Why we are still the "lucky country"...

I picked this up a couple of weeks back via Peter Martin's blog, but it is quite current. Australian political blogger Possum Commitus explaining in a Crikey article why we should be thankful here in Australia, and that it isn't luck - it's by design:

This happened because of 30 years of hard, tedious, extraordinarily difficult policy work that far, far too many of us now either take completely for granted, or have simply forgotten about. We have, without even realising it, created the most successful and unique economic and policy arrangement of the late 20th and early 21st century – the proof is in the pudding.

The article has a dig at both poles of the political spectrum, so there are lessons for all.

Really when it comes down to it, it really is an indictment of  1/ how poorly the Government is explaining itself and 2/ how hopeless the media is at reporting the facts.