After Susan Ley’s exit from politics, she embarked on a bucket-list bus trip across the USA from North Dakota to the bottom of Texas. She reports meeting a veritable potpourri of fellow travelers - prisoners returning home, veterans, nuns. She observed a clear disconnect between the elite political class, and her fellow travelers, battered by a lifetime of being overlooked. The most striking observation Ms Ley made was of a dispassionate and divided nation.

Source: ABCTV 7.30 Report

I am not going to make any comment on Ms Ley’s observations. Instead, I pose the question:

What would Ms Ley have observed had she made a similar trip across Australia? Would she travel along the eastern seaboard, or east to west, perhaps Adelaide to Darwin?

Small rural towns under the siege of out of control youth.

Hi Aries54,

What she wouldn't see is a carbon copy of America, thank God for that! Despite all the naysayers and pessimists, Australia is still a great place to live.

http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp