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Mantle posted:Thanks for the offer. I am still early in the process so I don't know how likely it is I will be able to snag the job, but what would you guess the salary range is for in-house counsel with 2 years experience? Also, what is a standard (legislated?) work week in Australia? Do the "standards" vary between professionals and trade jobs? Standard working week here is 40 hours, but the more responsibility your job involves, the less likelihood of that. Most professionals will work anywhere between 40 and 50, and certain industries (finance for example) will easily break 80 or more. Australian workers are pretty well known for working long hours.
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Mantle posted:Also, what is a standard (legislated?) work week in Australia? Do the "standards" vary between professionals and trade jobs? 40hr weeks, 4 weeks paid annual leave (I think these are both legislated) and you'll usually get ~10 paid sick days. But in regards to the working week, it's really down to what you do and your employer. But in an office job, you'll most likely be in 40hrs. We do have pretty good workplace relations laws and protections.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:We do have pretty good workplace relations laws and protections. Too good. I've had to lawyer up to even think about firing an employee who spends his days looking at streaming pornography rather than working.
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Steve. posted:Too good. I've had to lawyer up to even think about firing an employee who spends his days looking at streaming pornography rather than working. Story please.
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Got my internal transfer! Should be in Australia by mid-August! I need for find a room for 3-4 weeks while I sort out my own place. I'll check out Gumtree for some short term rentals. What is apartment renting like in Australia? easy? nightmare? fast? slow?
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Vanilla posted:Got my internal transfer! Depends where you're going to be. There's a few places that have ridiculously low vacancy rates making it very hard.
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Vanilla posted:Got my internal transfer! Very much dependant on what city you are going to and where you are working. Or if you are going country or smaller town.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Depends where you're going to be. There's a few places that have ridiculously low vacancy rates making it very hard. Fists Up posted:Very much dependant on what city you are going to and where you are working. Or if you are going country or smaller town. Yeah, sorry, I guess some additional info wouldn't have been to much to ask for  I'll be going to Sydney. I'll be looking to get an apartment right in the CBD. $500-650pw.
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Vanilla posted:Yeah, sorry, I guess some additional info wouldn't have been to much to ask for Renting anywhere within a few miles of the Sydney CBD is an absolute nightmare, with ridiculously high occupancy rates and most inspections garnering 30+ people... that is, of course, if you're looking at apartments around the average cost of $400pw or so. Thankfully, you're a bit above that so you should have a somewhat easier time in terms of less competition vying for the same apartment(significantly easier at the upper end of your scale than the lower end). At $650pw you'll be able to get a pretty nice 2 bedroom quite close to the city - have a look at Surry Hills, Pyrmont, Elizabeth Bay, Darlinghurst for good locations nice and close (like, 10-15 minutes walk/5 minutes drive from the city centre). $650pw will probably be a bit low to get anything good that's literally directly in the CBD, you'd be looking at $800-$1000+pw for that.
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I also suggest not being RIGHT in the CBD as well. Surrounding suburbs are good. The CBD is not that big and its pretty much surrounded by suburbs. Anything near water will instantly jack up the price (so most suburbs that end in Bay). Also depending on what you like some areas are nicer than others. Also add to the ones mentioned Wooloomoolloo - Very small suburb, right next to hyde park/botanic gardens Millers Point Dawes Point/The Rocks - This is pretty much the CBD. Right under the bridge. Big tourist spot. Walsh Bay Potts Point - Right next to Kings Cross and Elizabeth Bay. Nice area. Redfern - Traditionally seen as a no go zone and people look down on it but one section is becoming very gentrified and is nice. Just check the location Haymarket - Right near chinatown. Full of chinese students living 8 to a room. Ultimo - Close to the city but pretty lifeless at night and a bit dank. Darlington/Camperdown - Dominated by Sydney university Glebe - Got lots of places to eat and a shopping centre right near it Paddington - Very affluent area, but very pretty. Slightly further out. Rushcutters Bay - YOU GOT MONEY MOTHERFUCKER? The good thing with that budget is you WILL get a very nice place. But what do you want? If you want lots of Restaurants/Bars and a bit of life at night look into somewhere like Surry Hills. If you want elegance, money and leafy areas go furhter east to places like Paddington or Double Bay.
