[timedoctor]

The quality of the jobs on these platforms is proportionate to the level of employment in the economy and the general strength of labour in the economy. In Australia the situation seems to very different to the US. There is a competitor to Task Rabbit - Airtasker - and my experience is that it's really expensive to hire people on this platform. In most cases I decided to do the work myself because the rates that people charge are so high in Sydney at least (for many tasks $30/hour to $50/hour as a minimum) that I would prefer to save the money and do it myself.

This is a function of the strength of the Australian economy and labour market.