9 Reasons AUSTRALIA is BETTER than AMERICA 

And then there is long service leave.

Companies see it as a liability, they want you to use it before they have to pay tax on the money they’re holding to pay you for it basically! Not to mention having to pay you last years leave after you’ve had a pay rise.

What a dumb policy.

@@davidmarkmann6098 not for company with 30,000 employees all building up annual leave entitlements it isn’t, at least from a financial management perspective. And we get our chance to ask for leave dates. It’s just that if you don’t use it, you’ll eventually get put on it anyway.

@@dutchroll In America you can often just hold onto it or convert it to cash if you don't take it. I see no financial risk to the company. Forcing employees to tale leave is very old-fashioned and heavy handed.

yeah nahhh

Unless its the AMWU who walks in to your printing company, tells you what's wrong (but isn't), signs you up and takes your money then never comes back or offers help when something is actually wrong.

How can we support unions? When they don't support the workers? Did you forget what happened during the pandemic? The unions supported the government not the workers!

They had their place and time. Now is the time for right to work.

Right to Work! In particular, public employee unions need to be abolished: In particular, police, fire, teacher.

And some can earn significantly more. Think electricians..

MOST trades earn a load more than doctors lol, not some, but most. I'm a stone mason and all i do is installations and i earn over $300k, let alone high end trades like plumbers, electricians, roofers, plasteres etc.

Same here in NZ. We had some major wiring and plumbing upgrades done on our 100yr+ old house we had and over a cuppa with the tradies found out how much they made each year. My wife who holds three degrees said afterward that knowing that and given the choice she would have become a plumber instead of teaching at a top private school. Incomes weren't even in the same ball park.

@@colmastro4373 buuuull shiiiiit

​@colmastro437well thats a joke and try finding a trade to do work.

I was, got out in 98

I worked for the ABC and had to be forced to go on leave after a staffing issue lasting years... the also paid me overtime rates for the time they could not afford to give me off!! ( pretty big tax slug in one pay week though)

Thank you for your service.

I agree. Retired from similar role and leave was very important.

Great, you're lazy and dependant on the gov like a true commie

After numerous holidays I did a stint with my work for a few months. It was a struggle with the food to get the nutrition in veges.

The government never gifted us with what we get so there's no reason to be grateful, the government works for us afterall, we earnt it and are owed it.. In the States they should be angry and disappointed in their past generations and government for the hopeless situation they are in now. They let themselves be exploited and brainwashed, in Australia, NZ, U.K etc we wouldn't let the government take the piss like they do.

It’s NOT the government’s responsibility to “help” you. They need to stay the F out of peoples lives. That is the difference between a true American and you.

Great! Enjoy my taxes.

I’m just like, Australia’s better, that’s all there is to it.

And she hasn't noticed all the unpaid overtime Australians do, among the most in the developed world.

This video is stupid. The USA is the best country in the world

@@Texan_christian1132 Australia is home to me, but I've always had a fascination with the USA. I would love to visit one day for a holiday.

@@goldentwilight1944 I suggest you move here.

The stupid 2nd Amendament has destroyed America

I couldn't have said it better....!

I'm a homeless university student and I'm fighting to finish my degree, but I don't have anywhere to stay, so my days are taken up with searching for somewhere to stay, some way to get a meal to eat, somewhere to shower and wash my clothes, etc...... The United States is such a joke, a laughable joke for a so-called "developed country"....... I don't know how long ago it was that I actually was able to go to a doctor and get a prescription...... Medical care is just insanely expensive here..... I already have a lot of medical debt, and as a student I have a ton of student debt.......

@@andrewstephen9096 Hearing that makes me sooooo glad I'm and Aussie. We do have homeless people everywhere here (from cities to small country towns) as well, they are not so visible and begging is not encouraged, but is not illegal; however there are many charities and Government assistance groups that can help out. Not everyone who is homeless is there by choice, some are, and most aren't. They CAN get help and even those with a roof over their heads and struggling to buy food have Charities such as 'Second Bite' and 'Food Bank' and other local and community based assistance.

