You really don’t need to work so much

Re:You really don’t need to work so much by stevoski on Saturday August 22, 2015 @04:43AM (#10101943)

My cousin in Perth was earning AUD$100K+ driving a bus. But...you guessed it...as a fly-in, fly-out employee of the mining industry in Western Australia.

I've come to think of that as a typical wage for an uneducated person in Australia...then I read what you earn as a qualified chef, and realize that Perth's economy is a bubble.

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Re:You really don’t need to work so much by ZenoArrow on Saturday August 22, 2015 @05:13AM (#10102020)

> "My cousin in Perth was earning AUD$100K+ driving a bus. But...you guessed it...as a fly-in, fly-out employee of the mining industry in Western Australia."

I wonder what the pay would be if the Australian mining industry wasn't so corrupt (this isn't a slight on your cousin in any way, it's those who arrange the tax breaks and lie about the economic impact of mining in Australia that are at fault)...

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-25/nrn-dist-mining-sub...

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/mining-...

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Re:You really don’t need to work so much by elyobo on Saturday August 22, 2015 @05:15AM (#10102023)

Was in a bubble, it's not looking too hot now with current iron ore prices.

$40k is staggeringly crap pay for a chef; minimum wage for a full time job in Australia is about $34k ($17.29/hr minimum wage). Average salary is somewhere north of $70k and that's roughly what my brother in law earns as a full time chef.

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