en suite accom (with sat TV these days!), phone, laptop, 4WD vehicle, flights, all meals, and work clothing provided. Earnings before tax (in GB pounds) approx 70K . Plus 9% employer pension contribution. This rises to 95 -100K after approx 7 years if you can get on an Oil & Gas contract (notoriously nepotisitc affairs, but once you're in you're in). The rosters are normally 'even time' in Oil & Gas; 2weeks/2 weeks, or 4 weeks/4 weeks. People fly from the UK (North and Scotland mostly) for the 4/4 roster, as tradesman with Oil platform experience they get circa 50 pounds an hour. Adds up fast when you're working 12hrs x 7days x 4weeks. Also, Oil workers are often paid in tax free $US due to them being technically outside of Australian territory. But i digress.. Income tax is considerably higher in Australia, but that results in, amongst other things, the unemployed being paid roughly double the criminally low 65 quid of the UK and a properly functioning version of the NHS. I work as a public servant although I don't draw a salary although I do get free meals and a Rolls and a driver. I earn an undisclosed amount from offshore investments but this only amounts to a few million each year so I tend to rely on backhanders from business owners when I give them insider information or push contracts their way. This doesn't amount to much and apart from a new Porsche this year (I paid