10 Reasons Why NOT to Move to Australia

Depending on which blood line you look at, I’m a 4th generation Australian, 4th is the minimum, I could just as easily claim to be a 6th, and frankly if I could leave this over governed, over taxed land I would. We must be the only country looking at the States at the moment and thinking “well he might be objectionable but at least he’s brighter than our lot”. Governed by self serving, snout in the trough bell ends who are so indignant when they get their hands slapped yet will still happily put rules and regulations around every thing a person might reasonably want to do in a society. But that’s ok because 95% of Australians don’t bother with the law anyway, it really is a society where only the stupoid follow the rules. Christ I hate this place

Ahh yes Australia, its great for people who have lived relatively privileged lives, although such people never see themselves that way.

There is a dark underbelly in Australia, involving elements of society falling into pieces, and phenomena such as ignorant government policy, even persecution by government services.

Try telling the several people I know who grew up in a severe background of abuse and mistreatment, removed by “Child Protection”, separated from their other siblings barely even able to ever see them, and abused and mistreated in care for years. They deal every day with serious stress and emotional problems due to their experiences- mostly from in Child Protection. This is the experience in the “child protection” system in very recent years as well, not the distant past. Child Protection: We’ll have them smoking crack by age 13, guaranteed, then we’ll stack them into juvenile detention in preparation for their life in prison. Oh and child protection, they don’t really do anything if one of their disturbed 13-14 female wards is having regular unprotected sex with a much older HIV positve methamphetamine addict and dealer. The police? not interested unless you can provide basically video taped evidence, oh and her year old sister pregnant in same type of situation? Nothing done. You can’t but help that suspect that inwardly the police and child protection think “they are just worthless feral garbage anyway, who cares as long as our image is not damaged”.

Oh and if you remember from South Australia that awful pedophile working for Families SA that was all around the media here, he was one of their carers at one stage. Small world. They were blessed enough to personally know that individual who is imprisoned now for what 30 years?

My cousin, he is a nice friendly well behaved guy. But he has a legitimate moderate intellectual disability and is pretty obese. He is SHUNNED by society. He is clean, looks after his persona hygiene, polite, and tries to make new friends. But besides me he is alone basically ALL the time.

Due to his large size, he frequently cops random abuse when walking down the street- and has had various objects thrown at him from cars. Great incentive to exercise. Not that he has any parks or recreational facilities that he can access.

Many people in this country have a stringent set of ideas about how others should be, and if you don’t fit into that, to hell with you. They will judge.

My other cousin tells me of serious mistreatment and neglect of age care residents, which is covered up and swept under the rug. But the biggest problem is compromising safety issues to make more $$$,. and $$$ is the most important thing. BTW: Don’t put you parents in anywhere but the best aged care facility.

Many people here also dramatically ignorant on many issues but arrogantly opinionated, people are stereotyped by common attributes. Many people in Australia won’t necessarily say anything straight to your face- although some will- they will take action or talk behind your back, or simply exclude you.

Of course these problems are common in other countries- but not all these issues are as pronounced everywhere.

The reality is, I know various people stuck in situations of severe disadvantage and there is no obvious way out. “Try harder, get a better job”- that attitude is not realistic.

Hey I am sure Australia is great- like many places, if your not at the bottom of the ladder. And don’t go on about how great our welfare system is, because one of the young people I know is living on the street- he has a brain injury and very serious problems, but centrelink has cancelled his $300 approx payment per fortnight because he cannot deal with the pressure of attending all their job requirement nonsense.At 18 years of age, after many years stacks in a residential care facility by Child Protection, I had to teach him the most basic things: He did not even have any idea what a signature was, could not fill out forms, never been taught the most basic life skills. Recently we discovered that he had been buying a new bus ticket every time he got on a new bus or train, he was not aware that the tickets lasted for 2 hours.

Tip of the iceberg. You can like Australia, like many places Australia has a unique culture of its own serious issues and injustices.

Hi Bob,
Long time no talk. It’s been around 6 years since my post. It is funny how people mix between us!
To me the subject is not important any more, because I live far away. I found that it is just a matter of personal beliefs. Some people want to believe in something, they just do. After all, every country has its pros and cons. What is more important is what will happen to us when life is over!

