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Cost of Living – Australia

Australia’s Soaring Electricity Prices

23 June 2010 Cost of Living - Australia
goswitch

Cost Of Living in Australia: Electricity Revisited Every year here in Australia electricity prices rise in every state (except Victoria, I’ll come to that later) by a percentage which is agreed by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). Here in Queensland, the agreed percentage increase for the year 2010/11 was 13.29%; it struck me [...]

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Is This the Biggest Butcher’s Shop in the World?

12 May 2010 Cost of Living - Australia
offers

No! Well, I doubt it. But it is certainly the biggest butcher’s shop I’ve ever been into. A couple of weeks ago we were making our way to Eagle Farm Racecourse for another day at the races. But as can happen here in Australia, and often does, the weather turned very quickly. When we woke [...]

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Wine Glut? How Can There Be A Wine Glut?

14 April 2010 Cost of Living - Australia
wine

Apparently, there’s too much wine. I said to Mrs BobinOz, “Apparently there’s too much wine” and she said “That’s ridiculous! How can you have too much wine?” Precisely. So what’s the story? Apparently, we have too many vineyards, have produced way too many grapes, resulting in far too much wine which is outstripping demand. Australia [...]

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The Cost of Living in Australia: House Prices Revised

12 March 2010 Cost of Living - Australia

I have always stated on this blog that Australia’s houses are cheaper than those in the UK. But as property values fall back in Britain and the pound versus the Australian dollar tumbles, I am forced to relook look at the figures. If you want to check out my original post, you can read it [...]

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Cost of Living in Australia and UK: Cities Compared

17 December 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
money

….and some other cities too. In my category “Cost of Living – Australia” I have looked at the costs of a wide range of essential items ranging from electrical goods to groceries, from houses to ambulance fees and from toys to booze. At the start of the exercise I suggested that there wouldn’t be too [...]

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Cost of Living in Australia: Stamp Duty.

10 December 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
stamp duty

The cost of stamp duty in Australia and England compared. We have already looked at the cost comparisons when buying a house in Australia compared with England, but what about the stamp duty? Which country is cheapest? And the winner is………… England! There, that was straight to the point wasn’t it? No big build up, [...]

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Ambulance Fees in Australia – State to State

4 December 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
ambo

As promised, here is my post on ambulance charges from state to state in Australia. Between the two of us, me and Google know everything! As my knowledge on ambo fees is restricted to Queensland, I turned to Google for the rest. First, I downloaded a 21 page document from the Victorian Ambulance Service detailing [...]

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Cost of Living in Australia: School Fees

26 November 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
school

In a previous post where I discussed cost of living comparisons, I promised (rather foolishly I think) to try to unravel school fee variations from state to state. I am often saying what a big country Australia is, perhaps I should bear that in mind when I make such rash promises! The BobinOz rough guide [...]

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