American Reacts | 12 Things AMERICA Could LEARN From AUSTRALIA
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I'm an Aussie. We don't call them traffic circles. We call them roundabouts. I literally live an hour and a half away from where this was filmed. It's called Airlie beach, Whitsunday gateway to the great barrier Reef
Traffic circles AKA roundabouts are great because they still work fine when the electricity supply fails unlike the chaos that occurs when traffic lights fail.
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@@garrybrischke53 traffic circles have traffic lights roundabouts do not
It’s our summer holidays.from Dec to Jan
I worked and lived in Airlie beach, my parents had a business there as well
@@craigsphilippines466 what was the business?
The "booze bus" or roadside breath testing stations are not an unpleasant experience at all here in Australia. Seriously, if you're doing the right thing you have nothing to fear and it takes probably 1-2 minutes of your time. They wave down a group of cars, an officer comes up and asks if you've had anything to drink (to which the correct answer is no), you count to 10 while he holds the machine in front of your mouth, takes the reading, and "thank you, have a nice night!" and waves you on. When it was brought in 40 years ago it slashed the drunk-driving death and injury stats.
Love that you had to say 'the correct answer is no'! Lol
The only time it took longer than that for me was during a driving lesson when my daughter was on her L's we both got breath tested so it took about 3 min, still not really an issue, plus it was a good part of the driving lesson, this is part of driving, do things right, no problem.
We work to live, rather than live to work. Life should be fun.
We Australians call Australia the lucky country for a reason.
We're so blessed here! I backpacked around the world when I was 24 and when I got back to Australia I literally wanted to kiss the ground! Even stuff like having hot water and turning the tap on and tap water being safe to drink! Not so common overseas but pretty standard here!
Australia when you're an old person the government will supply someone to come in help clean your house and take you shopping so you don't have to go to a nursing home we are blessed in Australia
Also, the government will pay a family member over $500 a week to stay at home to look after elderly family. $500 every week is cheaper to the government than housing all elderly folks in homes. When you're on this pension you also don't have to pay for vehicle registration
I am one of those people. I have someone come and doing yard work and my house. Plus I get a great disability pension, with free health care. Truly the lucky country.
not entirely obviously, but the shit they do helps a lot.. my grandma passed away late last year at 103!.
My Auntie's family lived only 2 streets so she had family close by.
But she had someone that came once a week to drive her to the supermarket and help her do the shopping and that could drive her to the doctors etc when it wasnt an emergency/ambulance needed and when the family was working or just not available, and would also help her with general things like calling repairmen etc(which was especially helpful to her as english was not her native language).
The help they provided enabled her to live in her own home (as she had wanted- my auntie's family were more than willing for her to move in there, but she wanted to be in her home) until a couple of days before she passed away in her sleep at the hospital.
Dual flush toilets are the norm in Australia, and currently use least than 50% compared to conventional toilets.
Surprised they don't have them in USA, we have them here in the UK despite all the rain and full reservoirs.
@@weejackrussell yep such a good way to save water
I think the major difference between Yanky and Aussie shitters is we (Australia) have a cistern to hold the water till you flush. I think the yanks us the bowl as the cistern? Could be wrong. Please enlighten me.
Dual flush toilets were invented in Australia.
Great review as always....by the way it's Macca's plus as far as the booze bus goes, police in Australia randomly pull drivers over for a breath test and sometimes a drug test too. There is no probable cause here, and every driver must submit to a test with no BS like " I'll sue you " to the cops. If that driver does not submit to a test, he or she can be charged with the highest level of drunkenness and lose their license for 2 years plus a big fine.
Several years ago, there was a park near my place that I wouldn't take my kids to simply because of the all the drug crap laying around, mostly used Syringes. The Council changed one thing and it all stopped. They replace the lights in the public toilet with Blue lights. This prevented the junkies from being able to see properly when using Syringes. Within 6 to 8 months we had new swings and climbing equipment for kids, people were walking their dogs and the best part was that it became a great place to take my kids after school.
As i was watching and he mentioned junkies living in the toilets, I also thought nope they have blue lights so junkies cant find a vein.
Wow that's clever.
Besides paid maternity leave in Australia, we also have parental leave so fathers can bond with their young child.
Bullshit
@@bikepacker9850 No it isn't. I got two weeks paternity leave when my son was born, and that was 12 years ago.
@@bikepacker9850 Ha, absolutely true. A simple Google would reveal this
@@missjane1403 where do you work, at a university or other government institution? The real workers get no such benifits.
@@bikepacker9850 It's the law. You are entitled to two weeks paternity leave at minimum wage paid by the government. And your boss can't fire you for taking it.
As a shift worker I get 6-7weeks paid annual leave as we get extra for working weekends and public holidays. I was also lucky to have 36weeks paid maternity leave (at half pay)
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I live in a small suburb with about 20K people and we just had a massive skate park with play facilities.
Traffic circles are ROUNDABOUTS
You missed it when he was talking about parks… many parks have free electric bbqs for people to use. The Dual Flush toilet was invented in Australia. We have very bad droughts in Australia, so in all new homes or if you update your toilet… it will be a dual flush model.
