you as an international student, have NOT contributed anything at all to the country, nor did your parents.......therefore cannot expect to enjoy the same benefits as the locals......

your fees is the REAL cost of education there, plus a bit of profit.......the locals pay about 1/3, the balance being subsidised by the public purse (called commonwealth supported places), and citizens can defer paying their fees, till they graduate and start work, once their income exceeds a predetermined threshold, the IRD starts cutting some deductions from their salary for paying this debt.........

gst is a consumption tax, and agree students pay it too, but so do tourist and visitors.......can't quite claim for refund, although many countries allow gst refund for visitors......students don't buy new cars (at least they don't before, unless things have changed) or property..........and 20 hours/week at minimum wage don't quite bring you into major tax bracket........and all these certainly does amount to any significant contribution to oz economy to claim equal rights..........

i think we are all aware full fees contribute to the funding of oz public education, but not quite 'support the entire university system in Australia'.........but there are obviously NO shortage of people who willingly allow themselves to be 'taken advantaged of'.........there must obviously a strong pull factor........nobody puts a gun on your head to study full fees there........

finally, it is a measure of their sense of fair play, that the court actually rules to accord visitors and temporary residents the same privileges as citizens...........in sharp contrast to institutionalised discriminations against sections of citizenship in some countries...........

ok..cool...thanks

heres de question
(as far as i noe, this is not assessable income because its not transferable....but the thing is it did not state whtr is transferable or not...i got confuse?
( is this restrictive convenant? im not too sure bout dis...?
and how much is terry's total assessable income?
I'm really confuse when i get this question.... really appreciate if sumone here can help me out so i can understand this better...thank u
its so confusing...

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Added on March 17, 2008, 8:42 pmnobody knows? sigh.....

Yes... during some presentation last year, they said that 90% of the engineering undergrads of Melbourne Uni are offered jobs before they even graduate (ie in their final year).

I heard aussies are somewhat racist is this true 

Heard there are ways to claim back.Even part of my bank interest also got tax.Have to quote my TFN to the bank.

I'm quite certain that canceling destinations is 100% under jetstar's control.

Well u guys forgot one thing the tax for non residents in 29% see hereas u gave me the link http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content....ntent/12333.htm
so u most of u ppl are non residents right so u have to 29% and does international students get tax refund or returns? did u guys get any refunds and how much tax did u pay?

Yeah, I was born here.  Too bad I can't give you guys more info about debit cards and stuff, I'm pretty clueless I just know that I use a streamline account.. no monthly fees or withdrawal fees I think.  I think you have to be a citizen for that tho

hehe, luckily i don drink =) or go clubbing. =P anyway, wanna ask, how is a lawyer's life in aus, anyone knows? Wanna gather up info bout law cos I have no background knowledge bout it =/

never heard of... good? and i wanna try rockpool too, the Top 2 restaurant in Australia, top 1 in melbourne, but 49th in the world... =P
ah yea you need to make booking in advance but i am not sure how long in advance, before i make a booking, i need PEOPLE to go with me!! =( apparently it was top 5 in the world before this year, and it has now become the top 9...

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant_(magazine)_Top_50