Not in Melbourne or Sydney, that's all I can say - I'm in one of the other smaller cities. Without taking into account my mortgage and holidays, we're spending on average around $3k per month + $2.5k for daycare (after subsidy). It's usually around 2k per month for groceries + utilities + going out + entertainment etc, but taking into account insurances, car registration renewal, home council rates, water rates etc, we average out at around $3k.

For job search, I use SEEK and LinkedIn primarily, but keep in mind that most jobs are not advertised. I've managed to recommend some friends for some roles that weren't advertised and they've managed to secure them without any competition. Employers here place a lot of value in referred candidates.

My free-time's mostly spent outdoors - hiking, kayaking, fishing etc.

To start over? Anything in the medical profession, no doubt. Nursing, medicine, etc. - that will guarantee you a long-term job. Engineering isn't too bad too (I'm biased, as I'm in engineering). Blue-collar jobs (i.e. electrician, carpenter etc) are great as well if you're willing to put in the hours and slog it out. It really depends what you're looking for and where your interest lies.

Out of curiosity, other than hanging out at mamak stalls, what do you do after 5pm that you can’t do in Australia? 

You didn’t really answer my question though, but sounds like what most Malaysians would do in Malaysia after 5pm anyway, so yeah, quite a few things to do after 5pm haha.

3. Yes. I do all my transfer using Wise and they’ve been great so far. I did transfer a significant amount (7 figures) using Wise during my initial move - RM60k max per day between me and my wife over a period time. No issues.

Don't look at fees. Look at final amount received. Eg cimb always promote the have zero fees but when use cimb to transfer, you find that you received less foreign currency per ringgit used.

I saw it myself with RM--> SGD. Hence didn't go though with the transfer.

Btw your concept is wrong.

You are not storing AUD in wise. You are using wise as transfer. It should look something like that.

MYR -> WISE -> AU bank account which is cheaper than MYR -> Malaysian banks -> AU bank account. You can always try Sunway money. They are way cheaper than Wise for SGD transfer. Not sure about AUD transfer (get more foreign currency with Sunway money Vs using WISE)

Can give example of how much more expensive vs KL?

Because almost every country in the world would say their property are overpriced etc etc etc

There’s only a single fee involved, which is charged by Wise and is incredibly reasonable. Their exchange rates are market exchange rates, and even factoring in their fees, I can still get better rates than anywhere else in Malaysia. I’m not sure how you ended up with three separate fees as the first and third fee you mentioned don’t exist.

Using bank transfer is the worst - on top of fees, their exchange rates are horrible. The best option I had was to use HSBC Premier, but even then Wise still works out to be much cheaper. The savings adds up especially when transferring 7 figures.

I’ve not paid any bank fees using Wise in all my transfers both to and from Malaysia.

There's no bank fees. I do not know what fees are you talking about. Unless you TT from bank to wise then yes there is fees. If you login  directly via wise you only pay fees once. I am talking about Malaysian side (using Malaysian bank to transfer money via wise)

Do not login or send money via your bank account. Only login to wise. Then wise will ask you to pay using FPX (Malaysian side). When you pay with FPX, then only you login to your bank account.

Find banks which dont charge those fees. Like in Malaysia, all banks charged you RM8-15/year for the debit/ATM card. You can easily find acocunt without such fees. All my bank account in Malaysia and sg does not have any fees.

The correct flow is Wise -> select currency you want to send and the amount -> Make payment in RM via FPX or bank transfer. That's it. There's no extra charges apart from wise charges as you are paying via FPX in RM. Even your bank transfer is also in RM. IBFT/Duitnow is basically free. Yes there are banks which charge RM0.53/IBFT if you move more than RM5k. But essentially IBFT/duitnow is free.
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