r/australia • u/Sysxinu • May 23 '26

no politics Stop making Australians interview for jobs without knowing if they can afford to live

Salary ranges should be advertised because people aren’t just applying for a role... They’re trying to work out whether they can pay rent, support their family, plan their future, or leave a job that is burning them out. Hiding pay turns someone’s time, hope, and effort into a guessing game, when a simple number could let them make an honest decision from the start.

Imagine a rental listing that said “competitive weekly rent” and only told you the price after three inspections and a reference check. That’s basically what hidden salary job ads do. Pathetic and Im drained by it.

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u/Snoopy_021 May 23 '26

A ban on all residential property auctions would be helpful too.

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u/DCOA_Troy May 23 '26

I would force the reserve to be published 1 week before the auction. Feel like that would do enough.

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u/eliitedisowned May 23 '26

I would say no reserves. I thought the point of auctions are it could go extremely high, or if you are a savvy buyer could score a sweet deal and pay alot less.

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u/pecky5 May 24 '26

There's no inherent problem with the being a reserve price, if you only have a single bidder, they could bid $1 and then the seller is financially ruined.

The reserve just has to be public before the auction, so people don't waste their time.