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Vanilla posted:Yeah, sorry, I guess some additional info wouldn't have been to much to ask for Click here and then chuck in your price range and other preferences. Should be able to find something you like.
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Good site 2ndclasscitizen, bookmarked. If I do stay in the CBD I like the look of some of these fancy apartments that include the pool, gym, etc. I do have one question though - they all seem to have front desks. Do they have any rules around friends and family staying for a few weeks or, even simpler, friends coming back after a night out? I don't know if the purpose of the front desk is pure security or to enforce some bullshit rules! I have a 'hotel' mentality when I see them and don't want to get into a super restrictive rental agreement.
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If you are renting long term then no there would be no restrictions at all to how many people are sleeping there. Of course if you have 20 people in the room and start having a party people will complain but the concierge is mainly for making sure no one shifty is coming in, acting like a help desk for any building troubles and what not. What buildings are you looking at? I know a bunch and might be able to help. If you are set on the CBD then the closer you get to circular quay is usually the better. Down towards central is generally not as nice. However around phillip/hunter/bond street its pretty loving dead on weekends because its mainly commercial. Its like a ghost town on Sunday afternoon. http://www.lumieresydney.com.au/lumiere/html3/home/home/index.html Thats one is amazing but I have no idea if there are places to rent in it.
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Vanilla posted:Good site 2ndclasscitizen, bookmarked. My brother lives in an apartment with a front desk in the CBD and it's the most annoying thing in the world. I stayed with him for less than a month when I first moved here and they gave us so much crap for it. We got into a number of arguments with them. It got to the point where they were threatening to fine/evict him. Now when I come to visit they make everyone sign in and then wait at the front desk for the person living there to come get them. It sucks. I live in the CBD now as well and I hate it. It was all right at first but the CBD isn't that great. I love cities and living in them but the CBD just doesn't do it for me. I'm moving up to St Leonards in July and I can't wait. I'd definitely recommend checking out the suburbs before settling on the CBD.
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Thats interesting. I've never had a problem with them but I can understand that some of them are annoying. Especially when you get some really political people in the body corporate. I work in St leonards. Its getting a lot more people moving there.
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Fists Up posted:Thats interesting. I've never had a problem with them but I can understand that some of them are annoying. Especially when you get some really political people in the body corporate. They're definitely all about their notices and mandates and bylaws and crap. Every time I go over there's a new piece of paper in the elevator notifying everyone of some new decision they've made. Yeah, that's why I'm moving there. Have a couple of friends with a spare room, so it works out nicely.
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Fists Up posted:If you are renting long term then no there would be no restrictions at all to how many people are sleeping there. Yeah I think this one in there: http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Rent/Apartment/NSW/Sydney/?adid=6267928 I love the modern look, dark wood etc. The above one is right up my street - one bed and a little area as a study. I get the feeling it's really small though! I'd be happy to get something similar in a suburb, especially as i'd get more for my $$$. I'm defo into the batchelor pad and not the family type apartment! Like I said, i'll be renting a room for a few weeks first so by then I might have decided to avoid the CBD.
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I Am Hydrogen posted:My brother lives in an apartment with a front desk in the CBD and it's the most annoying thing in the world. I stayed with him for less than a month when I first moved here and they gave us so much crap for it. We got into a number of arguments with them. It got to the point where they were threatening to fine/evict him. Now when I come to visit they make everyone sign in and then wait at the front desk for the person living there to come get them. It sucks. Shame to heat that, probably the most off putting thing about these apartments so far......
