garbage that Albo is letting in the more the better for you Brits and better for us Australian.
Who are garbage? .
Open border for Anglos huh? What about housing crisis did that certainly disappear?
@stellalunas499 yes, open border for Anglos, absolutely, not all immigrants deserve equal treatment
I wasn't aware Albo has gone out and personally recruited all the "garbage" you don't like. Which is code for...?
How have the migrants changed since ScoMo was PM? And are all the "non-garbage" like you? In which case the rest of us might object.
@stellalunas499
That is not going to disappear thanks to useless politicians that we got I prefer to have decent people that will work to better our economy and our way of life and not a weight on the shoulders of the taxpayer, your present politcian are determined to fill this country with people that are not going to better us but to destroy all the work that we have done ,so what is your preference.
Australia is now one of the most expensive countries in the world along with Canada. My daughter works in hospitality in UK but also comes regularly to Australia and has noticed everything getting so much more expensive here in Australia. Some things are the same price now but others are cheaper now in UK.
I’ve lived here for 57 years and have watched both countries play leap-frog with each other in terms of costs.
I'm more than happy for them to allow permanent migration for under 35's born in the UK. Much better fit for Australia than the majority of migration from elsewhere.
Hey dopey, not all British born are Anglo.
It should be under 50s.
100% couldn't agree more. The Indians that are coming over in such numbers all seem to want to do work like couriers or uber drivers....we desperately need brick layers, carpenters, builders etc. They don't seem interested in picking up those skills at all. The conversations I have with them about those jobs, it's almost as if they think physically demanding jobs are for untouchables.
@ML6103 most of them domt do what their visas say they can be doing, many have plans to abscond. I've seen the inside of it.
any body living in new zealead for two years can get citazan ship 1 day after getting citenzshipe in new zealand they can alply for aus citernship
government is the problem
dude . as an ex brit i can honestly say . if i had stayed in england with that doom n gloom weather , i wouldnt be around now , i naturally suffer depression from a chemical imbalance , and one of the things that makes me happy , is a nice warm , 22 to 32 degree sunny day , which we have many of here in australia . id be lucky to get that in england for more than a month in summer , if , it didnt rain .
You are right 😂 barely got above 20c all year in the north of england. Rained at least 2-3 days straight most weeks. Depressinggg
I’m from England and I literally cannot cope with 30 degrees lol
Nice 20 is ok. Anything higher makes me sweat and feel very uncomfortable.
@@undeadwerewolves9463 i was the same at first , but i climatized a bit , 30 is about my comfort zone , any higher i feel it . we get some days in summer over the 40's . i hide in the air con all day lol
Can you even be an “ex Brit”? You’re just British Australian (I’m aware of the irony as Australians are just Brits) lol not ex British
@@XXXTENTAClON227 true
My parents are British and they migrated out to New Zealand. It was an odd choice at the time because in the 80s and 90s, the UK was so rich while NZ was so poor. But the UK has been declining since then and the wealthy Brits keep leaving while illegal migrants keep arriving. They're spending billions on migrant hotels at the expense of spending money on schools and hospitals. The UK is rapidly rotting.
It makes sense the young and the wealthy are leaving. My British friend wants to leave the UK but he has health problems so he can't apply for a visa for AU/NZ/Canada/US. The poor and unhealthy are trapped there.
Trust me, the British government is over-spending on hospitals. The NHS is the 7th largest employer in the world, beaten only by the likes of Amazon, and the Indian Ministry of Defence.
British hospitals are terrible because they are run entirely by the government, unlike Australia where we have plenty of private hospitals. While Australia is coming 2nd in many aspects of healthcare, such as cancer survival, the UK is coming last out of every OECD country.
The NHS is a black hole which receives more government funding every year while producing worse results. It's not a money problem. It's because it's government run, which means the workers have no incentive to actually do a good job.
I saw that. There's apparently a hotel owner who's making something like 8 million AUD PER DAY renting them out to the government for migrants there. I think he's a billionaire now as a result...
Agree. Illegal migrants aren't forced to live under a tree instead tax payer dollars are used to put them up in Hotels, give them phones, food, cheap transport on and on it goes.
It's beyond the joke while genuine people who through no fault of their own end up homeless & many of them hold down jobs. Where's the help for them!!!! But , we can bend over backwards for all these others. They breed like blow flies as well and out number us , then we feel like we're the Aliens in our own countries. It's gotta stop.
in the 90s your perants got 3 new zealand dollar to one pound and a government job
but from them day your parents got new zealand has gone backwards
so now the are asset rich and getting tax advantage from the government
I'll always remember my Mum's cousin's wife a well-educated English rose who lived in Australia for 50 years yet always referred to England as home. When her husband died she sold up and before you could say "Jack Robinson" she was back in her beloved England leaving behind a son, and grandchildren but it didn't seem to matter. She couldn't believe the shock of seeing how much England had changed and she was back in Australia within 2 years.
