Very easy to be cured completely of tv,just stop watching and start reading books,the same as newspapers just read them one month old the news is never different..
What are you grateful for?
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Very easy to be cured completely of tv,just stop watching and start reading books,the same as newspapers just read them one month old the news is never different..
Have you lived in another country before? Clean streets, beautiful beaches and cafes are around the world. Beautiful beaches is not every cultures top agenda and to be honest, a beach is a beach as long as its not polluted. All beaches are the same as in sand, water and coastline.
What do you mean by rich surroundings and opportunities? All of our opportunities are going offshore and Australia now has a massive debt crisis. Australia is not what it was 15 years ago. We have laws for everything now (nanny state). Everything in Australia is overpriced compared to the rest of the world and we get things last.
Sorry to be negative but are you living in la la land?
People say we are so lucky to be living here, but I question how many of these people have actually lived in another country or know about how beautiful other countries are apart from hearing the negatives in media. Have you heard of the term "nanny state" which is what people call Australia?
Out of all the people I ask from around the world who have migrated here over the past 10 years, they tell me that it's employment that is what attracted them to the country. They tell me it's a lot easier to get a job on ok to decent salary and there isn't too much competition.
As for myself, I am not sure what I am grateful for; we grow up to learn and be a stronger person in life to them grow old, fragile and die. The meaning to life, I don't know. We are just an organic living matter that multiples.
MightyWill where have you lived that is as good as Australia?
I live in Canada, even though we spend more time here, in Australia.
Like Property Girl said, the more she goes overseas, the more she appreciates Australia.
Much to my surprise, I think that about Canada.
I continuously say, if we could have nicer weather (no cold/snow) I'd never leave Nova Scotia.
I do find we are very similar as far as people are generally nice.
I'm grateful for healthy and happy children and spouse.
Being able to afford to retire at 50, and never needing to rely on a pension.
Having the option to live in both countries.
I experienced gratefulness when my brother was diagnosed and cured of cancer in Australia. He was first diagnosed of renal cancer and then lung cancer and is now cancer free.
If it had been in the country where we were originally from, where we have relatives who are specialists and doctors, it would have cost my brother over $200K out of pockets as well as losing his high-paying job. We could have jumped the waiting queue for the operation and get immediate feedback from the hospital I don't think my brother would have survived financially. My parents would have to had to sell some of their assets to give him appropriate treatment.
Throughout the 3 year ordeal, my brother was able to keep his position on sick leave, and got disability pension for about a year. He returned to his job after he got his second operation, cutting off 80% of his lung.
Because he went private originally it did cost him in the vicinity of $30K, for his subsequent cancer everything was free except for certain scans and tests.
Through this ordeal, what I was appreciative of Australia is that I would not be kicked out of our house and have absolutely no income to survive on. We would at least have something to fall back on, not that we would want to.
My husband's uncle who had a stroke and was in vegetative state for 4 years, it cost his family about $100K per year, which nearly sent them broke.
If it had been in the country where we were originally from, where we have relatives who are specialists and doctors, it would have cost my brother over $200K out of pockets as well as losing his high-paying job. We could have jumped the waiting queue for the operation and get immediate feedback from the hospital I don't think my brother would have survived financially. My parents would have to had to sell some of their assets to give him appropriate treatment.
Throughout the 3 year ordeal, my brother was able to keep his position on sick leave, and got disability pension for about a year. He returned to his job after he got his second operation, cutting off 80% of his lung.
Because he went private originally it did cost him in the vicinity of $30K, for his subsequent cancer everything was free except for certain scans and tests.
Through this ordeal, what I was appreciative of Australia is that I would not be kicked out of our house and have absolutely no income to survive on. We would at least have something to fall back on, not that we would want to.
My husband's uncle who had a stroke and was in vegetative state for 4 years, it cost his family about $100K per year, which nearly sent them broke.
Where I have lived that is better than Australia is not the question you should be asking. If I were you, I would be asking which cities in the world have similar offerings to Australia. It is these similarities that have you comparing to similar countries like Canada or Nth America (western countries) for example.
