Seems like no hope for single earner to buy a landed house 🥲

All fine and dandy until you realise there’s a negative cashflow element when negative gearing.

I’m not sure why the media likes to portray it as a free ride to riches.

It is a great policy if your income is above $180k.

Imagine paying less tax for buying a property that’ll increase in capital.

It’s a policy made by greedy politicians to make the rich richer

How's the jam in Australia during rush hour? One of the stress contributor in Klang Valley is the bloody jam to and back from work.

Salary if I work and stay I Australia on employment visa, am I taxed as Australia resident or foreign tax resident in Australia?

Salary if I work and stay I Australia on employment visa, am I taxed as Australia resident or foreign tax resident in Australia?

You’ll be a foreign tax resident. Australian tax resident is only applicable for PRs and citizens.

Thank you for the reply. As foreign tax resident, will I be taxed on my foreign sourced income (investment) or only my Australia pay?

You’ll be a foreign tax resident. Australian tax resident is only applicable for PRs and citizens.

You’ll be a foreign tax resident. Australian tax resident is only applicable for PRs and citizens.

Hi All,

I’ve been browsing Lowyat Forum on and off for the past decade or so and I’ve seen a lot of threads every now and then that centres around the topic of moving to Australia. There’s a lot of good information on here, but there’s also an equal amount of misconceptions about living and working in the land down under.

One saying that I’ve come across a lot which stands true is that the grass is not always greener on the other side, and this is something that I’ve always kept at the back of my mind when I was planning the big move. I’ve seen many migrants struggling as they did not deliberate enough when making the decision to uproot their established lives in Malaysia to give what they perceive as the land of opportunity a go.

I have a bit of time to spare over the next week, so I’d be happy to shed light on and provide some first-hand insights into moving, living and working in Australia. Some context about myself to kick start the AMA:

- I obtained my Australian permanent resident visa prior to the COVID pandemic
- I moved early 2022 at the tail-end of COVID border restrictions
- I am English-educated while my wife is Chinese-educated
- My wife and I are in our early 30s
- We are both currently working in our respective industries, either at the same level or higher that the jobs we had prior to leaving Malaysia
- We had a combined monthly salary of approximately RM35k per month in Malaysia with our house and cars paid off, which made the decision to move even more difficult

Feel free to ask me anything and I will endeavour to provide a candid answer based on my personal experience. 

What about TRs?

Why, again nobody reply to your post.

Subclass 485 (graduate work stream) is consider as temporary resident for tax purposes.

485 will only be subjected to income earned in aust and not your foreign income.

Thanks mate.
Not a lot of people has this experience like yours. 

I think the level of concessions you can expect from Australians about this depends on whether you care about being seen as a "community hero" or "assimilated newcomer".

As an example Lebanese and Somalians in Australia seem to have successfully imposed a lot of parts of their culture in Australia, you will need to read up on modern Australia to discover what I'm talking about.

Halal eateries already exist in Australia too ... easiest would probably be McDonald's or KFC

What English educated?  you are Malay Educated la!
All the 8 subjects in your Secondary school are in english is it? if not, you are Melayu Ed!