Work in Australia

[EEVblog]

As usual no-one talks about Perth 

Where's Perth? 

[mswhin63]

    

[zapta]

As usual no-one talks about Perth 

Where's Perth? 

It's a small town in North Dakota with population of 9.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_North_Dakota

[mswhin63]

It's a small town in North Dakota with population of 9.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_North_Dakota

I am not sure that is tongue in cheek  or really did not know know where Perth is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth , Western Australia

[1xrtt]

It's a small town in North Dakota with population of 9.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_North_Dakota

Interesting statistics in this article. 69.2 inhabitants per square mile? Wonder where the other 60.2 went...

[Bored@Work]

It's a small town in North Dakota with population of 9.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_North_Dakota

Interesting statistics in this article. 69.2 inhabitants per square mile? Wonder where the other 60.2 went...

Multiply, don't subtract. That lovely dwelling has a size of 0.13 square miles. Calculating 69.2 inh/square mile * 0.13 square mile is left as an excercise to the reader. So is finding the missing  0.004 person.

[KJDS]

It's a small town in North Dakota with population of 9.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth,_North_Dakota

Interesting statistics in this article. 69.2 inhabitants per square mile? Wonder where the other 60.2 went...

Multiply, don't subtract. That lovely dwelling has a size of 0.13 square miles. Calculating 69.2 inh/square mile * 0.13 square mile is left as an excercise to the reader. So is finding the missing  0.004 person.

The missing .004 could well be the piece I left in the kitchen yesterday whilst chopping onions.

[VK3DRB]

In any case, all cities here are relatively expensive to buy a house, due to a number of factors - mainly due to reckless government policies

Yeah, like the government approved scam that is negative gearing. Banned or very restricted in most civilised countries, but practically a right you are born with here 

I blame a succession of federal politicians 100% for young first home buyers not being able to afford a home here. Not the immigrants, not the greedy investors, not those who buy their way in here, not the low interest rates - they are effects, not the root cause. When it all comes down to it federal politicians created this mess. Tanya Plibersek  , the former minister for housing, shares much of the blame.

[zapta]

... federal politicians created this mess.

How?

[plesa]

Australia is not like Eastern Europe. The electronics industry is disappearing here in general. Automotive electronics is a basket case and electronics manufacturing in general is dying. But some good R & D is still around where the money is reasonable and there are some niche industries that are growing. If you want a job here, good English is important. It appears you have a good command of written English. I would never hire an embedded guy who cannot spell or has a poor command of English, whether born here or overseas. A bonus is if you have some personality and people skills. Some introverted engineers have trouble finding work because they don't sell themselves well. If you are a foreigner, the odds are slightly biased against you, but the primary concern of employers is what you can do. Even so, some foreigners do masters degrees to increase their chances of getting work. Above all, you will need to demonstrate passion in what you want to do and demonstrate ability. Most companies will test a persons ability before they consider hiring them. If you have strong analogue or digital design skills, or are an ace test development engineer, it will help a lot. If you are an expert with Altium, that will also help because Altium is by far the most popular PCB package used in industry.

Melbourne is one of the world's most livable cities. Better than Sydney in many aspects, except Sydney has more electronics jobs there and they do have a nice harbor. In my opinion the weather in Sydney is better than Melbourne's, but Melbourne is possibly more friendlier, slower paced and has quicker travel times. There is a major road between Sydney and Melbourne. Despite the Sydney harbour, the best view of Sydney is in the driver's rear view mirror - sorry Dave.

Adelaide is unique - a very livable city. Easy to get around, great weather. The good news is it has some excellent electronics and medical research industries there. Per capita, they lead Australia in that regard. Their state government have for years done an excellent job in attracting electronics investment. I like Adelaide and have been there a few times for work. Housing is cheaper than Melbourne or Sydney there too. I found the people there to be friendly, but watch out for serial killers.

Canberra has almost no electronics industry. It is full of public servants and is frequented by politicians. Perth has a some electronics industry, as does Brisbane.

In any case, all cities here are relatively expensive to buy a house, due to a number of factors - mainly due to reckless government policies and low interest rates. Renting can also be expensive.

The culture here is pretty ignorant of electronics engineers. Most people have no idea what they do and know nothing about embedded programmers. It is far more aware of the non-embedded software industries than hardware industries. You won't attract chicks by telling them you are an electronics engineer.

Thanks for info. The electronic industry in purest form (analog of course) is dying around the world.
 Unfortunately I cannot choose the place it is given to offered job, but company will pay the accomodation (flat probably) and car rent. It can be difficult to drive on non-right side ;-)
Visa can takes few months which is the biggest issue.

[VK3DRB]

... federal politicians created this mess.

How?

Politicians LOVE high housing prices...

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2014/08/aussie-politicians-300m-property-portfolio/

So why would they have any interest in making housing affordable to young first home buyers when they exploit the system they created?

Here is what the politicians have done to make housing for young first home buyers unaffordable...

(1) Recklessly allowing very generous tax avoidance though tax deductions on investment loan interest and outgoings
(2) Recklessly not getting rid of negative gearing
(3) Recklessly keeping capital gains tax on investment houses much lower than the typical marginal income tax rate
(4) Recklessly allowing the rich to collect as many houses as they can
(5) Recklessly allowing foreign buyers to acquire our houses and land
(6) Recklessly adopting the BIG Australia policy - too much immigration
(7) Recklessly imposing a punitively high stamp duty on young first home buyers (State government tax)

Finally...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/chinese-homebuyers-seek-wealth-protection-migration-options-report/story-fniz9vg9-1227023533154?nk=d28aef20a6c0cb7df5139ca9f7f5fe3d

It is up to the government to protect our interests. The politicians in successive governments since the dark days of Bob Hawke have failed young first home buying families, and they have demonstrated they really don't care about this. After all, they have their own interests to take care of.