Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
Not bothered either way, however you need to accept that by a world standard Australia has very generous social benefits to the average punter, the flipside to that is everyone needs to contribute financially. I would suggest that at a government level expats in general might be seen as gilding the lilly a bit too much hence the crackdown.
One only stops paying tax when you die, if you retire in Australia you will pay Australian tax. Most expats pay some tax in Australia even when overseas, and get nothing for it.