At Murdoch's income scale, it make sense to be taxed overseas.

General income earner with expectation of the lifestyle in Australia will grumble but bear with it.

congratulations! what is your profession?

IT, Network Engineer. Applied under 190 and 189, and I got the 189 within 1 week time.

Just got my pr visa granted subclass 190 moments ago ......

Congratulations!

I'm just starting to apply.
Have to go for IELTS, assessment by Engineers Australia (my degree is accredited), and start filling form80
Tons to do!

need any advice feel free to pm me bro

Wow 1 week? Didn't expect the process to be that fast.
When will you be leaving for OZ? Are you based in Victoria?

and your ielts score?

Thanks, I do need help, appreciate it.
My aunts are citizens there. Should I apply for 189/190 as well or should I go for family sponsored visa?

you sure about that?

I am not 100% sure but I read a relatively recent report that compared Australia's tax rates with other OECD or developed countries and Australia's rates were not amongst those identified as being the highest.

Not sure if they are higher than Australia's but Scandinavian and British tax rates are very high too. US citizens get taxed twice.

Family sponsored route almost impossible to get. They have scaled that down tremendously.
Best go for 189/190

Hello there! just checking if there is any blog or link that I can refer to on regards working in Sydney? My current company is hiring the same post as me in Sydney office. I would love to give it a try but not sure about the cost of living, rental fee, culture and stuff.. would anybody gimme some advice on this please ?

IELTS score average 8.0, I hit 9.0 on Listening if i recalled correctly.

IELTS was tough, I failed 2 times (not exactly fail but everytime one of the module touch 6.5) but eventually made it through on the third time.

I will be based on anywhere in Australia as subclass 189 is not limited to any state, so I am free to go anywhere as I wish to go... but so far Melbourne is at the top of my list followed by Sydney.

Excellent. Just curious, which module u got 6.5? Which one is the hardest?

writing will always be the hardest , the rest is easy

First time writing, second time speaking.

Both depend on whoever that is marking your paper / speaking at that point of time. Unlike listening and reading.

2 major hurdles getting in here.

1) Getting PR (IELTS is shit)
2) Getting a job (no local experience give you shit)

Well, getting IELTS in Malaysia is easier than in Oz. But obviously Oz is making hell money of you guys

Ic. Speaking is the most difficult module for me in Ielts and the biggest hurdle for me in securing a PR. I got 6.5 only, but I need at least a 7. Already taken Ielts once in Malaysia, not too sure how many times I need to retake to get at least all 7.

Australia like bez only. I saw all those segi/inti gai and gurls go there pick apple/ pick grapes, earn more than those fresh grad sitting in office in kl.