Question for Aussies

[dunkalicious]

This question is for aussie students. I'll rep good answers.
What do you think about educational system in australia? are you satisfied?

What do you know about international students? I'm actually thinking about moving to australia to study medicine. I'm finishing my 2nd year now and I want to move from this piece of **** country I live in.

I'm asking this because I guess you're in contact with international students so you know how things are.
How do you get scholarships? also, can you loan money from bank to use it for studying and return it when you finish your education and get a job? Is there such "support" programs?
I'm currently broke as hell and no one wants to loan money to students in this pisshole of a country.
Is it expensive to live in australia? (accomodation, food, petrol etc...)


I know I could find some of this answers on google, but I prefer first hand info from an actual person.

Links are acceptable too.

thanks


edit: before anyone asks I'm from Croatia - it's nice here, but only if you are here for a vacation.

[zipl3r]

Costs for international students are HYOOOOOGE like 5x what Australian citizens pay.
Given that you are ok with this,,
You can get scholarships by applying for them, scholarships should be advertised on websites of the university you plan to go to.
You can get a HEX (or at least in Perth you can) where you get a loan to pay for your education which has an interest rate which is the same rate as inflation (very low) which you can pay back year later down the track once your making money.
Living in Australia is relatively expensive (from what I know). If you plan to share a house with 3 or so others in Perth then expect to pay no less than $125/week for rent. Petrol is quite expensive also.

EDIT: I'm off to sleep now, pm me and I'll respond later.

[Csnauk]

dat 30k a year