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My answer to that Scary is it's a lot easier to obtain an 80k job to start with given the education system in Australia

Example: a friend of mine was pretty much broke coming out of high school. His parents did not (could not?) financially help him

He got a degree at one of the best Universities in Australia. The government gave him a weekly allowance so a job was not necessary (which I would assume makes it easier to get better grades at Uni). He doesn't have to pay back the government for the Uni fees until he earns above a certain amount per year (don't know specific numbers). All he had to do was do well enough in high school to get in

From what I experienced in America, it's a lot more difficult for a broke guy coming out of high school to get a degree from a really good uni if he has grades just enough to get in (but not get academic scholarships)

But yeah, in Australia it will take like 30% longer or whatev for the 80k guy to catch up to the 40k. He gets there eventually :/