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   by scn 16y ago

   Between the start of the mining boom to the onset of the global financial crisis: annual price inflation in Perth averaged 4.0 per cent, compared to the national annual average of 3.3 per cent; Perth rents increased by two-thirds more than
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   by scn 16y ago

   I'm not saying they're easy jobs but two weeks on one off with no expenses for the two weeks on makes for a lot of disposable income even without those salaries. Inflation remains a steady 3% with a cash rate of 4.5% way above comparable ec
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   by scn 16y ago

   "A 20-year-old off the street can come up to the Pilbara and earn A$92,000 a year," says Boxy. The median household income in Australia is A$67,000. Talk about inflationary pressures.