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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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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
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….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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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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Had Enough of Australia, Want to Move to England!

18 November 2009 Australia vs UK
writing

No, not me…….. And now for something completely different……. There are always two sides to every coin, of course. One of my more controversial categories has been “Cost of Living — Australia” which has attracted several comments doubting the validity of my findings. As if! One woman in particular, Vivienne, felt that Australia was NOT [...]

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The Cost of Living in Australia: Buying Toys.

11 November 2009 Cost of Living - Australia
toys

Oh My Word It’s Nearly Christmas! If you think Christmas creeps up on you in the UK, imagine what it is like living here in Australia when, during the middle of the summer, Christmas trees start sprouting up in the shopping malls. It frightened me the other day I can tell you. I’ve already given [...]

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Cost of Living in Australia: The Price of Spirits.

5 November 2009 Cost of Living - Australia

In this, the final instalment in my trilogy covering the cost of living in Australia for alcohol, I am looking at the cost of spirits. Previously we have looked at beer and wine costs here in Australia and compared them with those in England. So far, beer is more expensive here in Australia and wine [...]

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