Checklist for moving to Australia from New Zealand for relocating for a job?

NglButiLoveTechnolog:

Thanks for the checklist.

For:

1 - May I ask what this is for? I'm not a business so am when I relocate to Australia for a job, I'm just only going to be a worker/employee

2 - is NAB better than Westpac Australia? I'm currently with Westpac NZ and it's going well but the fees is meh compared to BNZ.

3 - I don't have a drivers license but im fortunate that the flat/apartments i'm interested in are close by my job

4 - Thanks for the heads up

5 - I have never rented a house before. Only been living with parents so is this a concern/needed?

6 - no kids haha still single. Havent got a Girlfriend before haha. Been focussed on Masters degree.

7 - would you be able to tell me more on this? I don't quite understand this. Maybe a ELI5 (explain like im 5 haha).

8 - is this like a Identification health card? or is it like a NZ community service card?

9 - definitely :D

10 - Still thinking of PR since i understand that "most new zealand citizens are able to live, study and work in australia indefinitely without needing to apply for a visa".

Hope to hear back from you and sorry for the nuisance haha

You're going to require enough ID to do pretty much anything, such as open a bank account. This is normal. Your NZ Passport will suffice for a lot of points (about 70 I believe) then you will need something to fill in the rest, such as a Medicare card.
If you're with Westpac NZ, you can actually go into your Westpac NZ branch and open a Westpac Australia account in advance of moving over - without having Australian ID. Just be sure to use Wise or something to transfer money in preparation for the move, bank rates are awful for foreign exchange.
If you can, get a drivers license in NZ before moving. The Australian system requires logbooks with supervised hours driving in order to get from Learner to Probationary, and the Probationary period is far longer than in NZ, with no option to reduce by means of an AA (equivalent) defensive driving course.
Not every employer will do Salary Sacrifice or Novated Leasing, as it sometimes incurs Fringe Benefits Tax.
Yes and no. You will greatly limit your available options without some sort of reference. Essentially you will be counting on the owner or agent being willing to take a punt on an unknown, when they have tenants scratching at the doors. It will be hard.
Phew. Childcare is rough.
That advice is actually not helpful. You won't get Centrelink benefits as a New Zealander, unless you get Permanent Residency. After 10 years, you're entitled to six months of Jobseeker, once in your lifetime. That's it. Most government rebates administered by Centrelink (such as the Family Tax Benefit, or Baby Bonus) you also won't get. Having a CRN was only really useful when the federal government actually provided assistance during state mandated COVID stay home orders.
Medicare is your entitlement to government funded health care. You must have it, or you will pay full price for medical services (think $600 for antihistamine for a bee sting). As a New Zealander, you're lucky enough to get a Green Medicare card as soon as you show up and prove you moved in. Despite the advice you received saying it doesn't cover ambulances, that is state dependant. Us Queenslanders do not pay for ambulances. Also, it handily covers the last 30 points of ID!
That advice was 100% wrong. You won't pay the Medicare Levy Surcharge, which is an additional between 1% and 2.5% levy on your total income if you earn over $90,000 as an individual. You will still pay the Medicare Levy (which is similar in effect to the ACC levy you currently pay in NZ, but ten times the amount, at about 1% of your income). The "free" extras like dental and optical are still paid for by you, through the premiums and the gap payments on most claims (usually you cover between 20% and 50%).
Permanent Residency entitles you to many Centrelink services you would otherwise be ineligible for, as well as NDIS (disability insurance, basically the rehabilitation and support part of ACC - as a New Zealander you are not entitled to it in Australia), and the option to apply for citizenship, which is required for many government roles both contract and permanent for no discernible reason. As you will have arrived after 2016, you will have to apply for residency by using the same processes as someone from any other country on Earth, as New Zealanders only get special treatment for that if they arrived between 2001 and 2016.

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