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Graem, be careful you are comparing spades with spades. If you are forming your Melbourne 'local' impressions on the cbd and inner ring, you are not getting a random sample of the Australian population. And yes, China has a growing a obesity problem, as do most Pacific Islands, Thailand...

The rates of obesity, diabetes 1 and 2, and cardiac arrhythmias in the sub 50 population suggest otherwise TC. Australia's obesity trend is around the same as the US's. Check the animated time line of the top chart here to get an idea of the epidemic. Turning unhealthy lifestyle trends around...

Healthier older people might be a temporary statistical spike TC. Diet and lifestyle has deteriorated profoundly in the last 25 years for the majority of the population.

Keep in mind the additional tax collected by RSPT is extracted from returns on superannuation investment in public mining companies. RSPT is amongst other things, a superannuation tax.

Yeah you are right. Shlt never happens.

Whatever, Big Australia is BS. We're already behind in keeping infrastructure up to speed. As a nation we cannot even self fund maintenance. We actually have to sell existing infrastructure to foreign pension funds, and have same own, build, and run new stuff. And consider SE Qld. Our water...

1. To create a well endowed Islamic State for the glory of Allah. 2. To spread their population a little more comfortably. 3. Maybe as they get wealthier, they'll develop an appetite for beach front property. 4. Why did the Japanese invade Pearl Harbor? 5. Why did Hitler invade Europe...

An aggressive invader would do the same to us as China did to Tibet. Horde us into the fields and mines to produce, and exterminate or drive out the rest. An invader wouldn't have much need for a lazy, obese population that squanders 70% of its GDP exchanging services. If the Chinese...

The populate or perish argument is probably the strongest argument for big australia. However, a large population is only a good deterrent/defense if you can convince enough to don a uniform and get shot at. There's two types that resist taking orders to get shot at - the more educated peace...