BS. Income has nothing to do with taxes. Its purely a function of supply and demand unless yr on min wage. Im surprised someone like u fail to get something simple like that yet aspire/is working for ib. To put it simply to u so u can understand, an investment banker in SG will earn ALOT more than an ibanker in aus simply bcoz SG has a demand for these ppl as a financial hub.

The more the demand the less the supply = the more the pay. The inverse holds true too. Its simple basic economics!

Hey, try Redfern in Sydney.
Real interesting neighbourhood

Though Penrith is far, that area is quite nice. They have a big WestField shopping mall there and the house price is still quite affordable and there is a train station which you can take to CBD anytime. If you buy your first house, you may even entitled for regional relocation grant.

Please guide me, yoda.

Haha, but I do not see the point to go in group. Got group discount meh The less who knows, the better 

why would anyone punch me? unless I refuse to pay after patronizing LOL.

Well, lets hope I get lucky on the job hunt

Again i don't know what you mean by boring. I don't find living in a farm outskirts of major towns in australia as interesting at all. I've lived in a huge house where i have to drive 10 min just to buy groceries and its quiet and dark as hell at 8.00pm with barely anyone.

Btw  it is much easier to save the money need for downpayment on a sgd 300k hdb in sg as compared to aud 300k house in aussie due to lower taxes and lower cost of living

We have topics that discuss jobs in Singapore and Australia actively, so I take that these are the top 2 career destinations out of the country for Malaysia. In terms of Australia, as mentioned it is a hot spot, but what about New Zealand? We aren't getting much talks about New Zealand when it's relatively close to Australia as well. What makes Australia preferred than NZ?

Architecture consider not bad. I suggest you can work as freelance in drafting drawing for council approval ex. house design.
Many architect dun wanna work in the firm and work as freelance here for time freedom. Each council drawing approval cost $1.5-2k. Just like 5-8 piece drawing only, if 10 house u design for 10 client, not bad for a freelance earner.
Now, they're really high demand in this area.
If you wish to come, suggest you apply for PR since architecture profession still in SOL list.
Apply thru sub-class 189 or 190

Most of my friends in Melbourne are Architects and I have to agree that the pay is very low compare to other professional jobs but it also depends which company you working with. They mostly deal with high rise building and apartments and not really into landed house.

You're right. Architect here doesn't earn much coz they're living in a damn kampung place and dun wanna go for big city! Draughtmen here earning better than architect.
I saw architect like chiplak here, always bullied by supervisor. Some can't stand the pressure, so work freelance lor.
Those house design you're saying are those big company using copy and paste design to sell and build. very dull design but better than KL which majority house are uniform.
What i'm saying here is the private client who wish to build their own house at their own land. These ppl dun like the unifrom design out there. You get wat i mean?

what is the average rental per week(just want to rent a room or getting the whole apartment or house is cheaper)?
how much will it cost if i were to use public transport(per day)?
Any advise on the tax, not very sure about the tax i need pay?

Did not expect the rental was that high to rent a room. since 200 -300 a week which mean 800 - 1200 a month just for rental and what about transportation (using bus) what the rate?
So say suppose my salary is 50k per annum (haven deduct tax). will it be enough for me to survive there?

That's not answering my question. My question is more towards cost of living ie. how much do I need to maintain the same level in Australia vs. Malaysia. Some of the calculators on the internet show that cost of living in Sydney/Melbourne/Perth is double that of in an expensive part of KL. I've been to Sydney, Melbourne, Perth but only as a tourist over several weeks and those places are expensive.

I don't make RM300k but if we truly need double the salary to maintain the same standards then it does look pretty daunting...

Find that quite hard to believe as a student who lives in ACT after growing up in KL and has travelled to Melbourne and Sydney, and even Perth, Brisbane, and Gold Coast years ago.