@Rod Gale actually begging is illegal here, well certainly is in South Australia, we police officers rarely apply this law other than moving them on when there are complaints

Yeah we have Ausstudy to help out students who qualify for living expenses. Note I'm a 50 year old college drop out who has never had to pay off their HECS.

Yes. My 2 sons & my youngest sister had HECS loans. Paying them off apparently gave them a good enough credit rating to apply to The Bank for a housing loan.

Yes, this was me, in year 11 when i picked my subjects i chose to do a TAFE course. Every Friday afternoon around 1 our regular school lessons would finish and the buses would come to take us over to the local TAFE where our class would start from 1:30pm and finish around 5pm. We had kids from other high schools in our TAFE classes too. Back in the days i did it the acronym it went by was JSST(Joint Secondary Schools-TAFE) however by the time i got into Year 12 the acronym changed over to the new TVET system.

I completed certII in engineering when I finished year 11 and Then dropped out of school to start an apprenticeship as a boilermaker and I’ve nearly finnished my apprenticeship and certIII at 19 years old

@@jackthomas3837 You'll probably be making more than most grown adults in desk jobs.

bet you were glad you wore a shirt with sleeves !!!!!!!!!

@@stephenwhitelaw4873 absolute gold comment 💪🏾😎

How was the school meant to be shot up with no guns?

It could be worse. They may let you bring guns, but check them for programmable equations at the door. No cheating allowed !

Interesting point, in Australia all degrees are Bachelor Degrees, there are no other degrees.

Maybe because kids went to WW1 and WW2 at very early ages maybe even 15 ,16 17 etc.

I am biting my tongue a LOT about the changes in language we are experiencing, frequently thanks to the influence of the USA.. what with younger folks using the word 'like' as a 'spacer'... using verbs as nouns and vice versa... and talking about 'DEE-fence and OFF-fence' in the footy and such things (ya, I'm a grumpy bum... Pffft)... Sidebar: I find it fascinating to hear the different accents of USA-based folks. How many ways can you pronounce 'door'? ..particularly when considering folks in New York (City) and its boroughs... 'DAW'... 'DOO-er'... 'DOR-wah'... 'DERR'... (Professor Henry Higgins I'm not)... When I visited the USA for a bit, I spent some time in the southern states (for example, Georgia, Louisiana)... and I always enjoyed the reaction.. when I would say something like, "I came into town today"... and the locals would look all sad... as they thought I'd said "I came into town to DIE"... 😁 ...and (most) everyone thinks we have no accent..(!)... We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming...

The USA is so big and people from many different countries have moved there especially since the late 1800s early 1900s , many living in certain parts of the USA I'm not surprised about the different accents, but I am surprised they are not more harder to understand. Yet when I watch US news channels, interviews with locals who witnessed a shooting or an accident, no matter what state, as an English guy I haven't heard any that I find hard to understand. Yet I'm my own country, which is smaller than Texas People a couple hundred miles west or north from London can be really hard to understand. The geordie accent ( Newcastle) is completely different from a London accent, as is the west country accent, Bristol, most Americans wouldn't understand a word of anyone with a strong Newcastle accent, It's hard enough for us from southern England . If anything Americans speak better English than the English.

Some towns are so violent you may have been close.

My cousin married an American who did her Masters in Oz. $50K AUD for the 2 years compared to $120K USD