I lived in Australia for 45 years retired back to the UK nearly 6 years ago no regret whatsoever everyone is different
As someone who is German, British, Indian and Malaysian at the same time. Anywhere is better than Europe at this point. The governments there are killing our economy and culture all for their "moral highground." So yeah... I had thoughts of relocating to Malaysia or Singapore or the US or Australia, just to get away from European self ruining policies.
However, she is right. London is an expensive sinkhole, with ULEZ, congestion charges and high prices to do stuff. However, places like the Midlands and the North of England are way cheaper than the South.
You're insane if you think the US is better. Many people are leaving stateside for ar eason.
London isn’t as expensive as people think it is to do stuff. There are plenty of free activities and deals to be had if you look hard enough.
Congestion costs the economy billions every year. ULEZ is successfully reducing congestion by making people think twice about driving into London. You can complain that it's expensive for individuals, but there is a very solid economic justification for congestion pricing.
@JohnFromAccounting Yeah, I will take the train, oh wait, it costs 4x more a month than just taking my car down... And I live 12 miles from the London boundary...
I support Brits migrating to AU, because I don't want Asia society to be expanding that fast anymore, I am East Asian myself, but I hope the migrants portion of AU to be more even.
Feel the same
I never understood the way you think.
If you think we are getting over run by Asians but just not you?
I had an Indian say to me the other day that he moved from a certain suburb, bc there are too many Indians in Australia now.
In the same breath he said... oh, I'm getting my mum, dad, and family to move here.
I just don't understand.
@@Keyrose-my3xr I think he's just afraid of people who are "fresh off the boat" (so to speak). The ones who are already here are no longer "fresh." They are happy with the "demographic environment" that exists here and don't want it to change too quickly. It's the locals that make this place a good place. He is afraid that if too many come over, it's not going to feel "local" anymore. It's going to feel "foreign."
A little bit of "India" or "Asia" coming in isn't a bad thing, but too much "India" or "Asia" coming in at once is going to scare some people.
@@Keyrose-my3xr its about a dynamic status quo, I would not say the same 10yrs ago, or 5yrs ago, but now I see situation is out of control, I came to AU years ago, paid huge tuition fees and real dollars living in cities then get my residency legally before I start to feel Asian migrants are overwhelming, I am not bring my relatives here and Im not removing myself from AU.
@yuhuitong7717 Thank you so much for explaining:).
I think it's important to keep a countries culture. It is what makes people want to immigrate to certain countries in the first place, I assume.
Yes, you are correct. For the past five years, I don't really recognise the country anymore. We are very quickly losing our culture.
When I say this, most people cry racism, which isn't my intent at all.
Thank you again for understanding.
Go on the uk job markets and you will find that outside of london. Finding a job that pays 37k is very tough without being in a specialist field or high up position like manager.
Marginally cheaper in Australia. Quality of life in Australia beats UK.
Economic robustness and economic diversity is much better in Britain. Australia's economy is about as diverse as Senegal, and is reliant on Chinese demand for our mined resources.
@@JohnFromAccounting Although I'd agree that Australia has unwisely put nearly all of its eggs in one basket with China when it comes to mining; South Korea, Japan the USA, EU, India, Canada, SEA & NZ are also very important trading partners and not just for iron ore & coal. Lots of beef is exported to the US, with lots of wine, agricultural produce, natural gas and live animals exported to numerous other countries. Plus a healthy financial services sector. Mining is not the only source of income. 13 Dec 2024 - Share of Output key sectors: Mining 12.2%, Finance 7.5%, Health and Education 13.4%, Manufacturing 5.9%, Construction 7.5%.
Australians are fleeing Australia.
Thats the plan. SEA is looking good.
Just be careful what you drink in SEA!
No they aren't, that's overexaggerated
And SEAs are moving to Australia.
Sure they are... How's the weather in Beijing today BTW?
I'm from England, but I lived in Africa for most of my childhood. I didn't find the weather there depressing, and you can spend as much time outside, very minimal chance of sunburn or stroke. The animals are less dangerous to a degree. Most of my family have had no real danger with wild life here. In England as a child I entered a field full of bulls, only to end up in a field with a stallion want to mate with the mare not safe either. Also in Africa a cover just came into the house, was 7ft and stood on the tip of its tail. Our garden had a deadly tree snake too. We have had brown snakes in garden here, but no bits, and less scary than the house. In England my son n daughter inlaw were chased by a herd of cows scary for them, but so funny to here about.
I went back in September 2022, we didn't get public transport we hired a car, we travelled from London to Cornwall. The weather was great, we eat out a few times, but mainly got Marks n Spencer's meals as we had self contained unit. We did stay a couple of nights in Hounslow, not many whitefellas their, changed since I was there in the 80s. The 80s was definitely way cheaper, you could afford a house on one wage average that is. Culture has changed we didn't eat out as much, and that is returning due to cost of having a roof over your head. Fish n chips $40 plus for a family, it was the poor man's eat out, not now.