Aus is not as dirty in fact it’s quite sterile and our obesity levels are lower than americas also we are in the top 20% for health care and our houses in the country side may be poor but we have regulation checks to make sure everything is okay as well as all that our neighbors are charming aswell as the neighbor hood that come together every year for a clean up!.

I live in Aus and these reasons are fake if u live in Sydney or Centeral Coast And Wollongong.Teenage people don’t attempt old people they don’t attack unless u steal their skateboard then ur dead.Secondly we don’t have to wear long sleeve pants and tops we all have tans exempts for baby’s.Thirdly our structures are safe all toilets clean and new we have made lots of progress with structures.And medical treatment is not a lot if u have madicate which every Australian has for themselves and kids
That is all meh reasons.

I’m Canadian, but have lived in Australia for two separate 6-month stints (once to study, and one failed attempt at a working holiday – let’s just say the holiday part went better than the work part). I’m married to an Aussie, and it looks like a move back over there may potentially be in the works as he’s graduating and looking for a job.

And, well, obviously this guy’s being overly negative about some things, but I can understand some. I can tell you that one thing I love about Canada that you can’t have in Australia is the ability to go outside for more than 10-15 min without risking sun damage to your skin. I learned this the hard way the first time I went there – it was February, and that being winter in Canada, I didn’t have sunscreen & figured I’d just buy it there. I spent about an hour and a half outside walking to the mall and back, and in that time, I got a sunburn on my lower back so bad that it blistered, I could barely move for a week, and I had tan lines for like 2 years (no exaggeration). The strong sun and the heat are definitely reasons one may not like many parts of Australia (personally, if we do move there, I’m hoping to end up in Victoria, where it runs a bit cooler).

The pests can be a legit reason to not like it as well. I can’t say I’m a fan of having to watch for cockroaches if I get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom… or finding dead ones in your coffee machine…. or finding them in the suitcase you accidentally left unzipped on the floor. And spiders, spiders everywhere. I hate spiders, but I got used it, I guess. That doesn’t mean everyone will.

Also, I actually laughed out loud about the bit where he said you were more likely to get attacked with glass. I used to go out dancing & for karaoke nearly every weekend, and I can honestly say that in the 6 months I studied there, I saw more fights involving broken drink bottles than I had seen in my entire life back in Canada (which is to say, I had never actually seen one in Canada, despite going out just as often).

One thats’ not on the list that drives me nuts is that restaurants won’t split bills for your table, which is annoying, PLUS it results in you needing to carry cash all the time… and the fact that many houses don’t have proper heating can be a pain, cos it does get chilly in the winter.

That said, there are lots of lovely things about Australia. Criticizing the people isn’t really fair – true, I found their culture to allow for more bluntness and value outgoingness much more than in Canada, which can take some getting used to (especially if you’re more introverted or sensitive). But it’s not really the end of the world. And I’ve met very many friendly, kind people there, many people who have been really open and welcoming.

And living in Canada, there are things I do miss about Australia – walking along the beach and looking into the tide pools, all the cool birds and lizards, the abundance of flowering trees, cheap groceries at Aldi, and the widespread availability of good, cheap Thai food 😛 The lack of a 6-month winter is nice (I like winter, but where I live, it does last about 5-6 months, and often gets down to -30 or colder).

I guess there are good and bad things about every place. Australia is no different.

australian houses are not bad
and all of this information is lies

Incredible First off I should perhaps complain to you Bob Let’s face it Fred and some of the others would as I should have done some work about an hour ago but I started reading this and Im still reading it so in line with some characters on here Id be justified complaining I have not done my work. Before anyone thinks Im serious, reading some on here they might think I am. This is compelling reading this bit Jillaroo summed it up I think, but how so few can misread things misinterpret is incredible. Still that’s what keeps me in a job generally the odd bit of stupidity. Before anyone mucks this up anymore. This site Bob In OZ is about helping people come to Aus Fred on the other hand decided to try and put forward reasons for not going to OZ so Bob in the interest of free speech put his comments on here but its only one page, the rest of this website is about helping people get to OZ, Most it seems got it but a few didn’t and Id hate anyone else to not understand. Bob is only allowing someone else to say why not to go to Aus Those reasons why not to go seem inadequte. But just like Brexit from those in UK …Cameron gone Boris gone Farage gone Oh and Roy Hogson That would surely count in Freds eye of another incredibly related reason not to go to Australia Now this place in all reality is not the be all and end all as in Utopia If you find that let me now me an 200 million others will be there. In Australia the land is not free neither is the water but the weather the atmosphere the civility is. Houses are affordable living is affordable and salaries are good and I speak with experience of living in USA West Coast, Holland, UK and travelled extensively. This is a whole bigger website than this page.with some comments verging on the lunatic. If you are looking at coming to AUS do not read this page and judge its the website Its Not.

