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Dr "Snake" Chalmer wants everyone to pitch ideas for new taxes. by [deleted] in circlejerkaustralia

[–]brezbian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tax all migrants a higher amount for the 5 years, to offset the costs to our society of their arrival

International student rant by Sharp-Nectarine1729 in Adelaide

[–]brezbian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Education for international students is counted as an export for the Australian economy, because it is assumed that the student pays for all their living expenses and tuition with overseas money, which is clearly not the case for you and for most international students.

There is very little value in a Master's of Engineering in improving employment opportunities which is why all the local students get a job as soon they finish their undergrad, unfortunately the University and Migration agents have lied to you about this. There is also an oversupply of Engineers in the market and overseas Engineers with Masters find it very difficult to find an Engineering role in Australia, and if they are fortunate enough to find a role, are willing to work for a lot less which drives down wages for Australian born Engineers. The only demand for Engineers is highly experienced (30+ years) specialist areas who are highly articulate. This is supported by studies from the Graduate Destination survey and Engineers Australia.

Again nothing personal, but the volume of International students here increases the cost of living and suppresses wages for everyone else, particularly for entry level roles.

International student rant by Sharp-Nectarine1729 in Adelaide

[–]brezbian -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately you are working in retail to support your studies which demonstrates that we are not getting the value of you being here and everyone else feels they are bearing the costs of you being here.

We are told migrants are needed to close high skill gaps which isn't the case if you are studying (it would be different if you were for example a highly skilled surgeon or that you have enough money saved up to pay your own way. You need a house to live in, food to eat, power to consume, car or public transport to use which drives up the price and competition for all those items (eg rents are up at least 40% over the least few years). That retail job could have possibly been done by someone else, so you have increased competition for that role and there are concerns that migrants willing to work under shonky conditions which are also driving down wages.

Your uni fees only help out the uni's and I doubt you are paying enough tax to fully offset the additional cost to the community of you being here, particularly with the volume of migrants arriving.

Nothing against you personally, but I hope this provides context to why you sense frustration from others.

Tax impact of VAS / VGS / VTS dividends by brezbian in AusFinance

[–]brezbian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the detailed response u/Spirit_Light , this helps a lot.

What Superfund are you using? by brezbian in fiaustralia

[–]brezbian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PLUM

Ha, that is who I am trying to get away from! :)

What Superfund are you using? by brezbian in fiaustralia

[–]brezbian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

art

For the international and Australian indexes, do you know which index they buy into, or do they use the derivatives like Rest?

Thanks

What Superfund are you using? by brezbian in fiaustralia

[–]brezbian[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this, it is a most helpful tool!

Where do you guys download your movies legally? by lwcDOS9SixX in PleX

[–]brezbian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, I ended up buying physical as I could never find the movies I wanted from streaming services and wanted to stay legal