I heard that part it was just crazy for me to hear that i couldn't process that was a thing lol.. aka Jealous of your parks
@@CVTECK1 Some parks even have a splash pad for children in summer. All for free. And there are such big distances between towns once you get outside the main cities… there are rest areas on the side of the road and many will have free toilets for travellers to use. I live in a major rural town in western New South Wales… about 5.5-6hrs west of Sydney. The next major town to me is about 2hrs away. I know where the nice rest stops, with toilets, are located. Sometimes you need them…
Very true I bought a big 4 bedroom house but it was over 20yrs old already. And the main toot only had the one push button. So I rang the waterboard and got the best one and they just add a extra $25 buck to ur bill until it’s paid off. I tried to trick the guy to do my other toot but it already had a duel flush. I’ve been here 13 years and the toot still looks brand new. We also have a saying that should be on the back of ur toot door.
“ If it’s yellow let it mellow. If it’s brown flush it down.” Lol 😂
@@janegilmore102 that saying is not 🇦🇺 ... It's worldwide.
@@MsTtilly we as in my family we have it on our back toot door. I think everyone should have one.
4 weeks paid annual leave with 17% loading, 2 weeks paid sick leave (generally need to provide a medical certificate for anything over 24 hours), paid carers leave, paid compassionate leave, paid maternity and paternity leave and superannuation.
Super is the similar to USA's 401K, so that doesn't count as a difference.
@@RUHappyATM Not really similar at all. Super here is a mandatory requirement and has to be paid by the employer to every single employee, whether full time, part time, casual, etc. They are even legally obliged to pay into their own super fund if they draw a salary, and is, at a minimum, an additional 10% + on top of your income, whereas your 401K is a voluntary scheme and is deducted from your income, and certainly isn't provided to every single working person. You can also add extra, from your wage if you want, and you can also self manage etc. Big difference.
@@RUHappyATM I was just saying what we in Australia have, rather than what the USA doesn't have. However, I haven't heard of the USA's 401k so thanks for the info.
@@RUHappyATM Not exactly the same. There is no compulsory Employee component to Superannuation Funds in Australia. However, ALL Employers are legally required to contribute a portion of ALL their individual employees' wages to a retirement investment fund. (The Employer contribution is currently at 11% but with increase in 2025 to 12%) Employees can also contribute a portion of their salary (called "salary sacrificing") The concessional income tax rate to a Super Fund is 15%, which is lower than the tax rate of most employees. This is to encourage Employees to make contributions to their super funds. I salary sacrificed for years (on a nurse's wage) and was able to retire 8 years early as a Self-Funded Retiree, with a few hundred thousand $$$ for my retirement. As a self-funded retiree, I do not need to rely on any pension scheme for my retirement.
A few years ago, the government were offering a 1:1.5 incentive for employees to make extra contributions. For every $100 an employee would deposit the government added $150. (From memory the amount had to be over $500+). When our daughter turned 21, we gave her $1,000 to deposit into her super fund and the government gave her an EXTRA $1,500! Not a bad Happy 21st birthday present.
also study leave and now domestic and family violence leave.
Government mandated minimum for everyone: 4 weeks paid A/L 10 days sick leave paid 11 days public holidays $23.23 minimum wage plus overtime paid after 38 per week
Why abbreviate annual leave? You think he knows what you mean by that?
CVTECK1 Did you notice how clean the streets are?! 🤔😉😂😂😂
I live on a small island off the Queensland coast, population of only 4000 TOTAL and we have a great Skatepark. Nothing overly elaborate and it's not huge but no matter the population size, you gotta give kids ways to entertain themselves.
You on Straddie?
I live on a small island off the Australian coast. It's bigger than many European countries.
I know country towns with populations under 1,500 with skate parks
"you gotta give kids ways to entertain themselves" well you don't, but it's better if the council does, also saves them money in the long run. I remember when you were lucky to have a swing and a slide in the local park and they were usually rusty, Australia has improved a lot in my lifetime, hope it keeps going in this direction 🤞
@@alisonholland7531 There's a lot more than 4k people on Straddie, more likely it's Macleay Island, as even Russel Island has around 6k people, but could also be somewhere up north, there are quite a few island communities in QLD
As the second driest continent, after Antarctica, we are very big on saving water. Dual flush toilet cisterns have been compulsory for a few decades. Rainwater tanks are common for catching water for use on gardens and lawns.
I can do all my car registration, insurances etc. online. I have a five year drivers license so I only go to the equivalent of your DMV once every five years to update the photo on my new license.
We have all sorts of facilities in the various parks near me, skateboard parks, exercise equipment, children’s playgrounds, free electric barbecues, free restrooms, picnic tables (some undercover), walking trails and fenced off dog areas. We don’t have free lagoons like the ones he showed in Queensland but we have a big lake and about two dozen ocean front beaches.
We have 20 weeks of paid maternity leave and you are also eligible if you adopt.
