Australia - The Land of Opportunity            

Australia is the most culturally diverse country in the world with nearly one-quarter of the population born overseas. Australians are multilingual and culturally sensitive with more than 854000 fluent in a major Asian language and 1.3 million fluent in a major European tongue (apart from English). People from around 200 countries have migrated to Australia. The diverse composition of our population contributes greatly to the dynamic, innovative and inclusive nature of Australian Society.

Australia’s annual real GDP has been growing by an average of 3.4 per cent since 1998. Australia has had one of the strongest economies in the world in recent years, growing at an average annual rate of 4 per cent since 1990. GDP in 2009 was just over $1 Trillion USD, with per capita GDP slightly higher than that of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France.  Australia’s economic growth is coupled with low inflation. An important factor contributing to Australia’s ability to maintain low inflation with high growth has been the economy’s productivity performance. Since 1990, Australia’s productivity has been growing at an average annual rate of over 2.3 per cent. This has been one of the fastest-growing productivity rates in the OECD and above the average of 1.8 per cent.

Australia’s position within the Asia-Pacific region allows Asian markets to be serviced quickly and cost effectively. Australia’s financial services industry is enhanced by Australia’s strategic proximity to huge emerging markets in Asia, such as China, and a favorable time zone that straddles the close of business in the United States and the opening of European markets. Businesses located in Australia have state of the art access to the region, North America and Europe via an extensive network of cables and satellites. Australia’s strategic location between the European and American time zones, allows business with markets in both hemispheres to use Australia as a base to ensure workflow continuity.
 
In comparison with other countries, Australians enjoy a very high quality of Life. Medical care and Hospitals are “world class”. Good health and wellbeing is promoted. Should you get sick the universal system of health insurance, Medicare, entitles residents to free public hospital care when choosing to be a public patients.