@ked7426 fish and chips is expensive here in oz now especially if you want a large piece of mulloway and large chips.
Hounslow aka little Mumbai😅!
I’ve been in the Barossa valley South Australia for 11 years,best move I ever made, life is beautiful out here! 🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺
In the north of england this year it barely got above 20c all year it feels like it has rained for the whole year without any significant break. It actually gets people down having to stay indoors so much.
That’s nothing new mate, thats been the case for thousands of years. Why do so many give a shit about it now?
@ i could agree but we had 3-4 amazing summers prior to the last two so it hits hard again 😅 covid years barely a bloody cloud for months
Those aren't Zombies in the thumb that's just what happens to British skin the 1st time it feels Aussie sun light.
looool sick burn
😄Good day from Goonellabah, NSW, Australia.
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I was on the Gold Coast at Christmas, where three meals cost $75.
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More swimming pools in Australia than the UK because of the heat, as well. 40c plus days are extremely rare in the UK.
Welcome to all British immigrants to Australia!!
Why?? More blow in"s to put more pressure on housing, schools, medical.
Stay in jolly old England, from a seventh generation Australian.
Welcome even to the hordes of Pakistanis from Leicester, Bradford etc?
All? No, there is no racism behind such a statement..the same welcome would not be extended to a doctor from Asia but happy to bring every Tom, Dick and Harriet from the UK who only has customer service skills to offer us..
@ those whites from Britain and Ireland are the ones that built Australia. The new arrivals from Asia etc bring division. They’re not the same caliber
The Aboriginals might have something to say about that😅
As an Australian living abroad and wanting to move back the cost of living and the housing shortage is a huge hurdle that makes it seem impossible. Even if I am able to land a job that pays enough how am I going to be able to find somewhere to live and pay the first month of rent and deposit before getting a pay check? The people moving to Australia now are extremely privileged.
Move to Colac or Tasmania??
@JoolsUK need to find work which limits my options
Went for a holiday in Japan, I was eating everyday outside for $10-15. Hotel rooms were about $100, Australia is still very expensive
The thing is: Australia is quite a new country and have a lot of industries yet to be explored. The range of fully developed industries still very short. The "main" fields are health system, mining (and related engineering), hospitality and construction (plus related tradies) and more or less education, while in other developed (and "older") contries this range is way wider. So while the country needs more workforce with different skills to develop those industries at a short term, and also need these people to keep the consuming wheel spinning with spends and visas (that is also a money making machine), the goverment is failing in how to accomodate all these new arrivals, causing a high demand/low offer dynamic and as a result inflating the cost of living...
Yeah, nah... the neo-libs shut a lot down under the guise of economics. Really, they were permanently shutting down union strongholds.
As a person who did his degree to PhD in Australia u do not rexommend studying in Australia....bettet UK or US or Asian universities that have caught on.
That's not true. Those industries were explored in the past, but the government decided not to invest in them so they all disappeared.
Most people in the UK are not on £17 an hour. minimum wage is about £12 an hour, so about that figure, £13 if your lucky. London prices are different from the rest of the country.
Yes buses are now subsidized, bus fares are capped at £3 per ticket. Was £2, so people are complaining that the cap has raised.
the UK is reliant on cars, so this net zero push is ridiculous and makes no economic sense. The UK cannot build anything as the railway building fiasco showed. We should be going for growth not net zero. People cannot afford electric vehicles.
Australia has the some.woke bureaucracy and bs that England has. Just with better weather and without proximity to Europe, the best place in the world to travel to.
I dont have an issue with migration I do have an issue with people that bring conflicts from their homeland here. I thought they came here to escape conflict.
Where and when in history have the Brits not brought conflict?
Don't forget those who want their way of life to become ours.
@@littlefurrow2437Brits are family. You know very well we are not talking about Brits.
Islam…
Then don't send arms, armies and political games there!
Coffee Prices? I buy coffee beans wholesale and in the last 20 years the price has gone from $25 a kilo to $37, . The retail price of a coffee was $2.50 to $3. now it is around $4.50. Seems close to inline with bean prices. Most of the talk of bean prices increasing significantly is tabloid (TV) news or to use an often used statement "fake news".
Biggest issue is the how hard it can be to find a good coffee.
My fiancée and I have been trying to buy a house in Sydney for 2 years and the market is insane, on top of that, all properties go to auction which makes it even worse
Yeah, I guess good news is it's starting to turn. Sydney prices have been dropping and it's become a buyers market slowly. Though still... it's astronomical compared to what other generations have paid. Hope you get something soon, mate.
Except in hot markets, auctions are better for the buyer and not the seller. A far better way to sell a home is through a tender system.
