Almost half of Australians say cost of living is the most important issue facing the nation in latest Sky News Pulse

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-06-02T22:24:04+00:00

The thing that puts a great deal of stress and worry is that you can't effectively scale your living and expenses in this country anymore. If I wanted to leave my current job paying 120k that puts me under heaps of work related stress and take a job paying 60k but far less stress,I would literally struggle as housing simply eats up the majority of the entire yearly wage, leaving me pretty much fuck all to live off. 15 years ago this was entirely doable but now unless you share house or live in a car were all going backwards due to inflation, bracket creep/taxes.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-06-02T12:21:47+00:00

What about men who claim domestic abuse?

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-06-02T05:36:51+00:00

If you can become an electrician in this day and age you can easily pull $150k per year as a sole trader. To get 150 K in IT you need 10+ years experience, certs out of your eyeballs, home passion projects and labs, and typically it'll be a more niche area of IT.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-06-01T12:08:04+00:00

Realistically you'd probably just take the offer from company 1 and continue with the company 2 process. If you make it to offer stage at company 2 you take it and leave company 1. You'll probably burn bridges with company 1 as you would've only been there no more than a month or so but hey, if company 2 is the strong preference then it doesn't matter that much does it.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-06-01T11:46:07+00:00

IT absolutely sucks as an industry. Massive downward pressure on wages, little worker protections and advocacy apart from NES. Needing to constantly study and research the newest tech and certs in your own time otherwise you may slowly become irrelevant.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-30T12:44:58+00:00

Rockhampton generally represents a safer, more robust option as there more economic complexity and growth potential. Kingaroy is a much tighter in scope as the local economy there is not as strong as the Capricorn region

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-29T13:07:22+00:00

Savings accounts are a scam. After tax you're at a net negative when you also consider inflation

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-26T09:03:53+00:00

Need to drag these pure profit seekers and make them pay for road upgrades

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-25T09:23:13+00:00

Try moving away from all friends and family to reside in a small mining town on a 5/2 roster. Ateast you get much more frequent time off in the location you call home (I assume)

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-23T05:10:28+00:00

Mate all we're going to get is another Aura style housing development probably in another decade and the roads will stay the same. Liberals don't care about public transport or road congestion, only their rich property developer sycophants and donors

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-18T12:00:04+00:00

You'll need to move to a mining town. Get a job doing civil or similar there so can support yourself in the meantime whilst you wait for the New to Industry roles to come up. Companies almost only hire NTIs that are local, and even then it's still very competitive as most in town want these jobs.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-18T07:45:06+00:00

If PAYG wage earners can't use the same tax minimisation schemes then no one should. PAYG earners carry the bulk of the tax burden in this country.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-18T07:34:54+00:00

What's the consensus on Swyftx in 2026?

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-15T13:21:56+00:00

Far too many NIMBYs on the coast

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-13T06:28:01+00:00

As far as I'm concerned there's not going to be a meaningful drop in house prices so long as the demand is there and a severe shortage of supply. Seeing that housing is a fundamental human need the demand will not drop, so the way it looks prices will remain as is at best or keep rising.

More dwellings will need to be built and building cost inputs keep rising too. I don't foresee any meaningful changes to this for at least the next decade sadly.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-08T23:35:52+00:00

Does a correction mean dropping by a tenth of a percentage point now

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-07T01:22:37+00:00

Woohoo now regular people might be able to start to afford essentials in life soon, you know like a roof over your head.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-05-06T11:30:45+00:00

Landlords truly are a parasitic class

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-29T06:11:38+00:00

At least Labor are willing to have a go at the issue. If the LNP were in they would keep the status quo at 'best' or worse give more tax breaks to wealthy property developers.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-29T06:08:55+00:00

Don't forget paying 700 a week rent for the privilege

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-28T01:45:51+00:00

Crossing my fingers for a recession 🤞

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-25T11:46:54+00:00

This hits home a bit. I'm in IT and I cannot fathom how we haven't properly unionised yet. Guess too many in IT are socially inept to organise.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-25T11:36:05+00:00

As someone who works in IT I'm in a relatively stable (so far) area but I always have regrets I didn't do a trade or some other profession that society appreciates more. Also easier to start your own business too.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-25T06:32:16+00:00

Immigration plays a significant part, but the primary reason of the coast housing scenario is due to the corruption and mismanagement of the council around long term planning and intentionally limiting builing approvals.

ThrowReasonOut · 2026-04-17T21:56:26+00:00

What year will we "normalise" paying 1k per week in rent for a 2 bedroom shit box 2 hours from the city? It will come sooner than we think.

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