[LINK] Cost Of Living

[sylvano]

On 10/02/2013, at 6:31 PM, sylvano <sylvano at gnomon.com.au> wrote:

> A higher Cost of Living is an unfortunate byproduct of relative wealth.
> 
> Regards
> Sylvano
> sylvano at gnomon.com.au
> 
> On 10/02/2013, at 6:22 PM, Kim Holburn <kim.holburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 2013/Feb/10, at 5:24 PM, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>> 
>>> Jan writes,
>>> 
>>>> .. I've avoided Centrelink contact in all the nearly 20 years
>>>> I've lived here, but soon I won't be able to avoid it, merely
>>>> because of my age and the benefits I won't go without ..
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, and increasingly unavoidable. Apparently our Cost of Living
>>> in Australia is the third highest in the world.
>> 
>> It depends how you compare currencies.  One way economists do it is the Big Mac index.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index Australia is not in the top 5.
>> 
>>> THIRD highest is TRULY pathetic
>> 
>> You think Australia should be number 1?
>> 
>>> http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Stephen
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