I'm Australian actually, and answering the question as an Australian (but maybe not a "real Australian", am I right?) about how I feel about Australia. Think o

I'm Australian actually, and answering the question as an Australian (but maybe not a "real Australian", am I right?) about how I feel about Australia. Think of it as tongue in cheek if it makes you feel less offended. How would you explain the countries self flagellation? I see a lot of these headlines from abroad and am pretty certain no-one is lifting a finger to help themselves. Is the bureaucratic process simply too big and complicated to navigate (it's not, btw), do people feel they don't have any power or what? The government doesn't have any right to that money, and '3 years' is just as arbitrary as many other ridiculous laws and policies recently passed and quantified with '(un)reasonable' or '(un)necessary' or 'x' number that the Australian government uses exclusively to service its own revenue deficit. Australians must just like being punished, I have no other explanation.