Of course I don't live in Sydney so I might not have the full picture but feel free to elaborate.
When we talk about costs like these (and ignore FX rates) we also need to account for relative salary. It's much higher in Australia. In KL a grad might get 3,000 monthly if lucky (plenty of evidence on this forum that many get below that even in what's seen as high performing industries, and Jobstreet will confirm this), which translates to 36,000 pa. Let's ignore SOCSO, EPF, and taxes for now. A Sydney or Melbourne grad can easily get 60,000 pa, sometimes 80,000 pa. We're talking service industry and not working in mines or oil fields. You may want to account for maybe 25% taxes since the starting taxes for income above AUD 18k is around 17-20% if I remember correctly. Even then it's 45,000 to 60,000.

Now I can observe (anecdotal, not fact or statistics) there are plenty of things that cost the same nominal units of money in either country. A restaurant meal (MYR 30 or AUD 30). A suit jacket. A house or apartment unit (~500k).

Now the Australian salary starts at a much higher base. Assuming equal growth, equal performance, comparable economic conditions blah blah the Australian is gonna have a much higher pay in several years' time. Who is better off?

$7 sounds cheap for fast food. Is that location highly accessible, or is that price point common, or is the portion big enough, i.e. will many people be able to enjoy $7 meals too?

$20 for a proper shirt sounds like it's been discounted quite a bit and in KL you can also get 3-shirt or 2-shirt specials all year round for quite cheap, quality stuff. Where do you shop in Malaysia? We have some of the cheapest goods around the region and it attracts so many people from Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Hi Guys,

Any network engineers working in Australia? Looking for a network engineer position in Australia with 3 years experience in Singapore. Already equipped with a valid working VISA in Australia and have been applying around for the past few months but without success.

Any tips or recomendations?

Thanks

Hello Divine,

Looking at Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and even Perth.

Are you holding the position yourself or you are a headhunter?

thanks

I graduated in 2012 and start working in 2013. Anyone in the engineering industry will tell you that is tough to get a job in 2012. If you google "engineering redundancy", there is a lot of big consulting companies making redundancy in 2012 and 2013 (post-mining boom). Number wise, out of 220 graduates, only 30+ managed to secured a job. Only 5 of them are international students.

In regards to economic prospect, Malaysia is certainly better than Australia (in Civil & Structural Engineering at least). The problem with Australia is people are being paid too much and their productivity & talent does not justified their paycheck. That is precisely why all the car manufacturer shut down their plant in Australia. There is no real economic output from Australia. The only thing that keep Australia afloat now is education and migrants bringing in money to Australia.

Due to high cost, many of the large consulting companies outsourced their work to their overseas office. My charge-out rate per hour is AUD 220. My colleague in Malaysia (graduated from G8 unis as well) have a charge out rate of RM 100 ringgit. This means that he is "6 times more cheaper than me". Hence, engineers in Australia nowadays seldom do the design work. They only do the client facing role and package the work to be sent overseas. Working in Australia hampers my technical development. You only do project management and simple technical calculations for small projects. All the big and interesting stuff was designed overseas. 20 years from now, Australia won't have a strong engineering workforce (*discount migrants from overseas).

As if why Malaysia or Asia collectively is better, I will reserve that for my next post. Running out of time, need to head out for dim sums with friends. TA.

Hi, greeting to all, have read through the comments here, which are very useful, thanks.
Would like to seek opinion about working in Australia.
Currently working in Malaysia but got an offer as engineer in a quite sizable project management & consulting company in Australia. The job is related to my profession, gratefully. However, the position title offered is of course lower than what I am currently having, but it doesnt really matter, right? The question is, to take up the job or stay put...The salary is offered is not fantastic, but according to people I talked to, enough to survive with some saving. 
Would like to listen to opinion / view, what motivate you guys live in Australia? The more balancing life? Heard also about the life in Australia is not as rosy as thought. Not saying Malaysia is great, but one can still live comfortably here.
Should I take up the chance and give a try? Relocation is not really an issue for now as married with no kid yet. Besides, what will be the consequence if the working visa is processed but didnt go ahead to work in the end? If accept the offer, can the company take any action?
Dilemma, hope you guys can shield some lights...