I'm currently living in Australia (in my own home) and I find I can manage an adequate lifestyle, but if I had to pay a mortgage or I had to pay rent I feel it would be quite a struggle, especially with the increasing costs of food, fuel, and energy.
My Thai girlfriend and I have known each other for about 5years and we travel back and forth to each other"s countries but I want us to settle together in one place in the not-too-distant future. I was wondering if anyone could help me with this question. If I sell my primary residence in Australia and I buy an apartment in Thailand will the Australian government recognise this as my primary residence or are all my assets counted against me if I make the move? I'm asking because this would put me over the Centrelink threshold and it would mean I would be in the somewhat risky position of needing to find investments to not eat away at my capital.