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Vanilla posted:Yeah I think this one in there: Wow as nice as that building is you could easily get a newly renovated terrace with a couple of bedrooms for less than that. But I guess it is basically smack bang the centre of town. Or you could go live with russell crowe http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Rent/Apartment/NSW/Woolloomooloo/?adid=6615739
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Vanilla posted:Shame to heat that, probably the most off putting thing about these apartments so far...... I have a friend who lives in the city in a place with a front desk that is pretty strict. The main problem is that some landlords allow hordes of students to live in one apartment. When you look out at the neighbouring apartment buildings you can see rooms filled with mattresses, and even some beds set up on the balconies. They tried just allocating 2 sets of keys per apartment, but then the tenants were getting multiple mailbox keys cut and leaving the keys in the mailbox for each other. Now all visitors have to sign in and be met at the ground floor. Also the noise is pretty full on there. Even on the 32nd floor there is the constant buzz of traffic. I'm in Glebe myself and it's a great suburb. It's quite a nice 30 minute walk to the CBD across Darling Harbour. We've also got a shopping centre, bayside walks, big parks and lots of cafes, definitely a suburb to consider.
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I'm headed to Sydney, Australia in three weeks for an entire month. I'm thinking of flying up to Cairns, staying there a bit and greyhound-ing it back down to Sydney and stopping at various places for some exploring. Since I'll be there in August, I don't know how fair the weather will be (I hear that's pretty chilly in Sydney). Any suggestions?
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Switen posted:I'm headed to Sydney, Australia in three weeks for an entire month. I'm thinking of flying up to Cairns, staying there a bit and greyhound-ing it back down to Sydney and stopping at various places for some exploring. Since I'll be there in August, I don't know how fair the weather will be (I hear that's pretty chilly in Sydney). Any suggestions? In August Cairns will still be averaging around 25-30C (77-86F). On the way down, Brisbane will be in the range of 20-25C (68-77F), while Sydney will be around 15-20C (59F-68F). Not sure where you're from but I can't imagine this will be overly cold for you (July is the coldest month in Australia, with the weather rapidly warming up during August-September).
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Mr_Angry posted:My girlfriend and I are going to vacation in Australia for two weeks over Christmas and we are looking for rental car options. We are flying into Sydney and have non-Australian drivers licenses and are looking for a car with the following options: If you do one way check rates going both ways. For example, Adelaide to darwin gets unlimited kms (hertz), Darwin to Adelaide gets 250 kms per day. That is a huge difference if you're putting 3000kms on the car. The wicked campers are huge pieces of poo poo. On the Stuart, I had a Ford Fairlane (bigass boat). Passing them at 160 while they were doing 80 was hilarious. I highly recommend trying to get a bigass Australian boat like a Falcon or a commodore. They're really uniquely australian vehicles. Biggass RWD sedans just aren't common outside of luxury vehicles elsewhere. Oneway flights in australia are pretty darn cheap. edit: Dammit didn't notice post date.
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Switen posted:Any suggestions? The NSW north and mid-north coast (Ballina down to maybe Taree) is a great area. Some towns can be a bit tourist-y, but it's not that bad and it's just a beautiful part of the world. As for the weather, if you're only coming as far south as Sydney, it won't be so bad. It's certainly a cold winter this year, and everyone (myself included) is bitching about it, but it's not actually that bad. I mean, we had the coldest night in the city in something like 40 years last week, and it only went down to 4.5 degrees.
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So i'm going to be out there end of July and apartment hunting. I'm looking on Gumtree for a place to stay short term (2-8 weeks) from about the 26th July. If any of you Sydney peeps have a spare room and want to make some cash please consider letting it to me. Please ask your friends whom have a spare room! It's just me and a suitace, no containers of stuff, and i'm a sensible professional.
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Additional question - what's St Leonards & Crows Nest like for living. Company will be absed there so it would be easy to get to work, north of the river (desirable as much of my work will be North, so I should avoid the bridge). Looks like a nice area, probably quiet at weekends but still a good amount of bars.
