"John Rennie" wrote:
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>"dechucka" wrote in message
>news:464bad1e$0$9102$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
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>> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21737345-29277,00.html
>> Australia ranks midway in health tables
>> a.. By Jane Bunce
>> b.. May 15, 2007
>> AUSTRALIA'S health system is vastly superior to the US but the nation has
>> a lot to learn from Germany and the UK, an international study has found.
>> The US-based Commonwealth Fund released a report in New York today that
>> analysed the health systems of six OECD countries.
>>
>> Overall, Australia came in third, behind Germany and the United Kingdom
>> but in front of New Zealand, Canada and the United States..
>>
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>Why are they so much better than us at cricket, rugby and even soccer then?
Because we spend more money on it than you do! Here is the web site of
the government funded Institute of Sport
which trains the potential
sports stars. Unlike Universities the students do not pay fees.
Similar generous funding is provided for facilities at the state and
local government level.
I don't know how this thread got into rec.travel.europe but to keep it
vaguely relevant may I suggest a holiday at the AIS
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