That is great, congratulations.

Good on you, buddy. So when do you plan to bring your family over?

congrats :-)

If you don't mind me asking, how much were you offered? 100k? Probably with a probationary period and review afterwards?

Well, the road would be bumpy but put in courage and confident. Always stay positive and you'll get it.

They're offering 70k. It's better than expected coz based on current market situation.
Good thing is the company will review it after 3 mths. Well, take it 1st. After few years local exp then looking for better offer.
I think if ur salary exceed 130k, tax is higher and will make a small difference with people earning 80k. hmm....any advise?

Think what u re looking at is your base salary, if exceed 75k you ll be charge with a different tax threshold.

So if yours is 70k you're still in the level below the one I've mentioned. Does 70k includes super and everything?

Targeting before CNY. Thinking of celebrating here coz no holiday here for CNY. Hopefully can reunite with them soon. Miss them so much...

A 3 month review is good.

If you earn a lot, there are a lot of tax avoidance strategies you can. I didn't pay a cent of tax last year.

eg; I bought a tool box, put it my car and have over 20kg worth of tools. Thus I can legally claim my drive to an from work as tax deductible.

Nice one and congrats!

You can calculate your salary and tax from this website http://www.paycalculator.com.au/

Well, that's something informative. I think i need to spend some time to study on the tax issue.
May i know how much shall i earn to buy a house like 400k?A family of 4? I know this sounds pretty subjective but at least i had a guideline to prepare some $$ or has to sell my property back home to reduce the loan amount.

Thanks mate, will try to look into it. Ozzie tax quite complicated.
I was wondering to get part time job at nite. Like working in woolies or coles. But it's discouraging coz the tax they put on u.
Now i get it why people taking 1 job only.
Unless getting freelance job and request them to pay by cash...yeap, few hundreds maybe

Aussie's golden thumb of rule: Monthly repayment must not exceed 30% of your monthly salary or else you will be struggling
I believe $400k can get you a good house in outer suburb especially in Perth but if you prefer CBD area then you only can get maximum 2br apartments

Having 2 jobs have to pay more tax I guess? You can try to find a waiter job although the pay is low

Yeah, my house owner's sister is tax accountant. Telling me the same thing.
I guess i've to hit 100k then only can buy.
I saw houses in north perth ellenbrook selling 350k. entitled with FHOG, if labor party wins, FHOG will increase from 7k to 10k which only for new house.
I think labor party might not win this round coz ppl is frustrating with carbon tax! Long terms it's good for future but current situation, i don't think ang moh will buy that

FHOG used to be $20k and my friend was the last batch of getting it

But now $6k with half price of stamp duty(In Vic if that makes any difference)

That's the highest i heard too. My owners daughter got tat 1. Vic stamp duty is very expensive. WA still cost nth with property below 500k

$500k can get a 2br apartments in CBD. I don't like the way they sell the car park separately ($60k).

It will be hard for you to get a loan with 3 month contract only, unless you have a huge deposit from Malaysia, you probably can leave it for now. Not a lot of people are using FHOG now that it is only limited to new building. New buildings here are very badly built and high risk of not completing and completed totally different from the initial spec.

That's a very race chance but of course you have to do research before you buy it. I have lot of friends in architecture field and they know which developer is good and which is bad so that's a bit advantage for me if I want to get one

Most of my friends stays down south, never really been much to up north but the roads and structures all seems a bit dodgy, just based on my POV.

Down south seems more commercialised, a lot more stuffs to do.