Australian Median House Prices – March 2009
According to the Australian Bureau of statistics, the median value of Established Houses in the major Capital cities has changed, over the last 12 months as follows:
Up 10.8% in Darwin and up 0.6% Hobart.
Down 10.1% in Perth, down 7.3% in Sydney, … Read the rest
Sydney, Australia Median Property Prices
There are a few different ways to look at Median House prices, and careful note should be made to compare like with like.
One of the major Australian Supermarkets is Coles, which is part of the Wesfarmers group.
Other stores in this group include:
Supermarkets:
Alcohol:
Office Supplies and Computers:
One of the major Australian Supermarkets is Woolworths’, which is part of the Woolworths’ Australia group.
As at July 2009, Woolworths’ held 31% of the … Read the rest
Around Australia, there are more than 5.2 million volunteers, at an average of 137 hours per year per volunteer, helping out about 700,000 non-profit and community organisations that operate in this country.
A few links that may help people that are looking into volunteering in Australia.
20 August 2009
At noon 20th August 2009, Australia has 32,799 confirmed cases of Swine Flue (Pandemic H1N1 2009).
Deaths
The total number of Australian deaths ‘associated with this’ is currently 128, with 2 confirmed deaths.
Australian Unity, in partnership with the Australian Centre on Quality of Life at Deakin University, regularly measure how satisfied Australians are with their lives and life in Australia
Some of the Australian well-being index results for 2009, compared to the 2001 results, are:
How safe you feel in Australia
Beginning Teachers (4 yr trained)
State
After years of complaints about high bank charges in Australia, things may be about to be changing in the big banks, the main culprits of high bank charges.
Westpac Bank for example, is excited to say:
We’re excited about this!
Starting this October, we’re reducing lots of our exception fees … Read the rest
Over the last few years I have come across quite a few people asking about the options on working as a Nanny in Australia, and I never recall where the right info is to answer them, so this page is now where I will find it in future, together with … Read the rest
