“…edu.au/staff/working-at-feduni/people-and-culture/pay,-conditions-and-benefits/salary-rates agency "seek.com" states that average rates for a plumber in 2023 were $70,000 -$90,000. The belief, however, that substantially higher pay rates are obtainable in industry may stem from the fact that during the height of the Australian mining boom (Foo and Salim, 2022), around 2010-15, and at the time of the Productivity Commission (2011) report on the VET workforce, trades workers could earn very high salaries working in mining areas of Western Australia or Queensland, often on a "Fly In, Fly Out" basis.…”