Sorry, that l have to correct you, l am originally German from Berlin, and came here with 40 y old. Germany has one of the best social networks in the world. All schools are for free, have no uniforms, boys and girls are mixed, and private schools are for difficult children. Universities are often for free too, and NO pay backs for Germans. When l decided to do a Teaching Degree for Primary School, when l was 30 y old, l could do it for free too, and making a practice at a school l got paid. While working in different jobs, we got also superannuation paid by the company, we worked for, we did not needed to put any money in ourselves. We got 2 extra payments a year in summer 1/2 year double salary, and in December another double salary, as bonuses. Our health system included everything. I never paid medicines, nor for Dr appointments, nor dentistry, or a sickness being in hospital. But of course you could have private Health insurance. I get regularly my German pension here in Australia. I would like to say, that l did not come to living in Australia, because of better working, and living conditions, l came here for other personal matters, and reasons, l do not wish to discuss in this comment. I have learnt here another way of life, much more relaxed, l love my environment, sea side living in a house, and working conditions were acceptable, and l love the multiculturalism in Melbourne. In my lifestyle l do not miss much from home, and l have been lucky enough to go to Europe for holidays every year till the pandemic came along. And l felt much safer in my area, as here is so much space, as l ever felt at home, in all these crowed homes, blocks. You are lucky, English is your first language too, l miss speaking, and reading German, and my culture, including European culture. But l am happily living here. Two things l don’t like here much, are related to driving in opposite to your experience. l never will understand, that you just put a L-plate on and learn driving with whomever. In Germany you must learn driving with an Driver’s School, and your teacher accompanies you through the Driving Tests with two Government Instructors, and the written 10 pages test. Here many accidents occur, because many, especially young drivers, do not use the indicator, can’t park proper, change lines with no attention, what they are doing, driving regularly too fast, and so on. The other thing is, if you do a mistake, for example park too long, a fine from $ 96 arrives, when you per accident on a quite large highway must drive 60 km/h , but drove 65 km/ it come to $ 227 + 1 demerit point. In Germany for a parking violation you are paying Euros 15, and all other it like 5-10 std/km Euros 25-30. Demerit points you get for real violations like red lights, and real speeding in residential areas. I have had never a fine in Germany, but a few fines here in 30 years, because l never could adjust to driving on big highways, freeways 60, 80 or 100 km/h, because in Europe there are none such huge highways in residential areas, and on freeways you can drive as fast as you feel fit, and safe. So, l always must restrain myself on freeways. I found your comparing AUS v. USA interesting, and enjoyed your presentation, observations, and experiences very much. Thank you. Greetings from Melbourne Judy

In australia its weird people are more important than companies. Our vote is encouraged too and imagine an organisation that neutrally organises electorates and impartially counts votes (while being overseen by the parties) Im going out today l wont see guns be aware of them afraid of them ready to duck and cover roll over. We send our kids to school and they come home. If we get a call its just that theyre sick and need to come home alot of us ask our boss and they understand we take leave and our colleagues cover for us.

@@paulclissold1525 People power VS $$$$$. Mob I did some work with had an offer by the staff to buy the company. The formed a board & fired the executives & tripled profits. I was happy to be an observer

@@circusbrains cb you will use your guns on your brothers and sisters we still have guns in our community but the criminals use them on each other. Your freedoms are indiscriminate but never fail to seek out the innocent. Coff coff. The rest of the world just sit back and shake their heads. You guys really dont believe in democracy. Its just all talk. Go and do what you have to do but know that when you come back we wont be here.

Honestly test cricket is great backhround noise to have on. Then 'tune in' when a replay of a big play

I'm Australian born and bred and don't get it. But then sport sucks, to me, in general.

Have you ever read the Funny Rules of Cricket?

@@abigailcramer6514 I worked once at the SCG for a test - NEVER AGAIN I swore !!!!

@@arokh72 Fair enough that you dont like Criket but saying sport sucks in general is such a wide bizarre statement. There are thousands of sports. Bout as bizarre as saying "reading sucks" at least to me anyway.

1986 & I was the same thing. I was 5% of my pay n the 90's & got my redundancy. Borrowed the Super to buy a business & sell it for double in a month later. I placed it all back into Super & paid the lot back plus interest. I was lucky my employer paid for my Uni & MBA then give mr money to leave LOL.

Also we’ve raised the smoking age to 21 now too to be consistent with drinking lol!

Maybe if you have the taxpayer-funded version of super, 13% and with guaranteed minimum 10% increase each year. In private industry unless you are a high earner there is almost no way the super from a lifetime of working a regular job will support you in retirement.

Indeed the US Social Security system put in place by Democrats is the WORST national retirement plan of any country in the world

@@MrGutfeeling you suppose to put extra money and pump it till like 15% and you will probably end up comfortably to retire. Like I do salary sacrifice. Hubby did it and it works for him.