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Vanilla posted:Additional question - what's St Leonards & Crows Nest like for living. Nice north shore areas, relatively suburban but you're only around 15 minutes from the city by train or bus so no issues in terms of stuff to do close by. Also just reinforcing that since you'll be working north of the harbour (not river  ) you definitely want to live on that side of the bridge, because commuting cross-harbour is kind of a bitch.
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Vanilla posted:Additional question - what's St Leonards & Crows Nest like for living. i hate St Leonards cause i worked there for years. lots of big soulless apartment buildings and its dead on the w/end. I am biased though, that is really just around the train station aka "the forum". Maybe other parts are nicer. If you do go St L, avoid anywhere near the hospital as it has a drug rehab/methadone clinic and you get some sketchy people around. Crows Nest is alright, probably as good as you'll get on the north shore, but still pretty quiet imo.
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Is bussing from Cairns->Sydney and see things in 2.5 weeks reasonable?
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Does anyone in this thread know anything about the state of the wine industry in and around Adelaide? What is living in Adelaide like compared to say Melbourne or Sydney? From what I can gather, this is where I would want to be if I moved there for a wine job and the rent is considerably cheaper in and around Adelaide. I have 4+ vintages of experience, so I might be looking at a supervisory position if I move there. Would any of you know what to expect/ask as for compensation?
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unixbeard posted:i hate St Leonards cause i worked there for years. lots of big soulless apartment buildings and its dead on the w/end. I am biased though, that is really just around the train station aka "the forum". Maybe other parts are nicer. If you do go St L, avoid anywhere near the hospital as it has a drug rehab/methadone clinic and you get some sketchy people around. I work in St Leonards now and it really would be a souless place to live. Crows Nest would be much nicer even though its literrally a few hundred metres down the road. Theres a better established community and way more restaurants and stuff. Both places are very much more lively during the week but Crows Nest isn't bad. Eco RI posted:Does anyone in this thread know anything about the state of the wine industry in and around Adelaide? What is living in Adelaide like compared to say Melbourne or Sydney? From what I can gather, this is where I would want to be if I moved there for a wine job and the rent is considerably cheaper in and around Adelaide. I have 4+ vintages of experience, so I might be looking at a supervisory position if I move there. Would any of you know what to expect/ask as for compensation? Adelaide is much much smaller and more "non-city" than Melbourne or Sydney. From what I can gather its got a fairly healthy wine industry (I think it depends on your actual job title as some might be in higher demand than others) scattered all around it. I couldn't tell you what the exact job situation is like but at least Adelaide has the bonus of having its wine regions quite close to the city with the Barossa and McLaren vale and whatnot. But I assume by your experience you would know
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Eco RI posted:Does anyone in this thread know anything about the state of the wine industry in and around Adelaide? What is living in Adelaide like compared to say Melbourne or Sydney? From what I can gather, this is where I would want to be if I moved there for a wine job and the rent is considerably cheaper in and around Adelaide. I have 4+ vintages of experience, so I might be looking at a supervisory position if I move there. Would any of you know what to expect/ask as for compensation? To be honest, i don't know much about wine or the wine industry, but i just typed "wine" in https://www.seek.com.au This was the first hit http://www.seek.com.au/job/executive-b-wine-b-industry-positions/adelaide/17690120/43/1/ It seems, Cozwine is "Australia premier wine industry recruiter" Their website http://www.baysidegrp.com.au/cozwine/homepage
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Eco RI posted:Does anyone in this thread know anything about the state of the wine industry in and around Adelaide? What is living in Adelaide like compared to say Melbourne or Sydney? From what I can gather, this is where I would want to be if I moved there for a wine job and the rent is considerably cheaper in and around Adelaide. I have 4+ vintages of experience, so I might be looking at a supervisory position if I move there. Would any of you know what to expect/ask as for compensation? I've got mates who work for big corporates and smaller suppliers, and according to them the wine industry in SA is taking it in the arse at the moment, mostly because exports have tanked due to the GFC and the high dollar. Combined with the small town nature of Adelaide, it could be hard unless you're just interested in seasonal work.
