Yes the Cronulla chaps didn't do us so proud, but we have developed an innovative relocation program where they can move to some of the world's great cultural centres such as Bali, Pattaya etc and still collect their dole cheques. The concern is that they will be trained how to really throw on a good riot by the 1st Worlds undisputed Champions of White trash the English lager lout.
How many billion dollars did they cause last year, or perhaps the year before in the London riots, caused by the great evil of - was it a power outage.
The principle of housing allowance when going to punishment posts is really quite well established.
In Australia if you want to live somewhere which is climatically similar to ArabVegas , say a mine in the Pilbara - well you get a donga thrown in as part of the deal. Same for doing a tour of the antarctic or working offshore - you get accommodation. Same for working in places like Saudi - you get a "villa" & Qatar most places the white man goes to work in the Middle East in fact. You get somewhere to live.
So to include this as part of your salary is in some ways a little disingenuous. Are you including the costs of storage of your household goods back home , paying for maintenance that you can't perform back home yourself , how much does it cost people to relocate to the ME ?
Really a cursory browse through ArabVegas real estate, shows that for a single guy wanting a nice two bedroom , not penthouse but above a fifty sq metre (do you need a hand with the conversion to Imperial there Harry ?) dogbox , the 15,000 per month won't cut it, yes surprise surprise the Arabs have short changed you, just like the education allowances - you will have to put your hand in your own pocket.
So if you elect to take the allowance you won't cover rental costs, and all utilities will be from your pocket.
Last edited by Flyboat North; 2nd Jun 2014 at 07:51.