Australia is only good in comparison to developing countries. As a 30 year old who was born in Sydney from immigrant parents all I can say is Australia is not good and not bad. The problem is the people are rude arrogant selfish with a colonial imperialist character. Not only ignorant dumb white Australians who know nothing about other cultures. But also other sneaky annoying Ethnic groups like Aboriginals or white Aboriginals who are desendents of the stolen generation who tend to be the rudest in Australia along with the arrogant recently arrived English, Irish and Scotish, then the decades ago Italians, Greeks, Lebanese, Turkish and the self hating Indians and Asians. All the ethnic groups I have mentioned above have slightly different characters from each other but all are considered unethical and disloyal when dealing with them as they are using false manipulative superficial attitudes when going to there business or when wanting something from you. As for the roads yes they are bad in comparison to other developed countries because of the weather and dodgy road workers not doing there job properly as an excuse to do the job again to earn more money. As for vehicle drivers driving with loud exhausts and four wheel drivers who like bullying people on the road they are all coward vehicle actions and they are not tough or intimidating at all. Other than that such as the people and racism. Life is very expensive in Australia especially Sydney were nearly all your income will get wasted on rent or mortgage, food, fuel for vehicles and income taxes. On top of that it depends who you are such as your ethnicity and which area or city you live in order to enjoy Australia. Generally Europeans in Australia have life very easy and comfortable by experiencing little or very minimal amounts of racism. But non Europeans such as Indians, Asians, Africans, Lebanese and other non European Ethnic groups experience life harder than people from northern European backgrounds who have settled in Australia. My adivce come to Australia for a vist only but don’t live here it’s not that pleasant or enjoyable.

You said not to swear, so I have to keep this clean. This despite the fact that you left out “swearing” as one of the reasons not to move to Australia… cos we love our swearing.. Now: this has been one of the most ridiculous articles I have ever read… I can’t believe that some people actually took you seriously…

It’s been a year since my arrival here. I arrived here with a job and have jumped to another even without a residency at the time.
I like how Australians play it down in general.
What am happy with and what really bothers me?
I’m happy with the culture of exchanging ideas on what to do over the weekend or how to barbecue the meat. I love it whenever we all have drinks and chill out. I love the nude beaches. I love it when people use gender neutral language such as partner instead of wife/husband. I love the way people give importance to fitness. Just because there’s free health care doesn’t mean that people eat away high calorie food. In fact, it’s the contrary. Free health care promotes people to be healthier. The environment is more collaborative than competitive. People have never asked me what religion I follow, which is a very common question asked in America.

What I don’t like?
A colleague told me he found a house in a certain suburb. I asked him if the owner was Asian. Instead of saying that the owner is Caucasian, he told me that the owner was Oz. This mentality of tagging Oz as Caucasian is what most people are insensitive about. Now, don’t ask me why I asked if his owner was Asian!
The cost of healthy products are much higher than unhealthy ones.
If an article is spreading on social media about the benefits of avocado, then the immediate effect of that would be a rise in the prices – $4/avo. Similarly, gluten free food is expensive. Really, the government must either control such pricing or provide a tax benefit for us not burdening the healthcare system. I struggle to understand why healthy goods are highest priced. I’d argue the contrary. If unhealthy food is priced high, then everyone eats healthy food and overall burden on healthcare will be reduced, eventually phasing out unhealthy food from the markets. Just akin to how cigarettes are priced high.

The quality of life is bonza.

Overall, I love Oz and am waiting to become a proud citizen.

Baaad, bad people, you say two kinds; in other words: mooslims & arabs. BOOH-YAAAAHHHH! 😛

PS: ” visit Fred’s blog”… yet fails to hyperlink it anywhere these words are typed.
LMAO.. LAME-O!!

That’s all a lie Australia is a Beautiful Country the land of the free home of the Great barrier Reef much more this is just a Another bunch of bull you fine on the Internet