BENEFITS OF MOVING TO AUSTRALIA
EDUCATION:
1. Free education to high school
2. Government subsidized college education
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND INFRA STRUCTURE:
1. No brownouts
2. No water shortages
3. Advanced internet networks
4. Public library in most suburbs
5. Tennis court, swimming pools and golf courses in most medium sized suburbs all for public access
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
1. Bus, rail, ferry, monorail systems available in all major state (equivalent to provinces) capitals therefore easier commuting for city office workers
2. Developed highways, road tunneling, airports, rail and port terminals for suburban trips therefore no gridlock as you’ll find in most large American cities
POLITICAL STABILITY:
1. No killings during elections
2. Election results known by 9:00 PM of election day
3. Corruption and political abuses dealt with quickly by media and adjudged appropriately by highly evolved and sophisticated judicial system
4. Government positions staffed by professional bureaucrats who take a negative view of corrupt practices (bribery unpopular)
ECONOMIC STABILITY:
1. Flight capital destination for a lot of well to do Asian families because of economic and political stability. Australia is considered the Switzerland of Asia.
2. Same time zone as Asia therefore business transactions could be finished within the same day as in Asia.
3. Fully liberalized banking and monetary system. Easy to take out a bank loan. No restriction on inbound and outbound currency movement.
4. Bank failures and bank deposit losses unheard of. No need for bank deposit guarantees. Bank liquidity problems non existent in the last 40 years.
5. Federal budget surplus more than AUS $10 Billion in 2007 which could translate into either tax rate reduction, expansion of social services or improved infra structure system.
6. Unemployment level is at a 30 year low at 4.9% of working age group.
SOCIAL WELFARE:
1. Unemployment benefits
2. Subsidized old age centers plus sickness benefits
3. Pharmaceutical subsidies
4. Free childbirth cost. They pay you here to give birth.
5. Housing benefits for the low income and the disadvantaged
6. Special payments benefit to the physically disadvantaged and impaired
7. Child care subsidies
8. Tax deductibility of health insurance premiums
9. A well developed job placement network sponsored and funded by the Government which means there is an agency whose sole purpose is to find you employment
10. Australia had been consistently voted as one of the top five countries to live in over the last ten years alongside Scandinavian countries but with better weather
11. American senators and congressmen had been continually studying the local welfare system here and comparing it with Scandinavian countries
12. First home owners grant provides up to US $12,000 in government subsidy just for buying your first house
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT:
1. Less humidity therefore one does not sweat as much
2. Very few typhoons or hurricanes
3. No gray sky due to pollution. On most cloudless days, the sky is blue
4. Very rigid pollution control from industrial and motor vehicle emission therefore fewer lung problems
5. Waterways covered by very strict environmental protection legislation therefore an asset and not an eyesore
6. Garbage collection carried out to military precision
7. Flight capital destination for a lot of well to do Asian families because of economic and political stability. Australia is considered the Switzerland of Asia.
8. Same time zone as Asia therefore business transactions could be finished within the same day as in Asia.
FOOD & BEVERAGE:
1. Unlimited availability and affordable fruits: grapes, apples, strawberries, etc.
2. Affordable beef, lobster, prawns, etc
3. Wine, cheese and chocolate galore.
4. Australia is one of the biggest exporter of food products to Europe, Asia and America
