“A new genre of Aussie content is now popping up on TikTok with working holidaymakers from Ireland and Britain talking about how hard it is to make ends meet Down Under. Australia has its own version of a housing crisis (particularly in the rental market), its own cost-of-living price hikes and certain restrictions on the working visa that complicate finding employment in certain fields. Some social media commentators have been brutally honest about their struggle to find a place to live and a steady job in their profession, all while surviving off dwindling savings at a time when prices are rising. The scriptwriters didn’t really show this on Home and Away did they?”I can't see any moaning. It's a factual piece pointing out some things that are different in Australia and tips on how to get off to a good start.
But don’t put away the sun cream and the cork hat just yet. For those heading off on their working holiday visa (or their worried parents who read this), here are some of the ways to minimise money hassle when visiting Australia.
No, it’s evidence of reality biting everywhere. These people are failed Irish citizens and they’re failing again where they’ve ended-up because there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Surprise surprise the same issues we have in Ireland exist elsewhere and they can’t make ends-meet with their Philosophy Degrees providing counselling to pets who might be trans.The very next bit is:
It's a piece that acknowledges that there are tricky things when you move there, highlights them, then gives advice on how to deal with it.
No point in reading 4 sentences at the beginning of a 2,000 word article and then ignoring what follows.
Every generation has entitled people in it. The older "I worked hard all my life" generation is the one that I find to be the most entitled.It's probably the "entitled" twenty somethings, moaning because they aren't being treated like the precious little angles that they think the are...
That's a fair point (and I'd be sympathetic to those who have worked for many years), albeit I think it's likely to be the younger generations that will be out in Oz.Every generation has entitled people in it. The older "I worked hard all my life" generation is the one that I find to be the most entitled.
I'm one of those people and the entitlement of my generation, and my parents generation, is staggering. It is utter hypocrisy to accuse young people are entitled after selling out their future to protect ourselves from the consequences of our own greed and stupidity. If we hadn't sold them out we'd still be broke and they'd be able to buy houses here.That's a fair point (and I'd be sympathetic to those who have worked for many years),
Yep.albeit I think it's likely to be the younger generations that will be out in Oz.
Ouch, speaking as a returned emigrant, that's a bit harsh. But then I left back in the early 90s when there were no jobs.There are loads of jobs in Ireland, and loads of really good ones. The level of entitlement from our emigrants, AKA failed citizens, is breathtaking. Imagine there was once a proposal to allow our diaspora to vote!
No Representation Without Taxation!
People have always done things like that. In the 70's and 80's it was South Africa.I know people who are earning a tax-free fortune in Dubai for a few years, that will be the deposit and more when they return.
And strikers. Don't forget about Tony Cascarino and his strong Irish roots...In the economic circumstances of the 1950s - 1980s we used to export wingers and at least we got a decent football team out of it.
We didn't really export him though did we @_)And strikers. Don't forget about Tony Cascarino and his strong Irish roots...
We exported his adoptive grandfather or something.We didn't really export him though did we @_)
True, and we probably exported a lot of workplace strikers too... to Australia and US and Canada and UK... lot of Irish surnames on the Trade Union lists I imagine. Well known whingers about grievancesWe exported his adoptive grandfather or something.
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