On support for parents. When my son was born our public hospital (free) had two maternity nurses allocated to us for the whole pregnancy. So one of those was on call 24/7 for the whole pregnancy if we had any concerns. When we'd go for scheduled check ups ultrasounds etc. it was one of these women that saw us so we got to know each other really well. It meant you didn't have to go through all the answering the same questions 10x with different people so was more efficient. These ladies ran the prenatal classes too.
Because they worked essentially spit shift one was always on call so when my wife had my son she was there. They got us home very quick instead of being in hospital for a week my wife was home next day even though she ended up needing a C section. Then when at home they were on 24/7 call (and we did call several times) in addition they'd visit regularly to see how we were going helps with hints for breast feeding etc. We had this care available for like a year after they explained all the vaccines and when to get them etc. At the end of their time we got them both a really nice gift and they said "Look if you still need us just call". Fantastic care and cost $0.
Same logic. Better to pay a bit more up front than deal with bigger problems latter on. Now I'm sure this care is not everywhere in Australia but it was available to us in our inland city.
Ex texan living in Melbourne. Texas is a hellscape compared to victoria and Melbourne. The "playgrounds" as they call them here in Rockbank Melbourne are 4x the size of the ones even in thus video. They even have a workout section. There are dog parks and skate parks on almost every corner, it's insanity!
so you know the difference between the two places and don't that blow your mind
I do my car registration online in Australia. Just need a check at mechanics and pay insurance (online) first.
I pay my rego monthly, which incluees CTP, on line. Living in Queenslane we only neee a roae worthy when selling the car
I had to register my ute in January and after getting the pink slip then paying CTP online I stuffed around for the rest of the day trying to pay the rego. Kept sending it back saying nothing to pay. I started thinking I'd been done for someone using my details and having a suspension and wouldn't let me register in my name. By the way, I'm an old school welder and the latest technology to me is a new TV. All this online stuff unless it's fully straight forward with only a couple of whatever's to do then forget it. Too bloody complicated to me, I never even saw a computer when I went to school and when my younger brother was in year 12 it was the very first year computers had been introduced. Some massive great big box white thing that looked like the old style portable TV that was as wide as it was deep. The screen was green and everything on it kept flashing then was printed on newspaper sized paper with holes down each side. I was a fourth year apprentice and knew everything about nothing when it came to everything so I told my brother he's an idiot if he thinks those computer things named after the best Aussie made car at the time the mighty VC Commodore (1982) are going to take off and start being used by sensible people like myself. Only took me a few dozen and more decades to realise maybe he was right. (last year)
I got onto the service NSW phone line and asked why I couldn't re register my ute, gave him the rego# and my details and he replied "yep, all good. Registered to 18.2.2024. Anything else?"
Me "Yeh. How? It won't let me pay??" I then found out I had automatic rego renewal and the pink and green slip go straight through as soon as they are payed. The rego is automatically deducted from my account and ute was registered a few minutes after after I payed the green slip at 10.30 that morning. Was almost 5pm by the time I gave up and made the phone call. I had completely forgotten that I registered for auto rego last time it was due.
no roadies outside the city in south australia if its been previously registered just jump online register it and send it for out of state cars they need a number check by the cops cost 65 and takes 10 minutes
@@terryjeisman7550 Are you ok? Slurring your words or are you just a crap typist?
@@fasteddie9201 I live in QLD so have no idea what these pink and green slips are. Here you just pay the rego and CTP and your done.
Small thing, Macca has an S. So its Maccas. If you come here and tell someone you want to go to Macca, they will probably think you mean Mecca. 😉. Playgrounds, lagoons, skate parks, bbqs, tennis and basketball courts, parks, ovals, plenty everywhere and free. Today i took my dog for a walk at Scarborough (WA), even the water fountains have a built in doggy bowl at the bottom.
I live in Airlie Beach, where that guy was in the video. That park is our gathering place. Its beside the water, next door to the pub, so it's pretty popular. Free BBQ's and spectacular sunrises and sunsets. We have 2 traffic lights, but mostly round abouts. ( not traffic circles) our toilets are like that because we are the driest continent on earth. And yes, free sunscreen is normal, I give it out at work, and bug spray for the tourists. And the work life balance is amazing here. Child care is subsidised and pre school years are now free. The drink driving police thing is called a booze bus. Word goes out pretty quick, thats why they move. Our alcohol and cigarette prices are high, they are considered luxury items and taxed heavily. Fishing is fantastic in Airlie. Come, say G'day.
We just renew our car registration on-line, not many Aussies physically go there. This guy comes up with a weird list, there's so many differences worth talking about rather than watermelons 🍉
The watermelons was funny haaaaaaaaaaaaa
The USA has SOOOOO much red tape! Whether it's tax, healthcare (ie insurance), motor vehicle stuff, all of it. Everything's so complicated.
I live in a little town, just outside of Perth Western Australia, with a population of approx 4,600. We have a GREAT skate park that gets used all the time by locals and is well maintained by the local council.
also what he he didn't mention was, when you have to pay for rego you can also pay at the post office and it only take few minutes.
