Is difficult question. Better lifestyle is really a very subjective thing and many times reality is different from what we imagine it to be.

I've friends who migrated from Singapore to Melbourne and came back after a few months because kids don't like it. But there are others that like it also. Some times it's difficult to predict how kids will respond. It's common for migrant kids to develop self hate and cannot adapt well and blame their parents for migrating.

My feel is if you're upper middle to upper class, no problems with either country, cos money is not a problem and you and your family can comfortably enjoy the lifestyle aspects.

If you're middle class working professional and more ambitious kind, go SG better, cos easier to find a professional jobs in SG because of cultural similarity. Difficult to "climb" corporate ladder in Aus. Think SG is closer to rest of Asia which is expected to be where all the opportunities are in the next decade or so.

But if you and your family big on lifestyle, certainly Aus has more variety, not necessarily better.

Even for the locals Oz, they aren't having it good. Wages are also depressed now and stagnated. Businesses hire cheaper and hungrier migrants of which a newly minted PR will go for.

There is a lot of promise and dream in an Australia PR. Promise of skills shortage, high wages... Etc... In Singapore, the PR is a lot more pragmatic. You get a job, you stay there for a while, you get a PR and U continue from there. In Oz, U spend loads of money, pursue a dream, pass the point system and pack your bags and U may get the shock of your life after looking for jobs.

It is happening to Singapore also, but Australia is having a much more painful time staying competitive. It is used to making tons of money digging from the ground. Now that demand has slowed, it needs to compete with the rest of the world.... Otherwise it becomes selling properties to each other and selling latte to each other..

Singapore on the hand, need to survive without much resources since day 1.