It will be a big help before you become reliant on other assets or the government.

@@MrGutfeeling my hubby, who has mostly worked in private industry with the mandated 10% super contributions is looking at retiring this year with $1.5 million in his super account. He may have been lucky his original super was with UniSuper since he did his mechanical apprenticeship at a university, they have nearly always been one of the top performing super companies and have very low fees. His super is still earning and I'm pretty sure we are looking at a comfortable retirement. OK, he has put extra into it along the way but it was so worth it. He has never earned big money, it can be done.

They systematically destroyed the unions. America used to have really strong labour movement that got fair pay for work. Not so much anymore corporations spend millions to illegally union bust and feed propaganda. Used to be like 60% of workers were in a union now its barely 10%. And btw unions are not perfect but what they are is lobbyists for workers and if corporations and companies have lobbyists so should workers its only fair. In a perfect world neither should exist.

America was founded by the rich in favour of the rich. The declaration of independence is largely bs. If all men were created equally then there wouldn't be poverty at all. American is the biggest contradiction on earth.

Buddy you should do some research about what you're talking about, yes there are a few countries who have a higher minimum wage for Holy Cow look at the world market, there are a lot of countries where the minimum wage is less than $300 a MONTH1 Some where it's as high as $620 a month and some where it's less than $100 for a 44 hour week! BTW most countries do not offer much in the way of benefits. Places like Western Europe with high minimum wages and great benefits are the exception not the rule.

@@lennybuttz2162 😂😂😂

Come over, you'll love it!

Congratulations!

I travelled there as a tourist about ten years ago. Wouldn't go back if I was paid to.

It's that old cold war era myth about America being the land if opertunity. It doesn't work that way anymore.

Don't forget asking questions like that. Remember they vote too so ppl from the USA voted themselves to where they are. Do not encourage them to come here.

Well it's not easy to leave without a foreign spouse.

@@fionacarty6647 popular vote here does not elect our highest officials. Are a lot of Americans stupid? Yes. But please know what you're talking about

You went to 2 very expensive states haha! But yes it’s expensive

But Sydney is not cheap either, mate.

I remember before GST when the tax rates were all over the place, I used to assemble computers in the 80's and 90's and there was 3-5 different tax rates on computers depending in which components were used and they ranged from 14.5% to 32.7%. GST is such an improvement!

Many people don't know it replaced dozens of other hidden taxes & simplified things in electronics / electrical goods.

Unless you live in the US and get to choose the lowest tax state to live in. Then we don't want any federal GST

@@yaimavol Many people here in Oz how many taxes the GST eliminated in 1 swoop. USA has 3 levels of government with 3 levels of taxes. Very confusing as an Accountant. I do know people often go to New Hampshire due to lower taxes & on some sales they tax refunded. Tax laws are always evolving & all governments around the world will find a way to bleed more money from you.

I keep hearing this excuse for the USA. But it makes no sense for most bricks and morter stops. I mean unless you are sell things out of a van or something your shop is not going to be crossing any state lines. It will be in the same state tomorrow as it was today. And if you can caculate the correct tax at the register you could have done the same before putting price labels up.

Good luck with your transition. Many Americans have moved here and decided to call Australia home.

Australia transitioned to the metric system in the 60's and 70's. As a young Aussie kid learning the English system of currency was a nightmare. From memory, it was twelve pennies to a shilling, twenty shillings to a pound and twenty one shillings to a guinea. In February 1966, Australia converted to decimal currency (100 cents in the dollar). It made our lives so much easier.

So sorry for your loss

@@kayelle8005 don’t be. I felt like i was on the outside looking in. Like a homeless orphan in the middle of winter peering through a pane glass window of a house looking at the family inside eating a Christmas ham. Here i was at the funeral seeing everybody else cry and me unable to shed a single tear wondering why everyone was crying. I found myself both confused about it and laughing at their grief and misery over his death

Sorry about that Where you born and raised down Australia? I never visited but had a friend down Sydney but not anymore I lost him years back

@@stevebusto8192 yeah i was born and raised in Australia

Oh sure do you ever visit Kentucky?

