The most telling aspect of this article is the table which shows countries with higher growth rates than Australia's. Apart from Luxembourg and some oil rich states, they are generally poor and many are failed states. Surely this is a case of causation rather than mere correlation. If we want to model ourselves on successful countries, try most of the West European countries which have relatively stable numbers.

Armchair Critic- You have my vote for your research skills.

Foxy- I'm impressed but not by your argument.

Belly said- "I am willing to be judged on my opinions"

What is less important than the Why. 6W's

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

SteelRedux said- "So basically you are an overt racist which is okay as most of the posters on here don't own up to what is self-evident."

Call me a racist if you like. But I wouldn't bother to call you a traitor because I don't care enough about you to insult you- and it's ultimately pointless. Just like your messianic mission to save the world by communism. But I'll still look after my people first. In other times they might call me civically responsible. And I'll fight against those who try to force otherwise. You hate me because I disagree with Socialism. That the best way to ensure peace is by forcing different cultures together- at least that's the argument if not the underlying power agenda.

Interesting how this has worked in places like Africa.