There is a slight difference between traffic circles and roundabouts. Have a look at CNBC's Video "Roundabouts Are Safer. So Why Does The U.S. Have So Few Of Them?" Remember Australia is the driest. continent (apart from Antartica) on earth and as a result we have to be waterwise.
Yes that is true. Yet we can drink the water that comes out of the tap in the majority of places.
with the RDT or Randon breath testing.
it is everyone on that road
you pull up,: (might be a hello the reason you have been stopped..........do you understand).
you blow into the machine,
take the tube,
you drive off.
usually takes under 5 mins. (unless you blow over the limit)
(no id no rego/licence check)
The random breath test thing....... . Make it a condition of getting your driver licence that you can at any time be required to blow in the tube...... no lawsuits 😊
In Australia recently I had an emergency eye operation , free stay in hospital, free medicine, home nurse care visits twice a day for the week after , free wound care , free follow-up... we earn , we pay tax & vote for our best social welfare policy that balances our interest, our society and equality in as much of an ambition as possible. We aren't perfect , we are grateful not entirely sure how to describe it but Aussies assume for the best but aren't entitled for our needs - we want everyone to have it good 😊
It's in your reply. We vote. We ALL vote!!!
I'm so grateful for our welfare system. I've had a rough life but there's always been services and organisations to help when things have been tough. From housing services when I was a homeless youth to mental health support when I've been unwell. I've always worked when I've been able and happy to pay taxes because those services that benefited me should be there to benefit others.
I live in Adelaide in South Australia. I grew up in America, and came to Australia in the mid 60s when I was 16. One of the first things that struck me was the Adelaide CBD was surrounded by parkland. Parks and green spaces are throughout the suburbs, by law. The free electric bbqs are everywhere in these parks. All of the parks and green spaces are well maintained and clean. Litter is rare. It is not unusual on sunny days to see families in the parks enjoying picnics and making use of the free bbc facilities. And local government keep the bbq unit scrupulously clean.
me too love ol Adelaide
I think Adelaide has gone backward in the last 20 years. Between the State Government and Adelaide City Council have ruined a beautiful city.
@@Mav_F nope.. its you getting old n grumpy lol🥱
@@CLAWCUZBRO Nope you are just a wanker who like trolling people.
@@CLAWCUZBRO Nope, you are just a wanker who loves trolling people.
Yes in Australia we have PAID holiday leave, PAID sick leave, PAID maternity leave, PAID public holidays, if you work on public holidays you get paid double time per hour, when you have to work weekends you get paid more. Then we have super annuation, this is where as soon as you start work you pick which super annuation company you want to use then your employer has to by law put 11% on top of your wage that gets put into your super fund, this is invested until you retire.
Not that long ago for me, working in an office as a casual by-the-hour employee. Earning about $35.00 per hour as my base rate of pay. When I was working that same job (and working from home as well, so none of that commuting bullshit, or traffic and parking to mess with), I was pulling in better than $77.00 per hour for my nightshift rosters
No, I did *not* have a university degree to justify that pay packet. I'm muddling along with a TAFE Certificate IV level of education. (For those in the U.S, I dunno what that equates to, but it's probably less than a community college diploma, FWIW).
Oh yeah, I'm now a permanent full-time employee in the exact same role (without a temporary employment agency in the middle) in the same company, and I'm earning *so* much more than that now.
Geography trivia for you: The US records net positive migration from the entire world except Australia.
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American toilet bowls freaked me out first time I used one! I went to my American mate and said 'ya dunny is filling up and about to overflow!'
A dunny is aussie slang for toilet😊😂 😊
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I live in Perth, Western Australia and The longest I have spent in a licensing centre is 30 mins.
Want to save water with the dunny? (Toilet) Put a half or full brick in the cistern - won't effect it's efficiency but will save water. Best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Red/Green vacancy indicator lights in parking lots.
Dude, I live on a small village with only 450 homesites. We have a massive skatepark. We also have 3 different parks that have free electric BBQs. We also have 3 automatic defibrillators that are in prominent positions and a service club that provides free furniture and electrical goods to those who need it.
We look after our mates!
You'll get three weeks sick leave, all public holidays, plus a bunch of other days for mental health etc. Plus you get to live in Australia to enjoy it all.
I'm a 79 YO Aussie, we have about 10 public parks in our town with more being built, at least 4 of them have 4 or 5 gym workout stations dotted around, they are always in use, I do my own workout on them and have for the past 10 years or so, they helped me get fit for my 2nd Dan Martial Art belt, one hell of a weekend, 3 hours on Friday night, 7am until 7pm Sat and 7am 3pm on Sunday, I got it. (I was 72) Oh, and they are free for us to use as they are paid by our tax. We also have something else that I have not heard of over in the U.S, and that is bike paths, we are a large bicycle riding population and there are many bike paths linking parks, following rivers and creeks, I keep finding new ones each time I go out. At my age I only do about 25km rides
As for coffee, my son is a Barista at the local international airport, he regularly has people flying in from the U.S. dying for a decent cup of coffee, surprisingly from Americans.
