my cousin is in adelaide doing biotech. i heard he said the tax is very high, that when you work as fresh grad, you have to sacrifice quite alot for the tax.

maybe he was just joking, not really sure about this. 

note that honours in oz is an extra year of study, NOT a measure of standard of achievement, as in the case of uk......ie, NOBODY gets an honours upon graduating from the basic course of study, no matter how well you do.......you then need to do an honours year, to get the honours attachment to you bachelor's degree.........

NO. If you do get (and the others have shown that it is near impossible as a student) a PR halfway through your course as a international student, you will loose your place as an international student, and will have to reapply, and even then I doubt you will be eligible for CSP. Full fees maybe.

For high level courses like Business, you should have little problem re-enrolling. But if you are doing something funky (say Bio-science) where the cut offs are vastly different between international and domestic students................................lets just say, if you had the money, you wouldn't be here.

---

Added on September 17, 2008, 7:59 pm
Yes, tax is high. Again, it depends on how much you earn, but paying 40% to the taxman is not unheard off.

As least the money does go back into society in the form of parks, well stocked libraries, roads etc.

Honours is by invitation basis. You cannot do an Honours unless you have the marks for it and you only get awarded Honours if you achieve a Credit average and above (Distinction for a First Class). It IS a standard of achievement.

the taxing system here is just pure craziness. you can be taxed as high as a tad below 50% (49.5% if memory serves) if you have an extremely high salary.

Just wondering whether it is alright for me to carry some of my pirated cds, those that I burn by myself and bought over? Should be fine, right?

Haha, even worse if you have GST dockets. I have to make quarterly GST payments to the ATO and still do my tax by hand, keep all recipts for 5 years (will probably have a mountain load by then) and have my ABN written on everything above 75 bucks. Plus my hours have to be logged nicely on my BAS so the DIAC doesn't revoke my visa. Not to mention, i pay for medicare when i'm not entitled to it due to ATO considering me a resident .

There's also a 108 dollar surcharge if i pay late. Taxes, they'll get it out of you more efficiently than they deliver other services

You know. Malaysian tax is so much easier. Just don't fooking pay.

what is BAS?Business activity statement?
empire23 doing business?

Driving Taxis is considered self employed. So for all means and purposes, i'm technically a business entity.

I wonder if the ABR will allow me to change my legal business name to "He who has huge balls" (so regret not trying when i registered )

Just wondering whether it is alright for me to carry some of my pirated cds, those that I burn by myself and bought over? Should be fine, right?

Haha, even worse if you have GST dockets. I have to make quarterly GST payments to the ATO and still do my tax by hand, keep all recipts for 5 years (will probably have a mountain load by then) and have my ABN written on everything above 75 bucks. Plus my hours have to be logged nicely on my BAS so the DIAC doesn't revoke my visa. Not to mention, i pay for medicare when i'm not entitled to it due to ATO considering me a resident .

There's also a 108 dollar surcharge if i pay late. Taxes, they'll get it out of you more efficiently than they deliver other services

You know. Malaysian tax is so much easier. Just don't fooking pay.

Just wondering whether it is alright for me to carry some of my pirated cds, those that I burn by myself and bought over? Should be fine, right?

Thats why you should employ an accountant!

I believe you would be entitled to a refund of your medicare levy paid as you are not entitled to it.  Check when you submit your tax returns.

taxi in tooowoooba? 
visit u get free ride yea

i just got a call from IDP saying that University of Melbourne offered me Bachelors of Commerce and University of Queensland offered me Bachelors of Engineering..

Anyone here from Uni of Melbourne? Can i take engineering course in Bachelors of Commerce because one lady told me that i can do so in the Australian Edu fair. Is it wise to do so?

Uni of Adelaide also offered me but they want to know my major. Haven't answer them yet tho.

i just got a call from IDP saying that University of Melbourne offered me Bachelors of Commerce and University of Queensland offered me Bachelors of Engineering..

Anyone here from Uni of Melbourne? Can i take engineering course in Bachelors of Commerce because one lady told me that i can do so in the Australian Edu fair. Is it wise to do so?

Uni of Adelaide also offered me but they want to know my major. Haven't answer them yet tho.

i just got a call from IDP saying that University of Melbourne offered me Bachelors of Commerce and University of Queensland offered me Bachelors of Engineering..

Anyone here from Uni of Melbourne? Can i take engineering course in Bachelors of Commerce because one lady told me that i can do so in the Australian Edu fair. Is it wise to do so?

Uni of Adelaide also offered me but they want to know my major. Haven't answer them yet tho.

How much did you pay for the application fee for uni of melb?

Go to UQ and do a combined Engineering and Commerce degree.