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Originally Posted by Nickhead
Australia
Yes, but...
Minimum wage here is $18/hour, and everyone pays into medicare. But, yeah... a footlong at subway is $14  |
When I was on my freighter trip, one of the Sri Lankans was telling me about working on freighters. He said that Australia has some sort of rule about minimum pay for sailors, and it's way higher than the standard. Something like triple the pay. So among freighter crews, they always want the Australia routes but no one gets them but the most senior guys.