Hahahah there’s no point in the American government building anything nice for the people as the people will just burn it all down and trash it. They have no respect. You have to clean up after yourself. Our parks and landscapes stay usable because we the people have respect and maintain the areas by keeping them clean, well the good ones of us do.
Not necessarily have u seen the rubbish left behind plus we have better councils in Australia unlike democratics in usa
Heaps of parks around beach areas have just training equipment along the esplanades and stuff for adult.. they get upkeep from the council. We have tons of parks everywhere like this. They’re fantastic xx
to understand the work life balance we have a gov organisation called fairwork australia who set the rules determining anything work related. One of the laws is that a working week is capped at 38 hours, any more and you get paid overtime (unless you work two jobs) with 4 weeks annual leave and sick leave maternal and paternal leave. this came about because a really really smart judge, tasked in the 1900's did an audit of australian workplace laws and realised that giving your workers a break gave them a chance to relax, refresh and come back to work recharged thus work harder. They also worked out what a family needed to survive, so three meals, food clothing housing etc. then flipped the dialogue and how much employers could afford to pay workers so they could still make profit. From this a minimum wage was established and work life balance became enshrined in law leading to a happy workforce as they know they get weekends to spend quality time with mates and family.
You can pay your registration on line you don't have to go to the DMV it usually takes 10 minutes
In belfast theres loads of parks with work-out/gym equipment knocking about for free...pull up bars, sit up benches, arm and leg strengtheners and agility aids.
I currently have 40 days annual leave, 40 days long service, approx. 80 days sick leave which are all accumulated and can be rolled over to the next year. My dad used to work at a factory where the long timers accumulated up to 1 years or more worth of long service leave. I used to have an American colleague who was really surprised when she found out that unused leaves are rolled over to the next year.
I'm Australian, we learnt lots from America. They are both great countries.
Mate, what the hell did we learn from the USA? Seriously.... inform me. The fact you even say America, when there are two continents... North America and South America, with countries within both. The USA is one portion of the continents.
@@noone6559 The USA set the standard for freedom that we all, in the West, enjoy. Without the influence of the USA, as an Australian (I'm guessing) you would not have the free life you enjoy. BTW, I am also an Australian, but I know my history and I am not a victim....
@@bikepacker9850 still confused. Australia gave women the vote and the ability to run for government before the USA ever did. What freedom are you talking about? The USA in it's current state is reducing womens rights to bodily autonomy, the freedom to vote, the freedom to be free from their children dying from school shootings, bankruptcy from hospital vists etc..... let's talk about freedom shall we?
@@bikepacker9850 lmao..... please cite sources and factual history. If you are talking about the US participation in World Wars.... hmmmm.... you may have more to learn.... research JFKs father and his relationship as an Ambassador who met Hitler..... research 'resources'... and how may wars have started through greed for them.....and we Australians had to follow because of alliances.... grow up.....
@@noone6559 what a sanctimonious w@nker. Grow up and learn some world history.
Macca's gotta put the "S" on the end macca is normally someones nickname like if they have a last name "Mackenzie" or something
The free lagoons in Brisbane are because the beaches are closed 3/4 of the year because of deadly jellyboxes
Our toilets are because Australia is a very dry country. Before dual flush toilets we used to put a brick in the cistern to save water on flushing. Our parks are getting better all the time. Even small towns now have good parks, and fitness equipment is pretty common in a lot of them. Especially on beach reserves and parks. New housing estates often have an awesome park and some even have cafes. Those swimming lagoons are partly because it's not safe to swim in the northen areas of Australia. Stone fish, Box Jellyfish and sharks are common hazards in our tropical waters. Our DMV's have improved over the last 10 years and in NSW they even have someone to welcome you and direct you to the right place and forms you need. You get comfy lounge spaces to sit and are usually out very quickly. I'm in Queensland and a lot of things can be done online. I just renewed my licence online even though it was expired for 2 years. After 5 years you have to go in to a centre. I can also renew my rego online. I must admit, we do things really well😁
We also have long service leave 13 weeks paid leave after 10 years plus annual leave of 4 weeks with 17% loading and paid public holidays.
James i just watched a video on work and pay and lets say i'm little Jealous video coming
Long service leave is 7 years in Victoria with most wage agreements, unless a private enterprise agreement has otherwise stated
Some freedoms are free… while Americans cherish individual freedoms. Australia has way more value of community. Australia has a lot more fresh farm food and less takeaway or processed foods. My last employer gave me 40 work days a year. There is 90days parental leave paid by the government. Violent crimes are extremely low you can walk almost anywhere with headphones and not much situational awareness. At a dr hospital or ambulance i swipe my veteran or medicare card and their is zero out if pocket ever. We also dont pay up front for fuel at a gas station, we pay at the end. Our policing is all state level, there is no local policing. Litigating here is no where near American in civil situations. Another thing is there is no big pharmaceutical here, they cant advertise or promote drugs in public
BS on the paying for petrol at the end.
Some servos ask you to pay up front, especially late at night in dodgy areas.
