We are no longer the lucky country! It is appalling.
Captian Fathom,
Australia is very much still the lucky country, its just that most people don't read beyond the headline. Have a read of the original quote from Donald Horne who came up with the lucky country phrase. Does it sound like the rule makers who dream up aviation/security regulations in OZ?
Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise.