Oz: Oz Opinions
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Caption: Australian opinions

Blurb: What Aussies think about life, love and cars, not to mention
all the recent global events.



Australian's opinions on the big issues differ from issue to issue.
Australians as a whole cannot be described as either conservative or
radical. Some examples:



Immigration



The last federal election saw the Liberal government re - elected
again on an anti-illegal-immigration stance, suggesting about 60%
support.



Euthenasia



This has about 75% support in Oz, as it is seen as a right and an end
to suffering.



Gun bans



These have about four fifths support. While it is accepted that
farmers need guns to aid in the running of their properties and
similar cases, guns for things like self defence are generally
considered unacceptable.



Drug decriminalisation



This also has around 3/4 support, with drug addiction seen as a
medical rather than a criminal problem.



Abortion



This varies widely from state to state, with an overall half and half
split. It is legal in several states, so abortions are generally
accessable.



Tax



The GST is well and truly in, and it's implementors were re -
elected. However, there is still much to be done by way of
simplification and such. 50/50.



War



Roughly 2/3 against in general, although there is greater support for
"pre-emptive strikes" that are directly in Australia's interests.










Images on this page:
	Image:
		Filename:    Opinions/John-Howard.jpg
		Caption:     King Johnny the Insignificant
	Image:
		Filename:    Opinions/Simon-Crean.jpg
		Caption:     Simon Crean, Opposition Leader
	Image:
		Filename:    Opinions/Philip-Nitschke.jpg
		Caption:     Euthenasia Supporter Dr Philip Nitschke


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		URL:         http://www.taxreform.ato.gov.au/
		Name:        Tax Reform
		Description: Taxation Office tax reform website


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Bibliographical information:
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  + Title	Oz: Oz Opinions
  + Creator	Starweb Document Generator V2.6
  + Subject	Australian Opinions
  + Description	A brief and broad description of things
		Australian
  + Publisher	Lukas Tan
  + Contributor
  + Date	2005-07-16
  + Type	Content
  + Format	text/plain
  + Identifier	C:\Documents and Settings\Lukas\My
		Documents\Homepage\Oz\Opinions.txt
  + Source	Opinions.swx
  + Language	en
  + Relation	txt.swt
  + Coverage	Australia
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  + URL		http://oz.lukasland.com/