Aussie ATC's are very well trained and very professional, but unless they are working on a busy approach unit, or on a tight sector that has thunderstorms, they don't get to use their skills.
8 hubs, ha. More like 2 hubs and 6 regionals that encounter a sprinkling of heavy jets.
Diving Duck, Aussie ATC's are well respected overseas, but so are North Americans and Europeans. The fact is that most people who move overseas, after their initial period of training in the new location, will be very proficient. There have been some horror stories, and Aussies have their fair share of these, as do the North Americans and Europeans.
There are a ****load of great controllers in Oz, but there is an equal number of panic merchants. Statman, dont get too caught up with your lies, damn lies and statistics. Instead, ask yourself if your one of the good controllers or panic merchants. Are you one of the people that are good to have around when it turns to **** three times a year, or are you one of the people that other people sigh about when they see that they have to work alongside you ?