Australia is too broad of a place to compare against. Sydney is different than living in Adelaide for example or Alice Springs. If I threw you in one of Sydney?s most dangerous suburbs where you could get stabbed or murdered in the park, would you still badge it as Australia or the local district?
The point I am trying to make is this; Australia is not considered a western country despite having such an influence from western countries. In reality, we are a western country, just not in the western geography on the map. Our country is young compared to the rest of the world, isolated when looking at the map, everything is simple here, not much history which evolves to culture to sit there and think about and the system just works with the 10 million new laws being introduced every day to ensure things just plot along as they do. You are comparing Australia from a western view of life and the fact you grew up here gives a bias view. I am assuming you grew up here and I?m sure you know the saying ?there?s no place like home?.
While I respect your view that Australia is the best place to live in, that comment is your view. Others might think differently depending on their agenda in life and their cultural needs. Everyone has different needs. For example, certain industries that people want to get in and be successful in won?t happen here so they move offshore. A high number of successful Australians no longer live here and avoid the ?tall poppy syndrome? which is seen in Australian culture. Google it.
Australia is a small population of fewer than 30 million. Some may have the view that Australia is under performing if they pull out the stats; others might just like that idea and don?t want an overcrowded country. Maybe the population can?t grow because we cannot utilise the land that is available or it just cost too much to build anything here. There are 30 million people in just one small province (state) in China. They are also happy with their city, culture and way of life. Now they could look at the way of life in Australia and think it?s too simple and uninteresting. The number of Chinese going offshore is a minority when you compare to the population of a billion they have. It may seem like a lot are trying to flee the country but it?s not. You will know that not everyone stays as well. A percentage of migrants who come who end up going back cause they don?t like it. In my view, the successful people and families don?t leave their homeland over in China but the successful people who grew up in Australia somehow leave their homeland. For the average Joe?s here in Aussie land, we are all just happy with the simple way of life.
If you were not aware, most people in their happy life back in their own country thinks their city is the best in the world; that is fine and it is not a crime. If you are happy, why would you want to move or look elsewhere for refuge. There is no harm in you saying that we live in a lucky country and you are lucky, just note that there are another 100 million people like yourself saying this in another city that is not Australia. Everyone has a different taste. What you read, surf on the net, and hear about everyday is from the western world of media because you live in a western world. You have not heard media from a non western world because you don?t know the language nor do you live in one. The western world portrays what westerners want to hear.
I use to think Sydney was number 1. The only place that existed in my eyes. When I grew up, matured and crawled out of the hole I was living in, I opened my eyes and explored the rest of the world, made friends with different people from around the world who shared me their thoughts and culture. While I like Sydney due to my appetite in life given that I have evolved in this environment, I would admit it is hard for me to move elsewhere due to the previous reasons. A friend of mine in his 50s who was a smart aussie guy and born here. He got sick of the cost of living and other political reasons. He done the maths and said he would still be paying his mortgage when he retires. He packed up, learnt how to speak Spanish and moved to Sth America. He was decent income as well.
I think you may be too caught up in the argument of whether Australia is the best, the second best, a top 10 or top 20 country in the world; it's a moot argument, because it's all relative, and heavily based on personal experience.
The intention of the post I believe is to step outside the picture of negativity the media has painted for us and smell the roses. We are the lucky country and indeed as mentioned above we have a lot to be grateful for.
I am grateful my parents made the tough decision to leave their country of birth and migrate to Australia when I was young. I am grateful they worked hard all their lives to afford me the opportunities I have now.
The intention of the post I believe is to step outside the picture of negativity the media has painted for us and smell the roses. We are the lucky country and indeed as mentioned above we have a lot to be grateful for.
I am grateful my parents made the tough decision to leave their country of birth and migrate to Australia when I was young. I am grateful they worked hard all their lives to afford me the opportunities I have now.
