mine is mentioned earlier, one of those business disciplines but not accounting

as for the PR i can understand the whole situation... I am not eligible for PR after uni, but all the IT and Accounting students got PRs a few weeks after graduating. My discipline has hundreds, but not the 10s of thousands that IT and Accounting has. They get PR without being that good at English (age points, or you can take IELTS as many bloody times as you want) or without any experience, proof of their skills/ability... seriously just a pass degree

i hope mine doesnt get taken off

they flagged a lot this time, dunno

those PRCs who can't get 7 are not going to get interviews anyway

many can get 7, just brute force... you do it enough and you can

yeah i know that's why it's quite hard for us honest ppl

i only wish i could stay

money is not the biggest thing, but there are enough people here on graduate salaries (first job out of school) that, after conversion to ringgit, are higher than what many 50 yo ++ experienced workers in Malaysia earn.

conversion not fair you say? costs high in Australia? dollar for dollar, starting pay in Australia can still be 30% to 50% higher, easily. dollar for dollar avg house price in Sydney and KL are comparable. groceries wise, I'm a really big eater here (eat a lot not weigh a lot), $15 can supply two fresh, high quality (no processed or instant shit) meals containing meat, vegetables and carbs for two big-eating persons and still have food to spare. Barely $4 a meal so if you are not a massive eater maybe $2 or $3 is enough. Try finding this in KL. RM4 for your groceries per meal. Even a mixed rice at RM4 is not a lot of food.

Australian weather is pretty nice - except for the hot summers. But it is not hot year round.

Workers here (well the line I am hoping to get into) are friendly, sophisticated, mature. They like to work efficiently and smart. It's argued some are overpaid and I don't dispute that. But it's something I've yet to observe or experience in Malaysia (they exist but very rare)

I got all 8/9 but still waiting for TR news, very unlucky I started uni before end 2011

Anyone knows what date SOL change is to be announced?

Any idea when the SOL will be released? I know it was mentioned here last year's was in June. Hoping this year it's sooner but when?

http://www.afr.com/p/national/professional...z0ddmX778vUf34H

Walao don't scare me. From internet searches it was first week of June last year...

taxes paid to the Australian government pay dividends in the form of superior public transport systems, certain medical/pharmaceutical benefits, higher education, etc. not to mention incomes are relatively higher in Australia so income net of tax is in most cases still higher (most people don't make enough to go over the 40%+ tax rate)

Malaysian tax rates are by no means low... check out Hong Kong and Singapore. Australia's high tax rate is typical of a mature and developed Western country. No matter how little or much tax you pay in Malaysia it still seems wasted.

shopping centre and supermarket operating hours vary by location and operator... you can still go out late at night and get food in many places, but certainly won't find things like those 24-7 mamaks everywhere - try to live in a busier place

geographically, Australia is only a few hours further from Europe than Malaysia is. this is a poor argument. Malaysia would be considered quite far from Europe already. ASEAN sure, but even that is highly accessible from Australia.

any education would be "good" when compared to a shit one, but let me tell you Australia is not known for cheap or good education... great country but education is generally expensive and quality is highly debatable

the 'other changes' that are sudden I cannot anticipate. what I am concerned about are the 1 July changes and what time they will be made known. the sooner the better because it could have big implications.

last year it was made known almost a month in advance. for a TR application that is plenty of time. my time related issue has to do with graduation, rather than the announcement of the news.

from what I read, it's just VETASSESS. would you care to elaborate? also it only requires that you've applied, not that you've succeeded, at the time you apply.

i don't foresee any issues with assessment unless SOL changes

really hoping for no change to the SOL. friggin life or death situation.

1 July is terrible timing, a week later would've been ok. it will matter for me if the SOL changes. if not, great.

there are a lot of other problems with 1st semester that have nothing to do with PR

as for the visa it expires september, so it's about the same as 2nd semester or a bit less

my problem is not related to the student visa expiry... even if I was a 2nd semester graduate for this year, I would still have the SOL problem... you can't change things unless you shifted everything through time

AUD interest rates are at a historic low. They might go up in the short term, but very slowly.

If you change back to MYR and can find high interest savings products, that might minimize your losses.

seemed ok over the phone

you will see this a lot in Australia... the people manning IELTS, vetassess, post office are all migrants...

so are the migrants hating on future migrants?

wow, too good to be true? living costs?!

3 years for IT PR because no Australian study points?

I see, sounds like a dorm. But you say "city" like it's a dense metropolis.

Wow, band 5.

I see, no idea about 186. Myself I'm probably gonna go 485 and then 189. Already have the all 8 IELTS but unfortunately did not study Accounting or IT. Very difficult to get a 457.

interesting point

leaving as in stepping out of the compound?

why what's with the 'locals'?

walao so top secret and locked down

ppl family in there?

sob story but the problem is this individual is underqualified for a lot of jobs. not only trade jobs but graduate skilled jobs too. when some of the brightest people are being turned down because of competition, you need more than just a random Master's. you need a great deal of luck, know how to sell yourself and build networks, and target.


oh wasn't aware of this problem. cos i thought usually you could buy AUD, then send that over to Australia. sending enough of it back should satisfy them without having to make an initial large deposit. doesn't make sense, but im sure you've checked out other banks

of cz those long-time migrant Australians may not always like the quality of new migrants

but new migrants in general face much greater hurdles... altho it depends, sometimes the later you come in the better since the rules keep on changing

anyone live or work in Sydney?

just wanted some advice on renting

checking out CBD studios circa $300 pw

then I know students in eastern suburbs pay $220+ pw anyway in shared houses

$300 worth it if near office?