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    Feeling the pinch? Cost of living

    Ok - so following this I thought I would research my own assumptions to see if I am in actual fact on cloud 9, completely out of touch and have no idea whats going on in the real world... Turns out... I am!! So BV - you are correct. According to this report from the ABS a household...
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    Feeling the pinch? Cost of living

    I guess a lot of what has been said confirmed my opinion. Firstly $245k is not all that unusual (though certainly not the norm) for a dual income household. The cost of living in Australia is ridiculously high - due to the above fact. $245k is a very high salary for two people. Another...
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    Feeling the pinch? Cost of living

    so roughly $50k/pa disposable income. Which is about $70k/pre tax. I also note Average incomes in the ACT, Western Australia and the Northern Territory were well above the national average. (Im WA centric - so my view maybe biased). It also includes lazy dole bludger types pulling in...
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    Feeling the pinch? Cost of living

    I wouldn't have thought that for a dual income family $245k would be all that high? Most families I know would be on close to that if both adults worked. Or am I just out of touch and hang with the 'elite'? :eek: Scares me though that they honestly believe they will never be able to...
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