The latest Quality-Of-Life index, links the results of subjective life-satisfaction surveys — how happy people say they are — to objective determinants of the quality of life across countries.

Top rank is Switzerland, no argument with that. Other important countries like New Zealand, no. 7; United States, no. 16; Japan, no. 25; Britain, no. 27; China, no. 49.

Australia is No.2!

Let's have a tad bit complacent, just like our always-feeling-good Reserve Bank Australia, and go back to do the damn work tomorrow.

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