I have to say there's much I disagree with but I won't go through and pick out the bits I disagree with outright, the bits I think are accurate, the bits which I believe are wrong and all the rest of it. The thread would turn into a two-person tit for tat.

But I'd be happy to put my view on any of the issues you've identified - and you've identified plenty of interesting ones - that your readers may bring up.

I need to make the point that I usually acknowledge my opinion as just that, except where I think I see a factual error, in which case I try to provide evidence for that claim.

But anyway, an interesting, issue-laden couple of posts which probably go a long way to cracking open some of the stereotypes people hold about Australia and that's not a bad thing.