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That's not just applicable to high income earners. Lots of people spend money on things they can't really afford to give a perception of being better off

That's actually quite similar to the job he does but the pay is the same as the other workers in the store. 12 hours, 6 days a week is a bit difficult when you're studying full-time. It's alright though, it's only temporary.

Nowhere will hire you as a casual and give you full-time hours so the casual rate is irrelevant. Also, the penalty rate multiplier is inclusive of casual loading. They would rather be short staffed on a public holiday than pay someone not on youth wages to be there. My husband is working in...

Yes, not too many "full time" jobs anymore though (in the sense of getting 40 hours a week). Most people I know with permanent jobs say that regular hours top out at about 25-30 hours/week.

Outside of probably the top managers, there aren't too many Coles workers on 50k. More like 30k and you have to be pretty lucky to get enough hours to make that.

The average household income in Australia is $918/week. From: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/Latestproducts/6523.0Media%20Release12011-12?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=6523.0&issue=2011-12&num=&view=

For a lot of people in that income bracket, it's largely to do with keeping up appearences as well

I don't understand her maths. They claim that childcare takes up almost half of their income so why did they need to take out a loan when she on maternity leave? Unless she's making 70-80% of the household income, their lifestyle should've been able to continue even when she wasn't at work...