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I'm going on my honeymoon next week to Sydney & Cairns. I'm excited as gently caress about it! We have scheduled tours and visits to the opera house and the harbor bridge, and stuff like that... but we have 1 day in Sydney with no plans. Can someone recommend something to do that's interesting, cheap and unique about Sydney/Australia? We're probably going to go bar hopping, but that's about all the ideas we have! We also have a day off in Cairnes (actually, Port Douglas) but we're thinking of using it to take a 1-day tour of the rainforest. Is that worth it? Any companies/tours/areas near that are recommended over others?
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I want to check out the outback but tickets to NT are more than I want to pay (although I really want to see Uluru) and I won't be able to take enough time off from work to make it worth it. Instead I'm planning on checking out the outback in NSW. Where should I go? Any recommendations on the best things to see/do? Will it be a let down?
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Alfajor posted:I'm going on my honeymoon next week to Sydney & Cairns. I'm excited as gently caress about it! The zoo and aquarium are pretty cool. Even though it's cold, I'd check out the beaches. It's raining a ton thought, so have something indoors planned as well as a backup. For Cairns, go white water rafting on the Tully River - it's a bit of a hike but they'll pick you up wherever you are in Cairns. I went in March and it was awesome. (ragingthunder.com.au - ask for Matt) Definitely get the extreme package if you do it. It's not worth the money if you don't. It was a 4 hour adrenaline rush.
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Alfajor posted:Can someone recommend something to do that's interesting, cheap and unique about Sydney/Australia? We're probably going to go bar hopping, but that's about all the ideas we have! If the weather is nice and you have a car, go get fish and chips here and eat them by the water. If you don't have a car you can get there by public transport though it will probably take hours, so you can bitch about that like a real sydney sider.
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I Am Hydrogen posted:I want to check out the outback but tickets to NT are more than I want to pay (although I really want to see Uluru) and I won't be able to take enough time off from work to make it worth it. Instead I'm planning on checking out the outback in NSW. Where should I go? Any recommendations on the best things to see/do? Will it be a let down? There's not too much "outback" in New South Wales that's easy to get to without driving. The easiest would probably be either Broken Hill or Mildura. Both have airports, but flights are expensive - $200 or more each way, which is slightly more expensive than Sydney to Uluru with Virgin Blue on the dates I searched for. Neither location is going to be particularly interesting for more than about a day or two, and will be very annoying to travel to without transport. Uluru is the better option - it's a well oiled location on the tourist trail and seeing things and doing things is stupidly easy to arrange. Finch! fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Jul 22, 2010 |
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Steve. posted:There's not too much "outback" in New South Wales that's easy to get to without driving. I'd take the country link train, which is only about $80. Where are you finding these cheap flights? On the virgin blue site and a couple others I checked, it's around $500 return for the beginning of August to go to Uluru. I'd rather do that but I don't feel like paying that much. I'm not looking for a long holiday. Just something to do over a long weekend, so I'm find with only a day or two of entertainment. If need be, I'll rent a car. Mainly just looking for advice on anything interesting to see / do.
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I Am Hydrogen posted:I'd take the country link train, which is only about $80. Where are you finding these cheap flights? On the virgin blue site and a couple others I checked, it's around $500 return for the beginning of August to go to Uluru. I'd rather do that but I don't feel like paying that much. I totally forgot about the Country Link trains! They look to be OK. I just plugged some random dates in to the Virgin Blue booking thing: Sydney to Uluru on September 22, returning on the 25th. Works out to be $368 return with carry on only, $20 more with checked in bags. I'm not so sure of other places to visit that are worth seeing, though.
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