Australia is not Sydney, move
@@bauboni you are right, and I would love to move to a quieter place but unfortunately my fiance's job is here 🤙
@@petercare3756 thanks for this comment, it helps me to learn about the way the real estate business works here.
I was holidaying in the UK for a month this year and was staggered by the poor Aussie dollar to the British pound! No wonder Brits are coming here now with their money worth twice ours. Of course our weather is way better too!
Our money is worth the same against the pound as it was back in 1966.
My last trip to the UK saw the dollar buying 36p, it dropped to that just before I went over, it rose again just after I got back, I didn't time that very well..
I got $2.46 for a pound in 1966. My pay in UK was $17.00 in Australia was $34.00. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Still feel the same way today.
Back In the UK now. Yes the Aus exchange rate hit hard but, the pound is going further than we expected. Getting into AUS (permanently) is definitely NOT easy (which nobody seems to mention here) and whilst you will double your GBP (currently) but you will struggle to leave as your half your savings unless the AUD gets way stronger.
Something similar is happening in Florida, people moved here when prices for houses were cheap and now complain that everything is just as expensive as the place they moved from.
Plus, they bring their liberal politics with them
As a Canadian that migrated here with my wife and children in 2005 - Australia’s an awesome place to live. Every day feels like a vacation day!
Meanwhile the government leaves those who already live in Australia to die in a tent 👏👏👏 this planet is actually hell if you haven't figured that part out yet.
The UK has a long history of sending their worst to Australia, some things don't change.
The cleverer scallywags would wangle a free trip, free food and lodgings with on the job training, thereby avoiding the deadly long drop.
That was only for 100 years mate. Now we send them to the south of Spain to jump off balconies!
My family left Manchester UK in 1963, and it's been amazing this Australian life style, seen alot of massive changes too 2025, but it's common in OZ ,rather be unemployed here with great weather and beaches ⛱️ etc than freezing UK 🇬🇧! 😅😂
@@paulschofield2630 I could not stick the heat in Australia, nor the snakes, spiders etc. You can keep it. Would rather have this green and pleasant land.
Brits are even moving to South Africa 🇿🇦 especially Cape Town due to high living costs in the UK 🇬🇧
Hey! Great reaction video, it’s really interesting to hear some Aussie insights and perspective on the topic! ☺️ as an update to this video, I’m currently loving Sydney and the amazing people I’ve met so far. Definitely wouldn’t swap it for the depths of winter in the UK atm 🙌
This might explode as an issue. I live in a part of Australia that has long had lots of Brits and Irish, but now I hear almost no non-British or non-Irish accents on the street, I guess because of the massive immigration rates of the last few years.
Now I'm being priced out of the neighbourhood I've lived in for nearly my whole life.
I and others have histories where we live, stories of survival, tied to the areas we're in.
Bear in mind that Australia's Middle-class Immigration Policy means that so many new immigrants are much wealthier than many of the locals which causes several problems besides this, like blocking off access to educated jobs that poor & working class people are told they should get educated for in order to access, if they want to improve their lot in life.
And on top of this, it's hard to see how these people who colonised a 1/4 of the world, in the age of wokeness, won't nevertheless appeal to the language of identity politics in reaction to any criticism. And yet I'm disabled and have been ridiculed on the street multiple times by drunken Brits and Irishmen.
And bare in mind, regarding this woman's issues with living Britain, she is part of the process of simply exporting those issues to Australia. She seems so out of touch. "I don't like where I am and I want to move to X and I don't care what effect that has on the people of X". Well, I guess that suggests why they colonised 1/4 of the world.
And it's causing, at least to some extent, a housing crisis, an attendant homelessness crisis, and internal migration crisis.
I'll add that there must be some non-zero number of these immigrants who get employed as professionals to manage the social damage done by causing the internal migration crisis that they themselves contributed to. It's madness.
There might be a shit storm coming.
great comment ☝️ the government policies are destroying the place . we are being cancelled. 😳 the targets of the U.N Lima Agreement 1974 has a lot to do with it.
3\4 of the world! The Brits didn't fuck about back then!
I think you’ll find that immigration doesn’t work like that. If it did all of India & Southern Africa would be made up of white people.
33-year-old Brit here, just moved back from Sydney after a 1.6-year stint. I would have stayed, but the company I was working for went under, and I lost my visa.
Coming back to the UK has been an awful experience and has reminded me just how bad things are here. Yes, prices are high in Sydney, but you get what you pay for: beautiful beaches and great weather. Here in London, I pay even more rent to live in a tiny apartment in a grey, knife-crime-infested, horrible part of the city.
In Sydney, it seemed like the “average Joe” could get by, compared to the UK, where essentially, if you don’t work in finance, you’ll always struggle. People in Australia have more opportunities to make a decent living, even without a degree. I knew an electrician who drove a Porsche-seriously, this isn’t uncommon. I also knew a girl who got made redundant and was able to earn nearly $50 an hour standing on street corners at building sites directing traffic. Australian wages are higher, and even people working in coffee shops can get by. In the UK, if you do any of these jobs, you’re essentially poor.