@@RUHappyATMYou are describing a rare exception. While it is increasing, it is far from normal, except maybe late at night in certain areas.
@@adrianross8383
Never, ever generalise.
G'day Mate! You might have missed his comment in the parks bit about the free electric BBQ's.... OK prior to retiring I worked in a major Sydney hospital, clinical area, and our award gave 20 days or 5 weeks annual leave with a 17% loading above the normal wage...There are 13 public holidays spread over the year and we have ADO's( Accumulated days off) whereby we work 40 hours per week but get paid for 38 so each 4 weeks you gat a day off because you have already worked those hours...10 days sick leave (needs a certificate for over 2 days) 5 days FACS leave which covers family stuff like if a relative is sick and in need of care or perhaps you need to be at home for the plumber to come out...We also get "long service leave" which is extra leave on top of annual leave. After 10 years service you get 2 months leave and then pro rata for the following years... In my case after I retired I was still paid for a little over 10 months! Hope you find this interesting? Cheers!
Here in the U.K. we have the DVLA but we dont go there. Everything is done by e-mail or direct debit, my insurance is done on line in about ten minutes, my vehicle tax is paid automatically by direct debit too. The only thing you really have to do is get a vehicle check every year if the vehicle is over three years old.
While you don't have to pay to get into a park to exercise in Australia, there has been an issue with people setting themselves up as physical trainers and getting people to pay THEM to go and exercise in parks as a group. It can be disruptive to people who just go to our parks to chill out.
We don't call them traffic circles in Australia, we call them roundabouts, and there are no traffic lights on them, just usual giveway rules.
Think of them as a four way stop but you can flow through it instead if a dead stop
The cost of sun screen is tax deductable if you work outside. 10 sick days and 4 weeks leave. Around 10 public holidays and up to 12 months parental leave for mom or dad.
In South Australia, we call the DMV Motor reg.
They r called round abouts
Wow, I'm pretty sure this fella hasn't set foot out of tropical Queensland. I've been to every state in Australia, not seen a Lagoon in any other state capital CBD. Please, by all means, correct me if there is a giant lagoon I missed in the middle of Pitt st Sydney or Bourke st Melbourne, ahh, maybe Elizabeth St Hobart. Most other things he's on point about, Medicare, Wages, Holiday pay, public parks and facilities, so on and so on, but his point of view comes through the eyes of a young bloke living in Australia's party capital around the Gold Coast area. The most important thing he left out is the luxury that all Australians take for granted, No lunatics with AK47s spoiling your day.
WRONG!!! There is a lagoon at the end of Elizabeth St. You maybe stopped walking at T42, Just keep going another 50 m and there it is. :-)
Just read your last line... so much emotion... He took away our innocence... We (two of us, one security guard and one orderly) turned our backs to the cameras and they didn't get any footage of him as he was taken into the hospital.
I own guns I support fully our firearms laws!
Some parks in Australia also have showers in the toilet blocks, we've got 2 that I know of in our town of about 100, odd thousand people. And no homeless people live within them.
I live in NSW Australia and I renewed my drivers license last week at our Service NSW office and it took me 10 minutes and I was out of there 😊
I live in a small country town (2500 people). We have a skate park and an adventure playground with free bbq's, bathrooms a sensory garden and a wetland for native Water birds.
Last time my wife and I had a kid, she had 10 weeks of maternity leave on full pay and 16 weeks after that on half pay. On top of that, her role was waiting for her when she was finished with maternity leave. 6 months paid leave in total.
When my kids were growing up I took them to the park on weekends, after school & throughout school holidays, & had a ball playing on the equipment with them. We went to a different park each time, there were 7 within a half hour drive of where we lived & they had their favourites, the bonus was my house didnt get trashed by my bored children & in summer we trekked around the public swimming pools.
The other thing America should have is our election system. Not necessarily the full preference voting, I think that would be unnecessary, but when we vote we are only voting on one thing. It's in and out. No voting for sheriff, AG, dog catcher and whatever House motion. Those things are decided by parliament or state governments. That's what they are paid for.
Also, given the current situation where you have a convicted rapist and fraudster running for the GOP nomination, the Australian Constitution disqualifies anyone who has been convicted of an offence which carries a penalty of more than one year in prison for running for parliament. So even if you were found guilty and only sentenced to community service but the maximum penalty available to the judge was 2 years in prison, you are ineligible.
And so many other things. Universal healthcare, compulsory superannuation, better welfare and living wages. While we are a free country with free elections, Australia is more technically a social democracy where we actually look out for each other.
Our voting is compulsory too. My Dad took me after I was 18yo & was proud that I was a proper adult & taught us kids it was a big responsibility. 😊
"A button for poo and button for pee" it's called full flush and half flush.
i like that and man water bill here is no joke today
7:50 - Fun fact: Australia invented the half flush system.
The American standard width for a home sewerage pipe is 2 inches wide as compaited to 4 inches wide in Australia. Blocked toilets do happen, but they're rare, and you don't have to call the plumber every time.
