We have now lived in Australia for about 11 years so I feel that I can talk about it. The main thought that I have is how lucky we are to live in Australia – it is peaceful and not warlike at all. The rule of law is almost all over the place effectively. There are a few areas were the rule of law doesn’t pertain, but these are exceptions, which is a pity, but is the same all over the world, the only country I have lived were this doesn’t apply, is curiously Botswana, where the cops are totally honest. Mark you, the cops in Angola are as corrupt as you can get!!! We understood that there was a Tariff involved. A motor cyclist cop was given 100 Kwai (the local currency), but a uniformed cop was given $100, and so it went…. Each cop had his price.
Mark you, if you are an indigenous “native”, then you will have it much harder. The way they are treated is shameful, and they figure in the arrest figures ludicrously. Particularly the young.
All in all, living in Australia is an easy thing, generally life is easy, and the government here gives us no end of money (Pensions) after living here for 10 years (regulations) and life is easy. It was well worth the money we paid to live here ($95,000). Having lived in no end of other countries we can confidently say that living in Australia is a doddle. And they speak English, well at least a version of it, so we don’t have to learn another language to communicate which is handy!
Living in Australia is a real doddle, and we are happy to have this as an end to my life (I am now 82), so I have already paid to cremate us when we die.
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