The issue with the UK boils down to one word: greed. The UK is a country fuelled by financial institutions-nothing else is valued as highly. We use the term “inflation,” which is just a clever word for greed. Banks need to make more money, inflation goes up, prices rise, and guess what? Wages stay the same.
Okay, enough ranting about the UK financial system. Speaking on a personal note, when I was in Sydney, I badly broke my foot and was admitted to the Northern Beaches Hospital. The facilities and care there were amazing. The doctors and nurses seemed happy because they work in better conditions and are paid appropriately. Things were quick, efficient, and well-organized. I bring this up because, as I write this, I’m sitting nearly a year later in a UK hospital preparing to have the metal removed from my foot (which was installed in Sydney). The hospital here is disgusting, disorganized, and everyone seems miserable, likely due to workloads, burnout, and being hugely underpaid.
What I’m getting at is this: in Australia, there’s a sense that things will be okay. You can work but also relax and enjoy your life. Brits, especially those in medical and nursing professions, move there because the quality of life is so much better.
When I worked in Australia, I worked 9-5-and I mean 5! In my first month there, I worked until 6:30, and my manager asked why. In the UK, it’s standard practice to work outside of your paid hours. In Australia, there’s even a law stating that you aren’t obligated to open emails outside work hours, and employers can’t do anything about it.
There are a million more reasons why Brits want to flee the UK and move to Australia, but this message is already too long! To sum up, I cannot bloody wait to move back to Australia and leave this awful country behind-hopefully forever.
Another user commented this below, and I cannot agree more:
@HermannCortez
Just spent 3 months in the UK in early 2024, so I have several brief observations:
Food prices are considerably cheaper than in Australia.
House prices are very high but not insanely high like Australian cities.
Taxes are considerably less in the UK, but wages are ridiculously low, making home ownership a fantasy.
Train fares are insane, and people are culturally conditioned to use them. I drove everywhere in the UK and saved thousands of quid.
The cities are overrun with immigrants, so much so that they look like the slums of Bangladesh and Karachi.
Crime is through the roof, and the economy is in the toilet. In particular, there is zero opportunity for young people due to the complete destruction of manufacturing and primary industries.*
Thanks for the in depth response, mate. Sorry about your foot and losing your job in Sydney. I hope you make it back here soon.
@AussieEnglishPodcast You're welcome! It was more me venting my frustration at the UK than anything 😅. I do agree that the influx of immigrants going to Australia is probably part of the reason why renting and house prices are so high, and why you have to queue around the street corner just to view an apartment!
Thanks for the kind words. I hope I can get back to Australia at some point and be part of the problem 😅. It's too nice of a country not to return to, you guys are very lucky!
Northern England is even worse without "multicultural hell London" with is foreign billionaires and tax heavens uk would collapse
You do know that the rents are so high in London because of immigration as well don’t you? So please explain why so many people still want to live there despite all the problems and lower wages than Australia?
Mate have you been to the UK. Prices are crazy. Here you can get a chicken Schnitzel for $20 at the pub, in the UK for fish and chips equivalent of our Shnitties is $40. A train trip from Wollongong to Sydney is about $10, same distance and I paid it was $60! Petrol is twice the price, but everyone drives as it’s cheaper. I could go on, mate, but you have no idea. You need to get off the net and take a look for yourself.
I have traveled all over the world and Australia is still the best bar non! My daughter lives in the UK and has a good job, but London rents are insane.
She bought her husband to Australia. Got the train from Wollongong to Sydney, Ferry to Manly, then back to Sydney, on and off the train to visit friends on the way back to Wollongong for a total of $16. My son in law said it was so cheap it may as well be free! You can pull up stupid figures all day, but that ain’t the real world.
If we increase the wages in Australia so much more then the price of goods and services will skyrocket, I can't see how wages will solve this issue at all. Issues are migration which is great for our country but our government has screwed us by letting the molopoly of builders keeping land to build properties but whats worse is our energy section, we only tax 2% of all the resources that leave our shores which is only taxing what is kept in Australia which is 20% of the resources while 80% isn't taxed at all. We should be getting over 2 trillon reveune per year from these companies but NOPE! Regarding migration we are letting in over 600,000 migrants that are coming from Nepal and India what have unrestrictive visas as a student and while they come here to study they apply to fake education places where they don't need to physically attend school and get perm residents after 3-4 years. We are in a shamebal!
I moved from Blackpool Lancashire in 1992. I left with my family. I begin my time in Australia in isolation in the outback. I lived in Australia for 10 years or more before I stayed in a hotel for the first time. It was a rough childhood living in the north of Queensland.
Yikes, Blackpool is horrid. Lucky you left.