Australian fruit and veg is pretty good but the best fruit and veg I've ever eaten was when my wife and I lived in Laos. It leaves the stuff you get at Woolies and Coles for dead,, and cheap. We were paying around 40c -50c for a kilo of tomatoes. The fruit and veg also keeps longer than the Woolies/Coles fruit and veg.

I believe it's because it is a different rate in different State over there.

@@SaulKopfenjager yeah but still the individual stores could just put the sales tax on

I remember when the GST came in there was some controversy on what was taxed and what wasn't. Fresh foods weren't taxed but prepared foods were, soft drinks (soda) weren't taxed unless they were refrigerated and a whole host of other peculiarities. But at least this was all sorted by the time we had to pay for the items, it was just confusing for the shop owners.

It is much better knowing how much of your purchase is between you and the vendor, and how much the government just takes.

but even though it's all included here, the Government component (at least the GST) is normally listed separately on the receipt.....so you still know how much the Government is taking and how much is the vendor.

About fifteen years ago my husband and I visited LA and we tried Starbucks... our first and last time! Their coffee is terrible... Melbourne and Sydney have an amazing coffee culture...

I think the difference between the gallons might have something to do with the UK/Aus pint being 20 fluid ounces and the US being 16 fluid ounces, and the conversion of those measurements to metric... someone correct me if I'm wrong...

It stems from a time when there were different names and volumes for the units which measured wine, beer and grain based alcohol in the UK and early America. So 3 names and 3 different sized units. Realising that was a bit daft it was decided by the Brits to use a single unit for all of them. They roughly averaged the 3 old units and settled on the Imperial gallon of 160 fluid ounces or 4.5 litres. Meanwhile in America they stuck with the Queen Anne gallon of 128 fluid ounces or 3.8 litres.

Who cares 🤔

This was very kind of you to take care of your mother. I worked in the Department of Human Services for 17 y, and also acquired much more holiday Leave + LSL, which often l could not take because of the working load. So, when my mum died slowly on stomach cancer in Berlin, l was also able to take 3 months leave to be with her till the end. As l got paid, l had no financial worries, which helped a lot during this stressful time.

Yah in the US you'd definitely just lose your job

@@casebeth this makes me sorry. My brother also just had 2 months of tripping around South America full paid with a mix of Long Service Leave and Rec Leave. How do people balance their work life in the US? And are people frustrated by lack of flexible work arrangements?

@@LeeLeeHere I'd say mostly they try to suck it up and deal with it because so many people fall into the trap that the right wing sets of "paid leave is socialism" 🙄. Which make it hard to mobilize people en masse against the upper class. My job gives 3 weeks paid leave, 10 state holidays, and 3 weeks paid sick leave. This is an enviable amount of time off and something I don't take for granted. However , one can't take more than a week at a time , which kinda sucks. Travel abroad is considered a major luxury and something my partner and I are able to do only once every other year (and that's to visit my in laws in Spain). We've lived in Helsinki Finland, Zaragoza Spain and currently Chicago. The US is not our forever place. My partner wanted to have a few years experience here, but we're in process of applying for both Canadian and Australian skilled worker immigration. The US is just exhausting to live in.

Me too! Killermetres sounds stupid!

Kilo-meters like kilo-grams is the more correct propitiation (based on the metric system) but either are acceptable due to kil-om-eters being more commonly said.

Yeah wonder presentation,Australia one place I could want to visit one day Maybe Sydney,where you born and raise down there?

@@stevebusto8192 As a native Aussie who has lived all over Australia and who has just visited USA I can say the USA has the following over Australia.... 1. American people are more polite and friendly. This might be because you have so many people in America, however they are definitely more friendly. 2. You guys can sure build a museum/memorial/attraction every construction is well done. 3. Your airports are cleaner and much better designed compared to our major airports in Sydney and Melbourne. 4. In the main your retail/hospitality/service staff are extremely helpful and polite. Not saying they are not helpful here, but the go an extra mile in America.