Traffic circles are called round abouts here
Live in QLD and our park is so big and full of keep fit equipment. Now they are spending more equipment, even better, in very good condition too.
They really do REALLY speed up traffic and they’re just concrete. How city planners in the us don’t implement these is beyond me.
4 paid weeks off, 12 public holidays and 10 days sickleave per year in OZ
That’s one thing that blows my mind about DUI in the U.S. Here they just check your license and then you blow into the machine for a few seconds and then on your way.
And the public toilets/shower blocks the lights are usually on a sensor and they use the light bulbs so nobody can see the vein and shoot up 😉
I live in Australia. There are Free public toilets all over the place-I am unaware of any being over-run by homeless people. It’s nicer in a park!….and please, it’s NOT Macca- it’s Maccas (massive difference)
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We also have an amazing parental leave scheme here in Australia.
There are people who use public toilets, especially in parks or beaches, to shoot up. But there are also 'fit bins' in most public toilets so that used syringes can be disposed of safely and cleanly. There are also 'fit collection ' services that will go to your house to pick up fit bins if you're an intravenous drug user. Can't remember if they give out clean syringes but there are centres were you can pick up free clean syringes and stuff to ensure you inject safely. It's part of the harm minimisation angle used in Australia to reduce the spread of disease in drug users. We do have homelessness here but not in the same numbers as America. Our welfare system does a lot to help those less fortunate. That said the rental crisis is increasing homelessness.
yeah, last time I went to the "DMV", it was in there less than 5 minutes. that includes walking in, lining up, showing my ID, filling in the paper work, paying and walking out. not only are they super quick over here, but you rarely have to go in. its only if your filing 'new' paperwork, like getting a car re-registered after it has not been on the road in a long time or getting your license for the first time. if your just buying a car that is already registered, you can transfer it over to your name online.
and the funny thing is, ours does not just handle car stuff, its sort of the one stop shop for anything 'government'. like birth certificates, gun license, fishing licenses, national park passes, the list goes on and on yet there is RARELY a line of more than a few people waiting.
The "free lagoons" in qld are actually made because the beach 20 metres away is considered too dangerous to swim in, between the sharks, crocs, and stingers (box jellyfish/irukanji) there's a good chance a 30 minutes swim results in a hospital trip or death
the time off depends on the business it can be more if they take care of u
We don’t just use sunscreen at the beach. The sun is so bad that it’s recommended to wear whenever you go out.
Slip, slop, slap! 😊
The playground in parks have recycled tyres on the ground so the kids do not get hurt if they fall over. Almost every beach here has a skate park, mine does, covers tables and seating and free Barbeques, mine has this too and my beach is 20 kilometre’s long and hardly anyone uses it. It is fun to have that much beach alone. The City near us is about to triple the size of our skate park because it is from beginners to experts. Champions come and give free lessons and every kid under 18 loves it. We do not have any crime in our little Village, we keep the kids busy. They are trained to be Lifesavers on the beach from age 5, very busy and out of trouble.
We always got 6 weeks paid holiday a year and one paid Monday a month. We get 10 months paid Maternity leave and they have just added Paternity leave. My sister took 10 months on full pay to have her son, she never went back to work because he was sick. That was almost 49 years ago. Plus every 12 years we get 3 months paid Long Service leave and no employer can say when you can or cannot take it. You do know it takes 2 weeks for your brain to fully relax off work. Then you need your holiday, you are missing the healing part of your time off and we had to fight to get all of this. Now it is easier and people get more done at work. Next we go to a 4 day week. My son works 8 shifts a month for the full months pay. He was so bored he went to school again and got his building license. He still has his first job but he has a building company too with full time employees. Some of them are guys that work the same 8 shifts a month that he does.
Many here do not know how good we have it and Sunscreen is free from the Cancer Council if you cannot afford it.
As for the water in toilets, we have to be careful with water but that isn’t the reason the water was first made lower. All babies are head heavy and they love to play in any water. Too many were drowning and now they can’t. What you call the DMV we had to go to ours during COVID and we knew it would take longer because we had to line up outside. Only 3 people could go in at once and I could have cut that line because I had only just learned to stand up and walk again but not for long. I stayed in that line standing, I leaned on my husband a bit. We were there for 25 minutes and on our way home again and that was including line time. The nice lady who greeted us at the door knew I was in trouble by looking at me so she sat me inside until it was my husband’s turn, he was next in line. They are very nice people in there and efficient. Thank you.
A lovely story of gratitude. Thanks for sharing with us.
our public toilets are normally either locked at night or have blue lights in them to stop junkies being able to find a vein.
Aussie Aussie Aussie......So Blessed ...Love my Country xx
I'd like to correct you about paid parental leave in France. Since 1946 when paid maternity leave commenced in France, expecting mothers now get 16 weeks off-six weeks before birth and 10 weeks after. If there are complications, the mother is paid an extra four weeks and if there are twins or triplets plus on board the maternity leave is 34 or 36 weeks paid! Fathers get up to 25 days of paternity leave-four days of COMPULSORY LEAVE taken immediately after childbirth and 21 days which the father ("father" includes same sex partners) can take within six months of delivery.