@ hahahaha geez my grandma and nanna lived there happy until a few years ago they died they loved it wouldn’t live anywhere else in the uk
Brit living in Australia here, the GBP to AUD exchange makes it a breeze to move over. Paying $500 a week for a room in Sydney eastern suburbs makes London look so expensive. God help Aussies moving to London.
A - Live in London for £1600 a month and make £1600 a month
B - Live in Sydney for £1000 a month and make £2000 a month.
On top of that sunshine, living by the beach etc. it’s literally a no brainer.
Stop talking out your arse mate. If it were that simple every British citizen would have done that by now.
@@wildsurfer12 Who hurt you? These are facts not my opinions.
They'll be going home in record numbers once they realise how bad things are here these days
Nooooooooo! The poms have killed their own country, don't need them to do it here!
The Poms haven't killed their own country. The globalist politicians have.
No the governments have. The public say "we were never asked"
@@lastofthev8interceptors411 I agree with you. Bringing them here is a big mistake. Australia is already having their own problems
@@lastofthev8interceptors411 yea agreed if they where too weak to keep their own country from turning out the way it is now they aren’t going to be any better here until they can grow a pair and fix their own nation they should be un welcomed here. Along with any other country in the same situation.
Leftists destroy everything they touch.
The British Government made the biggest mistake ever, by Privatizing UK Rail. It's now a "Pure Profit" organization, where they can set the prices as high as they want.
Housing density is crucial to housing prices and availability. The suburban sprawl tract housing model is very limiting.
The pictures I've seen of them look like they are sun-baked.
I could not live in an area without greenery around the housing.
Sydney is not Australia. Sydney cost of living is out of control. Brisbane soon to follow. However Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania and plenty of major rural cities are liveable if you have employment.
Who calls it Australia still? We all know its India with a different flag.
Canada has got you beat. Our country is a joke right now when it comes to immigration. It is devastating.
Nah Australia has more immigration. Check the numbers.
@blackridgeproductions2738 it's happening across the Commonwealth. If we don't make a stand we are gone. Our way of life will be ruined. Enough is enough.
Unfortunately, Australia is worse than Canada atm.
Statistics say that by the end of this decade, Indians will be the most populated ethnicity in Australia
@@Keyrose-my3xr they have almost killed me on the roads that many times
@@Keyrose-my3xr it’s the same in Canada. Canada currently has the most Indians out of any country on the planet other than India. We hit about 500,000 pr but we actually have 1 million people who came in in 2024 when you include students and workers. (Non pr) Either way it looks like we are in a disgusting place in history for both of our cultures and I am so sorry you guys are also going through this. I do recognize it would be more apparent though for you guys because you have a smaller population.
I first tarvelled to Australia in 2003, and am now back on a skilled visa. The difference is night and day. In 2003 even doing labouring jobs there was plenty of disposable income, now I honestly don't know how the youngsters can make ends meet.
We moved to The UK from Ireland because the cost of day to day living was so high. Our electricity cost per unit rate in Ireland was around 50% higher than in The UK and gas was around 30% cheaper in The UK than Ireland. Food prices are much cheaper in The UK, going out for a night out us cheaper in The UK than Ireland too.
It's not just about cost of living. It's quality of life..... Which in the UK is dog shit unless you (or mummy and daddy) are loaded. And in the UK the class system is very much alive and thriving and social mobility basically stopped in the late 80s. Where as Australia you can get ahead you can be better and it's just a much nicer place. Since COVID every time I go back to blighty it just looks more damaged, decayed and broken... The UK is dying a very sad death.
So why is Blighty’s immigration rate so high then?
As an expat that moved to Australia 20 yrs ago,it was great back then,affordable housing,great weather, good wages and relatively cheap everything...
Now if I could I would move to Asia, Australia has been run by bunch of Muppets for years now and it's completely unaffordable against what you earn..$100,000 a year nowhere near enough to live anymore and unless your in mining you would be hard pushed to earn that at a regular local job..
Don't get me wrong it's a beautiful place but don't plan on owning anything
Honestly a place that charges you 40 AUD for a vegan/vegetarian sandwich does not deserve to be in business. At least in Melbourne, you find good meals ranging from 15 to 25. E.g. Chicken parma in most places is >$25 and
True. And pubs and clubs do great meals for really good prices, especially if you buy that day's special.
The thing I noticed compared to London, is that the average restaurant is much better value in Melbourne. Cheaper and better quality food in a place you just walk in. Fine dining is better in London, but you pay double, and it’s like a once a year thing really. Melbourne has better food in places you can go every week.
David it's still joke charging $30 for a bit of chicken pama and two slices of cheap bread...mind you coffee here in Paradise is the world's best by far😂❤
She should have named and shamed them.
But the clue was it was "Vegan" THAT is a warning they are about to gouge you.
Welcome to the penal colony of Australia. Quickly turning into Delhi with mass migration efforts by both major parties.