@@DeneNorton yeah you’re right but a friend I had Patrick from Melbourne was so cool and friendly and I guess you are too.I never visited Australia but I could love to some day guess I have no place or who to visit cause I lost Patrick years back and it hurts so much he used to live a walk away from me day Wisconsin but now I lived down Kentucky,have you ever visited Lexington I have a home here and bet you could love it mostly if you love horses a lot of horses races”Kentucky derby” but I never raised any myself but maybe some day

Holiday leave loading, long service leave and being paid for holidays not taken when you resign or retire from a job. Never heard an American ever mention these things.

so agree with you...a union member for nearly 50 years...it pains me that so many younger aussies don't understand the benefits they enjoy because of the union movement and the continual attempts to erode them from the Lib/Nats...sigh

@@jaynemeulman8484 Not just those arseholes. As a union member myself I've learnt unions have no allies. Even some of the union officials are no better than politicians.

@@jaynemeulman8484 I must say though I expected negative comments and quite a few of them. Must be the outsider's per spec on what we've got in this country.

Spot on

Me too, working for the DHHS. When l retired l got still paid 4 months accumulated leave.

No. The USA is the best country in the world

@@Texan_christian1132 Is that supposed to be a joke? No one could actually believe that. You pay slave wages, you have no mandatory holidays, no maternity leave, your employers are not required to pay into your superannuation fund, if you become ill, you either die or starve, your education system is appalling, on top of being ridiculously expensive, not to mention going to school may result in your death. If you do get home safely, there’s no one to care for you because both parents have to work every hour possible. Gun violence as well as every other type of violence is absolutely out of control. No, America has very little to recommend it.

@@jennifermcdonald5432 lol! No. You have to be joking.😂 pay slave wages? I’ve never heard of that. Sounds stupid to me. Who cares if you are paid on holidays or vacation? You can just save up leave and then go on vacation. Its that simple. This tiny inconvenience don’t matter. If you become sick you die or starve? Are you serious?😂 that don’t make any sense. Well as a American i can confirm that that don’t happen. I’ve been sick meny times and I don’t die or starve. What ya said makes no sense. It don’t matter how bad the Education system here is. What’s that about that? And it ain’t ridiculously expensive. It’s easy and cheap to get public school or home school. It’s only private school that’s expensive. Going to school will result in death?😂 It’s hilarious that you actually think that! You exaggerate everything. There ain’t that meny school shootings. There are only hundreds of school shootings when in the United States there are almost 100,000 schools in the USA! And even if that somehow scares you. You can just move to states With low amounts of school shootings like Maine or (Washington the state not the city). You might as well hide in your house all day because of fear of the extremely Low chance of an meteor right falling from the sky and killing you. It’s the same for gun violence. Only 0.01% of the population dies from homicide. Which means in 100 years your chance of dying would only be 1%! That’s tiny! So the gun homicides ain’t that bad. And you could still move to states that have low homicide rate. And the USA has the best laws best Economy best military it’s The biggest most beautiful and diverse and much more! The laws that allow easy gun access are the best because they let citizens defend themselves against criminals fight bad Government and defend the country! And the laws vary throughout the states with huge variety! And the USA is so big and has all the most beautiful places in the world! It’s got the best beaches in Hawaii and Florida! the best tundras and ice caps for skiing! The best and most of the only desserts with cactuses. And much more! It’s got everything you could ever want! The USA is the happiest and most proud and much more! So the USA is the best country in the world!

@@Texan_christian1132 ok, well you’re obviously more prone to the constant brainwashing and non stop exposure to propaganda than most of the citizens of your country. Very weak minded. If you fail to see, acknowledge, and attempt to correct the problems in your society, then your really a dead lose to your country. If all you are capable of is sitting around with a big smile on your face, waving your flag, your a waste of space! Sadly, you’ve been too completely brainwashed, and are no longer capable of actually thinking, all you do is repeat the party lines, ad nausea um. NO country is perfect, all have problems, but your incapable of understanding that. It’s sad! I very much suspect that you’ve never left your country, probably never left your Mums house. You have an incredibly closed mind, and probably always will have. On second thoughts, you stay in your perfect country. You’re the sort that’s best staying home in your own little illusion. BTW, do you have any idea of how much the minimum wage is in other countries? ie here it’s about $25.00 an hour minimum. And you still get at least 4 weeks paid vacation, superannuation, maternity leave ect ect.