The way i see it
Australia has been consistently voted by people around the world as top or two countries in the world. Melbouenw being the stand alone leader
Its a sample taken by lots of people and by many walks of life. So australia has to be pretty darn good
i hear a lot of people here complain about how bad it is, and i bite my tongue and say if you were livijg somewhwree else chances are youd be praising Australia
Australia has been consistently voted by people around the world as top or two countries in the world. Melbouenw being the stand alone leader
Its a sample taken by lots of people and by many walks of life. So australia has to be pretty darn good
i hear a lot of people here complain about how bad it is, and i bite my tongue and say if you were livijg somewhwree else chances are youd be praising Australia
Yes I lived in Canada and did my 3 year post doctoral research at the university of Saskatchewan - vaccine design lol - such a negative subject now!
I was very greatful for that experience also - Canada is amazing and we ended up bringing home a Canadian - our son
He calls himself Canadian and we always need to have real Canadian imported maple syrup in the house!
The Rocky Mountains is one of the prettiest places I've seen on my list of countries to visit again.
Also I was born in cyprus and visit every few years!
I was very greatful for that experience also - Canada is amazing and we ended up bringing home a Canadian - our son
He calls himself Canadian and we always need to have real Canadian imported maple syrup in the house!
The Rocky Mountains is one of the prettiest places I've seen on my list of countries to visit again.
Also I was born in cyprus and visit every few years!
Well that's a pretty important aspect isn't it?
A lot of rich people get out of Australia, and that's because this is a country designed to protect working class and middle class welfare, which if you like are its core values. Can't have it both ways I guess.
If you're rich you might want to be in (for example) South Korea or Hong Kong, where your staff bow to you and tremble when you glare at them.
Depends on where you sit.This is why we need a grateful / thanksgiving public holiday
Employees - give me more.
Employers - you've got plenty already, buddy.
Public holidays and various other "free" (paid for not working) days are part of the slow death of the larger manufacturing and other industries in our Country which have shutdown/disappeared - or about to disappear, or are already disappearing overseas.
I am grateful for being able to live in such a beautiful part of Aus, grateful for living in Aus fullstop, grateful for my wife and children, family and circle of friends, grateful for my good health.
There is a lot of discussion in Melb at the moment about making the AFL Grand Final a public hol.
Many folks say how great it will be, lots of spending and so forth..great for the economy, etc.
But; for folks like me who operate a workshop - all these types of businesses where a public holiday means closing the doors and receiving no income - which all small businesses need - while paying the staff for yet another day not to be there; it is not good news.
Yes, I could elect to open the doors on that day, but the increase in wages makes it virtually pointless being there; we can't put up our prices to cover the extra wage cost.
Many, many businesses are in the same boat on this.
It can represent a fairly serious problem of cashflow to add this extra day, with the end result being a decrease in employment across the board.
Maybe not in year one, or one area; but over time, and over a lot of our State..
Employees can't see this, of course.
BV,
Does hiring casuals protect the employer from paying for this type of holiday?
Your employees are considered casual, right?
I do get your point but surely it can't be both?
If your staff are casuals you won't have to pay them to not be there on a public holiday. If they're full timers do you have to pay a loading on a public holiday?
I'm grateful to get the opportunity to get back into the work I enjoy, learning cutting edge skills where previously I had been way out of date.
I'm grateful to be living in a beautiful country, and a superb city. I walk to walk along back streets and main thoroughfares lined with trees. I'm grateful to be living in a city with such a good infrastructure, a progressive city building for the future. A city with great cafes and really good cheap food. With the impressive mountains towering above on either side.
I'm really enjoying Medellin.
I have a problem though about the maid who comes in once a week to clean the house and to do the laundry- included with the rent. I have to pay her for ironing.
I'm grateful to be living in a beautiful country, and a superb city. I walk to walk along back streets and main thoroughfares lined with trees. I'm grateful to be living in a city with such a good infrastructure, a progressive city building for the future. A city with great cafes and really good cheap food. With the impressive mountains towering above on either side.
I'm really enjoying Medellin.
I have a problem though about the maid who comes in once a week to clean the house and to do the laundry- included with the rent. I have to pay her for ironing.
I find it hard to believe you're getting a little steamed up about this
Surely there are more pressing problems that that ?
I'm sure they'll Iron the problem out!