I lived in Australia for 5 years and left 10 years ago. From what I hear, it sounds like the Australia I lived in doesn't exist anymore. So much has changed. I'm glad I started my youtube channel while in Australia, which enabled me to become a digital nomad and live anywhere. I couldn't imagine going back to 9 to 5, even in a developed country like Australia or the UK. The West is doomed, it seems.
the thing is about brits is , apposed to most other countries , is , this is english land now , its as much brits home as england , but . its still 1/2 way around the world , and alot different to not only england , but the whole northern hemisphere , weather , time , even the moons upside down here , yes its true , and even after 55 yrs here . everything doesnt seem quite right . lol my birthday here is on the 14th , but its not the 14 th where i was actually born , until the next day , so weird .
Happy Aussie Christmas! Santa, the snowman, surfing and a barbie. 😃
Hehehehe I know where is it ,,I laughing when I see your words 😂😂😂😂
They should improve their own nation instead of being burden on other's land
Agreed they annoy me they aren’t far of the Indians these days
The grass is always greener only here it is brown here! The cost of living here is no bed of roses either!!!! Keep this up Brits and we will accelerate to the recession we don't want or need😮😢🥺 No! The cost of living is out of control here.
Yep... it's ridiculous. And we're already in a per capita recession that's only being masked by mass migration. Hopefully things start getting better soon though
Funny, we don’t notice that. We have a mortgage, and that's been the biggest change we’ve noticed, two service industry jobs, run two cars, but live close to a Metro so we often take that instead. We can buy fresh and very satisfying food to make meals for around $20 each for a family of four. We don’t need takeaway, we easily do our own pizzas etc and prefer those anyway. We have great phone plans (better than America our Reno’s tell us), our doctor bulk bills (we shopped around a bit). I guess it depends on what you expect and what you value.
@Bellas1717 I am very happy to hear you are doing so well there. I on the other hand am living out of my car I was evicted from a family home by a group of lawyers acting on behalf of my greedy selfish brother who just wants it all for himself. Consequently he claims I owe all this back rent on a property that is supposed to be divided equally between us both!!!! I hope you keep myself in mind and all the other poor unfortunates out there across Australia? Thanks for your views🙂☺️😊
The basis of my comment was a response to the cost of living. My point was that a very reasonable living is still very achievable under quite ordinary circumstances.
Your circumstances, of course, are the total opposite of ordinary, but they are not based in the cost of living. So while your comment is irrelevant to mine, I do have empathy for you and for others in dire situations. There are many times in the past where we didn't know how we would pay the next round of bills, especially when interest rates increased, when we had to choose between school shoes and the electricity bill. We had family to support us through that. My dad would appear with a book for me to read and he'd have tucked money in the pages, or some in a bag of oranges he brought for the kids; my BIL would give me a shift at his cafe to make some extra money. For us, the cost of living in the past has been worse than it is in the present.
I'm sorry that your brother is the absolute opposite of supportive. That must just add so much distress to your situation. I hope that things work out for you.
@@AussieEnglishPodcastSo, didn’t Britain colonize others? And also when a blk person commits a crime you call it “pattern recognition” if someone discriminates another blk person. Well I will group all Britain’s together too, I’m glad UK, EU and Australia will be majority African and Middle Easterner.
Good question!? We don't need anymore in New Zealand though!
@22:43 I live in London and thats soo true. Last week the sun would go down like 3:45 in the afternoon and now at 4pm which you can imagine is not very nice. Australians be greatful
Australia is expensive but anyone from the US or UK may appreciate other like safety, weather, health care etc.
Safety?
@glennoc8585 Its relative not 100% safe
Health care????
Yeh, if you don't have tons of money or private cover.......you will get either: not seen by a doctor or rejected completely!
@@felicitydeikos5250 If you live in America, Australia is better.
@@felicitydeikos5250 Are you seriously not insured? I've been paying for private health insurance my whole life, even when I worked in fast food.
Give up the coffee and alcohol and you'll be able to afford private health insurance.
Lots of bs. You can buy a sandwich in London for £4 to £5. A beer in a pub is less than moat Aussie bars. Wage growth in the uk is higher.
I lived in the uk for years...i have fond memories of pub beer gardens in spring summer and autumn. I worked the bar in a hotel in Cornwall and I was clearing glasses in the twilight at 10pm on warm evenings.
Here in Adelaide in winter it's too cold to sit in the beer garden of my local pub and ive left work at 5pm and its dark in midwinter.
Everywhere is dark in midwinter, unless you're right on the equator.
@williamanthony915 exactly. Some people paint Australia as a permanent sunshine longday country which is false and misleading. It's better to state truths than to give a false reality to those that emigrate to southern Australia and suddenly realize that there is a cool winter. As you say, if you want no winter head to the equator.
Most beer gardens have their heaters on in the Adelaide winter! It was 40C he other day.
