Australia - Top 5 best country in the world? (2 Viewers)

[boris]

Australia - 5th best country in the world?

Australia is a pretty cool country agreed? Please tell us what you think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-of-Life_Index

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Most_Livable_Cities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index

The most prosperous country apparently.

 

[Iron]

We are pretty excellent

 

[bigboyjames]

its probably in the top 3................more like equal first with a few other countries

 

[bigboyjames]

anyone that votes no is a retarded shit head

 

[boris]

i dunno i am expecting some retards to come on here later crying about bombing iraq or supporting the jews or abos or something retarded.

 

[Iron]

Well it should be admitted that we have a partly-cloudy history. We lack a moral foundation and fundamental belief in ourselves as a distinct people and place, with a clear purpose in the world etc.
However these are subtleties. Reclamation! Joy before the angels of God! The point is that it works

 

[Пaтpик]

I would say Australia is a pretty good country...until we become like the US!!

 

[Will Shakespear]

I would say Australia is a pretty good country...until we become like the US!!

and bomb servia back to the stone age?

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

If the science says so!

I like Australia. Nice place.

 

[Silver Persian]

Yeah..can't think of anywhere better to live than Sydney/Melbourne. Although the rest of the country not so much...

Canada's pretty good too.

 

[jb_nc]

Yeah..can't think of anywhere better to live than Sydney/Melbourne. Although the rest of the country not so much...

Canada's pretty good too.

Yes, wait until you see how oppressed their First Nation people are.

 

[Wheelbarrows]

australia is pretty cool.

aren't we coming like 3rd or something on the HDI?



EDIT: yep, we are. yeah, we're pretty great.

 

[tommykins]

if you don't like it, you can fuck off!

(rofl)

 

[Trefoil]

We're pretty fucking epic.

 

[that bloke]

Yeah..can't think of anywhere better to live than Sydney/Melbourne. Although the rest of the country not so much...

Huh? Perth and Brisbane are brilliant cities to live in.
If you could pick up Melbourne and drop it on top of Sydney, that would be good though.

 

[philosopher23]

I reckon we have one of the best countries on the planet. I love this country.

 

[Josip Broz Tito]

amazing country despite it being too far away and lacking history/culture

 

[zstar]

I guess as long as China continues to fund the mining boom this country will be living it up.

The question is though what happens after?

This country will no longer be able fund so many welfare programs for the people.

Hopefully somebody realises this soon.

 

[Trefoil]

I guess as long as China continues to fund the mining boom this country will be living it up.

The question is though what happens after?

This country will no longer be able fund so many welfare programs for the people.

Hopefully somebody realises this soon.

Welfare programmes aren't really funded by the developed world's mining boom - they existed before it, and they'll exist after it. Unlike America, we've had an entrenched welfare system in some form for at least a century. We've had more time to iron out the kinks, and there's far more public support for it, because Australia is a largely egalitarian society.

Mining drives growth but it isn't the backbone of the economy. Agriculture and natural resources account for 3% and 5% of GDP respectively.

But anyway, remember that after China, you've got India, Latin America, Africa, and South-East Asia. There will be plenty of need for our stuff for a long time to come.

 

[Tully B.]

We're ok. Probably not the best.
Maybe tied first when we become a republic.