Leaving Australia (again)

[farmerge]

I have managed to sweet talk my GP into seeing me this arvo. Desperation stuff.
Perhaps after this visit I will have vision from 1 1/2 eyeballs.

 

[SirRumpole]

I have managed to sweet talk my GP into seeing me this arvo. Desperation stuff.
Perhaps after this visit I will have vision from 1 1/2 eyeballs.

Good luck!

You don't have an emergency department nearby?

 

[wayneL]

Good luck!

You don't have an emergency department nearby?

Yeah, Midland hospital. But it's like Hotel California.

 

[SirRumpole]

Yeah, Midland hospital. But it's like Hotel California.

I've never been to hotel California.

 

[wayneL]

I've never been to hotel California.

Clearly. You can check out any time you like, but can never leave <groan>

 

[SirRumpole]

Clearly. You can check out any time you like, but can never leave <groan>

Ah, now I get it.

 

[farmerge]

Good luck!

You don't have an emergency department nearby?

Yes we have the Midland Hospital but the waiting queue is not something that I am prepared to sit in. GP came to the rescue this arvo.

 

[farmerge]

Ah, now I get it.

Depending on the shape of the head and skin colour that determines where you sit in the queue, that after the drunks and druggies also.
The rear of the queue is where the needy are usually located.

 

[wayneL]

It seems many young people have the same idea.

"Save for the Covid pandemic, Australia has recorded a net loss of Australian-born citizens every year, the ABS data reveals."

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/unfair-reality-facing-thousands-of-young-australians/news-story/87c50e3bf9edefbdccd7b34966bd3dbf

 

[SirRumpole]

It seems many young people have the same idea.

"Save for the Covid pandemic, Australia has recorded a net loss of Australian-born citizens every year, the ABS data reveals."

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/unfair-reality-facing-thousands-of-young-australians/news-story/87c50e3bf9edefbdccd7b34966bd3dbf

Our gov't doesn't appear to care about home grown taxpayers, just bring in grateful migrants for their votes.

 

[sptrawler]

It seems many young people have the same idea.

"Save for the Covid pandemic, Australia has recorded a net loss of Australian-born citizens every year, the ABS data reveals."

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/unfair-reality-facing-thousands-of-young-australians/news-story/87c50e3bf9edefbdccd7b34966bd3dbf

Our gov't doesn't appear to care about home grown taxpayers, just bring in grateful migrants for their votes.

I have a nephew who has moved to the U.K with his fiance, both exceptional uni graduates one in accounting, the other a forensic scientist. The cost of housing has certainly hit the younger generation here, meanwhile we are picking up a heap of uber drivers.

 

[farmerge]

I have a nephew who has moved to the U.K with his fiance, both exceptional uni graduates one in accounting, the other a forensic scientist. The cost of housing has certainly hit the younger generation here, meanwhile we are picking up a heap of uber drivers.

So with two very well educated people leaving these sun baked shores for a greener clime, what would the ratio be to them as against the incoming Uber drivers, 1000:1?????

 

[sptrawler]

So with two very well educated people leaving these sun baked shores for a greener clime, what would the ratio be to them as against the incoming Uber drivers, 1000:1?????

It's just a sad state of affairs.

Really the whole education system, tax system and social system, needs a a completely open and honest appraisal as to if it is actually working, or if it is fit for purpose.

At the moment, nothing seems to be heading in the same direction, unless that direction is meant to end up in a shipwreck.

We are importing tradespeople, yet many of our students are struggling to achieve international benchmarks, so would probably be better off doing trade training rather than just staying at school.
But they have to, because the Governments don't employ apprentices / tradespeople.

We can't build enough public housing, because the Government no longer builds it, so they use building companies, who don't want apprentices, because they don't make money, they want imported tradespeople.

Australia has absolutely lost the plot.

This just has all the signs of a complete disaster.

 

[farmerge]

It's just a sad state of affairs.
Really the whole education system, tax system and social system, needs a a completely open and honest appraisal as to if it is actually working, or if it is fit for purpose.
At the moment, nothing seems to be heading in the same direction, unless that direction is meant to end up in a shipwreck.
We are importing tradespeople, yet many of our students are struggling to achieve international benchmarks, so would probably be better off doing trade training rather than just staying at school because the Governments don't employ tradespeople.
We can't build enough public housing, because the Government no longer builds it, so they use building companies, who don't want apprentices, because they don't make money, they want imported tradespeople.

Australia has absolutely lost the plot, absolute FWT's IMO.

@sptrawler Exactly Apparently loonesy reigns supreme.

 

[IFocus]

I have a nephew who has moved to the U.K with his fiance, both exceptional uni graduates one in accounting, the other a forensic scientist. The cost of housing has certainly hit the younger generation here, meanwhile we are picking up a heap of uber drivers.

I have a nephew in the UK and the cost of housing there is way higher than here x 10

 

[wayneL]

I have a nephew in the UK and the cost of housing there is way higher than here x 10

Slight exaggeration there. Unless you're talking Knightsbridge compared to Balga.

 

[sptrawler]

I have a nephew in the UK and the cost of housing there is way higher than here x 10

Well I will let you know how it goes, they went there about 7 months ago, so as we say time will tell.
They both have jobs in London and that would be the most expensive housing, so they should work things out pretty quick, they are smart kids.

 

[sptrawler]

I have a nephew in the UK and the cost of housing there is way higher than here x 10

I saw this in todays West.

 

[TimeISmoney]

Interesting times ahead for a land with no prosperity.


Young Aussies are increasingly looking for cheaper alternative countries to live in as soaring house prices and cost of living pressures sees them leave in droves, government stats reveal.
According to the latest government figures, migrant departures - people leaving Australia to move overseas - increased by 8 per cent to 221,000 from 204,000 between 2023-2024.

The ABS measures the top five countries of birth for migrant departures from Australia each year. Since the Covid pandemic the only major demographic group to be consistently leaving the country is Australian-born citizens, with a further 57,100 leaving the country in 2023-2024, and about 35,590 coming home.

Save for the Covid pandemic, Australia has recorded a net loss of Australian-born citizens every year, the ABS data reveals.

The median age for Aussies leaving the country was 31.

According to mortgage service providers Lending Loop, the average age of first home buyers is now closer to 36, up from 25 in the 1970s. They say the main cause of this is soaring house prices, competition for homes and lenders requiring larger deposits.

Unfair reality facing thousands of young Australians​

 

[sptrawler]

This is all going to end badly IMO.
Increasing population, no increase in productivity or exports, can't end well.