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I'm currently in Melbourne on a holiday / recce, and I was struck by the fact that most of the locals look slimmer and fitter than the British do. There seems to be far more of a sporting and exercise culture than there is in the UK or US, and that'll go some way towards keeping obesity in...

The problem that I have with immigration as a solution to the retirement crisis is that it's a kind of Ponzi scheme. The population has to keep on growing to support retirees, but also support retired immigrants. At some point the maximum possible population for a country will be reached, and...

It'll be worth watching what happens in Europe and Japan over the next few years, and declining populations are already an issue there. The retirement age across the EU looks set to rise, and 70 seems to be the new 65. Naturally this is causing some consternation in Greece (who can't afford...

I once worked out that you could fit Rudd's "Big Australia" into Tasmania with the same population density as Belgium and the Netherlands. I lived in Holland for a few years, and have a soft spot for the country. That said, it's not somewhere with particularly pretty rural landscapes due to...