Hey guys, chill chill

This is a place for sharing and not character assassination battlefield. I graduated from Aust UNI and now is working in Australia as well. IMHO, racism is happening everywhere. I believe this is human nature. You will tend to side your own race and try to benefit your own 'people' first than the others.

I agree to a certain extend with Mercury that the 'whites' are racist. BUT NOT everyone. No doubt about it, they are humans as well. But, on the other hand, they are the one who are friendly, polite and treat others with respects. It is very obvious and you can see it through daily conversation. I do not condemn them because of their racism. Look at our own mother country, Malaysia. Chinese is one of the race fighting for Malaysia's independence, but till today some minister is still saying 'Chinese' are foreigners/pendatang asing. That is really an insult and much worse compared to the racism happened in Australia.

Mercury, just because you overheard some/minority whites' conversation, you basically generalized the entire situation saying the whites are racist. That is not fair. I am working in IT telco industry here. I can tell you that the senior management level in this industry in fact consists more of Indians than the whites. Although the top management (the C levels) is still dominated by whites. As I said, it is understandable, you want your own people to hold all the important positions.

+2 well said.

Yes, I totally agree with you. The whites are more straightforward and blunt in their conversation, but the thing is that they do not take those words personally. Whites who are capable are arrogant, no doubt. I worked with a few of them. As you said, suck it up and also be positive. Learn a few tricks/knowledge from them as well and it will definitely benefit you.

If you are talking about Sydney, then 650K, you can get a 2 bed room apartments with 2 bathrooms in areas like Ashfield, Strathfield, 10-20KM away from Sydney CBD. if you are lucky, probably a 3 bedrooms apartments. The house price in Sydney is very high.

Being 'muslim' does not give him the bumiputera rights, he will be just a normal citizen. Sometimes, I do not understand how the government thinks. They should be happy that foreigners/expatriates are keen to become the Malaysia PR because they are the higher income group.

I shared the same sentiment as you. I am also currently working in aust but misses the life in Malaysia. The life in aust is really boring. No place to lepak2 after work. I am not a beer drinker at all.

We cannot have the best of both world. If you really cannot take it anymore, just go back to Msia to find your destined 'gal' You still always can earn well in Malaysia.

That's interesting. I have a couple of friends who are not given bumiputera'ship even though one of the parent is bumiputera. That's why I do not think by just converting to Muslim, practicing 'Malay' custom will get him bumiputera.

Window shopping in wollies or coles??!!! What is there to window shop hehe Groceries??!!

Even the job is listed in the demand list skill, it does not mean that you are able to get a job easily in Oz. Their hiring process is very much different from Malaysia. They paid very detailed attention your experience and always preferred with local experience. So landing the first job is always the toughest.

If it is for your kiddos, you can always send them here to study and apply for PR and eventually get a job. That is the easier path.

You still can lodge the PR application offshore, provided you have enough points eg. age bracket, skill and etc warrants you different points, even you do not have a job. The PR application may take from months or years to be approved. Apart from that, you can also get those visiting while working visa. Try to visit the migration website, they provide very comprehensive information on the visas that they offer.

The easiest way to work in Oz is to get your company to sponsor you if you company has an office in Oz. Every year, the government will revise the migration regulations. Of course, candidates with working experience will be preferred but if you think that getting a job in Oz is easy, even you have a PR, then you will be disappointed.

It does not matter whether you are a SG, UK PR or whatever, Oz is quite consistent in PR application. Everyone has to go through the same process. You will be awarded PR if your point is sufficient.

Hopefully you get your job. It is not easy to land a job in Oz if that is your first one, what's more you are applying offshore. If the company hires you, you can try to negotiate with the company to sponsor you the PR. Company sponsored PR will give you more edge over others in getting PR.

Hey dude!! That is a personal attack. Are you her dad? Tell that to your sons or daughters.

If the company in Australia wants to hire you, you can get your employer sponsored visa (457) within 3-4 months which can last you for 4 years before it expires.

I believe by hooking up an employee to a company successfully, your company will be earning commission or fees from both parties. It is a workable practice in Oz but definitely not in Msia. For those employees who barely get take home pay of AUD 3-4K, they may have to work 2 - 3 months in order to get some positive earnings.

If you are planning to extend this methodology to Malaysia, good luck with that.

Super is EPF in Malaysia terms.

Most of the migration agencies will only charge you the agent fees when your PR application is approved. If your application failed, they will have to refund you fully. You better check that out with your agency. AUD1200 is kind of cheap compared to other agencies that I know.

Working and earning dollars sounds nice. However, the living cost in Oz is also very 'nice' especially these 2 years. Rentals, public transport, utilities bill are getting higher and higher. If the employer here does not offer you a good salary package, I doubt the money you save (even after converting to RM) will be more than what you are saving in Msia.

Lucky you! salary increment every 6 months. Are you planning to go back to Msia eventually? Where are you base?

half yearly performance review is common but salary review half yearly is not really common, normally is yearly increment. I am not in the education section, never know there is such a law. It is a good policy though, taking care of the employees.

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Added on September 22, 2012, 10:39 pmI am based in Sydney. I am only having yearly increment. however, the increment really cannot catch up with the inflation/cost of living in Sydney. It is getting out of hands.

This post has been edited by naleh33: Sep 22 2012, 10:39 PM

Can't really compared that way because we earn and spend in Australia itself. Looking at the bright side, there is at least an increment.

After working for 2 years under Visa 457, you can get the company to sponsor you the permanent visa. Company will also want to safeguard their interest. If they apply for permanent visa for you straightaway, you can always resign anytime and leave for another company, using them as stepping stone.