Texas is tiny compared to Queensland, the state that I live in.

Big advantage with metric is dealing in whole numbers and not fractions like 13/64ths of an inch.

Sorry are you suggesting tradies aren't 'smart'?

@@rhyswoodman6781 Absolutely not, the smarts required for an electrician or builder just for an example involve some science and engineering at much higher levels than high school. I had many skills in my working life but only got to a Diploma level with education. However I managed several small businesses, worked in every single facet of the record industry (except operate a record press), qualified network engineer, Cisco instructor, computing teacher adult and high school and musician with global releases. I am retired now, i had a very interesting life for a disabled person. Sorry working class rant :-)

And before GST was introduced to Australia there was already legislation stating that all prices had to includes all taxes unless it was clearly stated that they didn't, I remember having to do quotes for government departments for ex-tax prices, in those days you had to also get proof that the buyer was eligible for ex-tax pricing before you could even give them an ex-tax quote, it was a really complicated system, the GST is much better.

Some employers you get long service leave after 5 years

And strangely enough, that 4 x 2 is actually not that real measurement anyway but somewhat smaller. (more like 3 and 1/2 by 1and 3/4 anyway.)

I should clarify you’re usually not allowed access to withdraw anything from your superannuation until you reach retirement age, 65, this was a one off thing for the government during covid

I guess , you're comparing a full license.. As for Oz , you can also Dive on a Limited license before the drinking age. Its there whole gun laws that take the cake in the US.. Just beyond any where near sensible.

@@Rhythmattica Drivers Ed would be a good idea in Oz.

@@Rhythmattica it’s called personal responsibility, we Australians are pussies flat out

And shoot school kids with military weapons from age 18!

But you can go to war and die at 18.

Soda is not good for you, in any way, but that sign is not based on reality. It was simply required by the insane nutjobs that are running the state of california into the ground. Nearly every product sold in America has a calinfornia cancer warning on it, only so it can be sold in california, not because it is true.

When I was im the States I noticed the majority of adds were for fast food, medications and invitations to join civil suites against different companies. It was a weird reflection of what Americz is about.

In Australia, there are basically no education loans apart from the HECS/HELP system which are loans from the government's at 0% interest but the can go up a small amount as they are indexed with inflation. You don't have to make any repayments until you are finished your studies and are working and receiving income above $40000/year, at which point repayments are automatically deducted from your pay like taxation. The system is very fair and reasonable.

Part of that is if companies are audited and people didn't have holidays they get fined upto 500, 000 dollars per offence does not apply to family run small business to best of my knowledge

That's happened to me. I'd been full time at a job for three years and hadn't got around to taking any holidays. The company accountant came and said they needed me to take time off. Otherwise the company would be stuck with a huge payment in lieu if I left the company.

It's good fraud prevention practice to require employees to take their leave, and have someone else do their job while they're away. A decent accountant or auditor will recommend that as a standard practice. The idea is that if you have an employee who's got a regular fiddle going it'll probably come to light when someone else does the job while the permanent guy's taking the holiday.

I'm retired now. I worked for a company for 19 years where you couldn't accrue more than six weeks annual leave, unless you had good reason. Once you've reached six weeks, the boss would wave an annual leave form at you and told you to take some leave. You didn't have to take the full six weeks but enough to reduce your accrued leave. We also had unlimited paid sick leave.

No. Australia sucks compared to the USA

@@Texan_christian1132 Of course it does. Especially if you’ve never been anywhere but the USA.

@@FillH2os i’ve seen pictures of other countries including Australia. And they suck compared to the United States. Pictures of United States are nowhere near as Beautiful as seeing em in person. But that’s not the case for other places because of there bad boring dull unfriendly atmosphere if you actually see it in person. I know that because another American that left the USA told me.

@@Texan_christian1132 ok tRumptard.