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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> General Board >> World Audit http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1283294528 Message started by helian on Sep 1^st, 2010 at 8:42am

Title: World Audit
Post by helian on Sep 1^st, 2010 at 8:42am

So, how are we doing?

Australia

Political Rights - 1st
Civil Liberties - 1st
Economic Freedom - 3rd
Corruption - 8th
Democracy - 9th
Press Freedom - 23rd

http://www.worldaudit.org/democracy.htm

Title: Re: World Audit
Post by Imperium on Sep 1^st, 2010 at 2:34pm

Singapore is my favourite.

Title: Re: World Audit
Post by muso on Sep 1^st, 2010 at 3:05pm

Ghana is in division 2 - the highest ranking country in Africa. When I saw a motorist arguing with a traffic cop, I thought to myself, yeah this must be a reasonably free country.

Title: Re: World Audit
Post by Imperium on Sep 1^st, 2010 at 3:12pm

lmao, nevermind, not getting this started now

Title: Re: World Audit
Post by helian on Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 4:07pm

You've got to wonder why it is that, while we score well on rights and liberties, we're not big on press freedom.

Title: Re: World Audit
Post by Imperium on Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 4:09pm

I don't think any 'free' country really has much press freedom

The (mainstream) press are extremely externally and internally constrained on what they can and can't report on on a variety of topics

Title: Re: World Audit
Post by freediver on Sep 3^rd, 2010 at 10:19pm

I think press freedom may come down to FOI laws, protection of sources etc. I was surprised we topped the list on a few. Must be something to do with a laid back society.