@christinefiedor3518 Some do yes but beer gardens in winter aren't frequented as much as most customers opt to go inside. Some pubs have cut the outdoor heaters due to operating cost cuts as pubs struggle now with falling sales and higher costs.
Yeah was 40c then 38c next day. I stayed in too hot
@@glennoc8585 many pubs in the uk are actually shutting down. What’s the world coming to? I’m a Scot lol
They think Australia is the answer. Well there'll be a place for one of them. I'm leaving and I wish them good luck, they'll need a ton of it
They can take my place too. I'm leaving as well.
Even though wages are somewhat comparable in the UK the problem people face in the UK is all the extra taxes and fees payable the UK VAT is at 20% TV licence fees even for the elderly, parking fees just about everywhere even in supermarket parking areas and at the beaches, even a bedroom tax for empty bedrooms plus many more taxes.
Official statistics:
The average income in Australia is A$100,016 per year.
The average Income in Britain is £37,430 (A$74,553).
On top of that salary Australians have 11.5% paid into their compulsory super by their employer.
What is a Dollar Drain -
Imagine 10 people with $10 each and each have a mutually exclusive but essential skills. Suppose, one is a cobbler and one of them is a washerman. Now, the washerman just washed a cloth for $2 and out of his earnings he sent back 1 dollar to his own country. He followed this rule for 10 times. Now the room has $90 left. Now, the price for services goes down since everyone except one has less money. Due to non profitability, cobbler leaves the room. Now, washerman brings another person from his country for the same job. This time price of the service is 1 dollar and both collectively sends 1 dollar from their earnings to their own country. This cycle continues for 10 times. Now, the room has 80 dollar left.
One more worker left the room while cobbler became homeless.
Now you know why America is destined to fail.
There seems to be hundreds of thousands of British citizens who think that the grass is greener on the other side in Australia and that is why they want to emigrate to Australia.
The weather is more consistant than the UK, but the economic benefits aren’t as big as they used to be.
i haven't eaten out at a restaurant for years .... except for October when my son shouted me for my birthday
Sounds more like 'I want to live in Australia instead of England' followed by a bunch of illogical bullshit reasons.
hahaha tell us what you really think :D
@@AussieEnglishPodcast
our history as Australia tells us what they thought
@@AussieEnglishPodcast As a North Queenslander, that's all I give anyone. We don't hide what we think or feel. Got more bloody Poms here than any other group, and all they do is bitch about everything and complain about the other people moving here. Hell, half our bloody politicians are from there (and don't we all wish they'd piss off back there too).
Hello Pete Smissen of @@AussieEnglishPodcast, I’m a big fan of you and your UA-cam channel!
Not really, people go to OZ because of the weather, as they have since the sixties. It’s that simple. Then some come back coz they can’t stand the heat.🤣
The capital cities are expensive to live in but there are other great towns and suburbs to live in. I'm thankful every day that my Mum and Dad had the foresight in 1964 to emigrate to Australia 🇦🇺
I bet a lot of those Poms are focused on the exchange rate cost of living difference, based on their savings prior to making a move to Australia, but might not have factored in their wages and spending power, once they land in Australia and their UK savings are completely exhausted. This girl has only been here for a few weeks, so likely still living off her UK savings, thus getting a good exchange rate advantage whilst she still has savings.
Lottie seems to be exaggerating the cost of train tickets in The UK.
The example she gives is a day trip from Cambridge to London (about 50 Miles or 80 Kilometres each way) which she quotes as being £40. That sounds about right for someone just turning up at the railway station and buying a ticket but a typical commuter wouldn't be buying those tickets they would have a season-ticket and a monthly season-ticket valid from Cambridge to London costs slightly under £600. Not cheap, but a commuter would be taking the journey 15-20 times a month which brings the cost down to £30-35 per day ... plus they are valid at the weekends so leisure trips into London for whatever reason would bring the cost of each trip down even further.
And very few of those commuters would have jobs that pay average, let alone minimum, wages .. they would be people with highly paid jobs in Central London, so a typical commuter from Cambridge to London wouldn't be working four hours to pay for their train ticket, they might not even be working one.
Many British workers are now wfh and now just get called into meetings.
You’re making way more assumptions than she is though. If you leave all the variables out, that still doesn’t magically make £40 okay!
Wow imagine if you just caught the train 24/7 then you could justify it even more AND save on rent.
I was there in 04, that trip was 50 pounds one way.
From a Brit she isn’t exaggerating unfortunately
American here... nope, Australia is a hard pass for me. There are other places to move.
I moved to Maui as an American. It's very expensive, but it's paradise for me.
Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out
@@AnAussieinNorway ive never set foot on that continent ever in my life. Try harder.
Uk always been dear, but when they come here, their pounds go a long way, part of the reason so many English migrate here... most love the weather too.
Just going from what friends who lived in UK and tourists have said to me.
What we call "expensive" is just normal up there.