Comparisons and advocacy

Hi Visvanath @Paul, the benefit of living in an independent minded nation like Switzerland is obvious, the authorities there are not afraid of making their own decisions. In Oz, we have a long term dependency on Britian and the US that has never matched the perception of indepence we talk about. In short, our political, economic, academic and social leaders are just not interested in anything Australian, it can't possibly be good enough, or we can't compete, or that old standby "why reinvent the wheel?" We could do it, if we wanted to, but we have to develop an entirely different mindset and that just ain't gunna happen.