Maccas with an "S"
I'm Australian and I have never heard them called traffic circles before! So weird, they are roundabouts!
On Paid Time Off, the standard across the board for Full-Time Employees is 20 business days per year (4 weeks).
If you’re a Part-Time employee (less than 40hr per week) the rate is calculated based on FTE pro-rata.
Some industries have increased leave and/or loading rates. For example; most wage based roles (paid by hour) have a percentage increase applied to hours off as loading.
I've never seen free sunscreen and I live in Australia
I've seen it at the Gold Coast & South Australian beaches. 😊
It's free in schools in Tassie
We have just had a roundabout installed where our road crosses a major highway (not motorway or freeway) and movement through this is now almost immediate when before we had to wait for up to five minutes in rush hour. Simple and very efficient. The traffic circle as used in the US is a totally different system and far from being effective in promoting traffic flows.
It's true. Not only every city has a fantastic park, but every shire or municipality. Every suburb. Councils win awards for them & it's quite a feather in their caps. There are awards for best adventure playgrounds, picnic grounds, basketball courts, playing fields, all free. there are lots of free public swimming pools, skateparks & more. They are all beautiful, super safe for all ages & intricately built. Bathrooms/toilet blocks are cleaned daily & inhabited by the homeless? Nope not here...because we are not America.
Okay, I might sound like I'm blowing my own trumpet, but it's a real shiny trumpet worth blowing.
x
LindyLu from Oz.
So traffic lights are used for major intersections, Then we have roundabouts or what he calls traffic circles inside suburbs and smaller towns, It's so you don't get jammed up, you let the cars already on the roundabout go around wait until you know where they're going and if there is a gap you can get in behind the car going around, no need to wait for lights just be considerate and it'll keep moving
Note Tristan lived here for a couple of years and lived in southern Queensland in a semi tropical climate. That water park is in Queensland. Not like that in other states. Most of his comments are based on what he experienced there. Which will be different from other states. Not that we have it bad elsewhere. We dont at all. The water levels and the dual buttons in our toilets are minimal because we are a very dry country subject to severe droughts and water restrictions. And his point about sunscreen mmmm nope. Maybe free at some beaches but no where else. A big 2 litre container is usually about $20. Yep our paid recreation leave is 4-6 weeks depending where you work. and you can save it up for a big holiday. And it cant be refused.
Paid $8 for 50G sunscreen in Amsterdam, Shocked +++. Maybe it is pricey because it doesn't sell there. Put a Scott in the sun and see what happens, hint, lobster.
"Traffic circles" we call them roundabouts in Oz 👌🏼😂
rbt random breath or drug test is a way of life here. dont drive drink or get stoned or wasted u will be caught , the penalties are severe. the same goes for speeding. traffic light speed cameras, stationary camera cars, cops with x band radar. no we do not live a police state we live in a very safe state. very few guns, 20 yrs out of the cops now the only ppl ive seen with guns are the cops. so take some advice , no matter whaT IT TAKES DITCH UR GUNS
In Australia, if you work for the same employer for more than 7 years you accrue paid long service leave (LSL). I can’t remember how days you accrue each month, but I worked for the NSW Dept of Education for 35 years. I took 2 x 4 weeks of LSL during term time to travel overseas. Six months before I retired I took 6 months LSL on full pay. When I retired I still had 4 months of LSL and they paid me 4 months of salary in lieu of the leave.
Traffic cycles are actually called Roundabouts. As for the sushi, you can have them sliced up.
To many Americans, Australia is considered socialist. But Democratic Socialism puts people first. We have compulsory Registration/voting held on a weekend for all of our levels of Government. We have far more Government controls than the US hence why we have greater services, such as great parks, better roads, brilliant free/low cost health services. We have very active overviewing authorities that don't have to have legal charges laid before they intervene.
So basically, the so called Freedom the US claims to have, actually creates the very opposite to what we have.
And as Tristan indicated, you would NEVER tell an Aussie that he/she isn't free, with five weeks annual leave, on top of other yearly holidays including the Christmas break.
A social democracy in a rich country just makes sense. But what the US spends on its military could fund so much for the rest of the people. We can't spend that amount on the military, and don't really need to, so it gets spent on services. I've lived in several different countries but I'll always come home to Australia.
In Europe toilets are the same, low water level and they are designed that 💩 wend down just with little or no smear. And 2 buttons or one button for saving water. My toilet have 1 button and if you press for a short time, relese a smaller amount of water...
Those uncut and with chicken sushi rolls maybe come from Korea, they have a similar called kimbab. They are a bit bigger and wrapped inside vegies, raw or cooked meat, fried egg and so on.
Put a half or full brick in the cistern. Good way of saving water - my Dad used to do this before dual flush toilets. Doesn't effect the efficiency. 😊
The electric grills in the parks are free and everyone who use them clean them after use.
No they don't
Toilets in Australia now have in all new homes recycled system water for the laundry and toilets. Advancements for saving water in the driest inhabited continent in the world.