Do you want the unpopular answer? We are on average 2 to 3 IQ points below the rest of the world. We were founded by a bunch convicts who were snatched for stealing candy and then sent to the other side of the world to colonise for a Power hungry empire.

The entire backbone of the Australian economy is based on digging shit out of the ground and selling whatever nature can give us to the highest bidder. If you look at the average gas guzzling car Australians drive, how they have mindlessly kept a two party system going for decades, and have voted overwhelmingly against recognising the traditional owners of the land in the Constitution, a clear picture begins to emerge.

There is no country in the world that lives more above its means than Australia. They are very happy, they have a lot of space, most of them still have abundance of disposable income and most of them are largely unfamiliar with crisis. Only when the floods and the wildfires keep getting significantly worse year after year something might change in the Australian zeitgeist. I used to think that the No worries thing meant that they were laid-back and friendly, but now I think it’s because they don’t like or want to worry

Until then it’ll always be: she’ll be alright.