1. Australia is fairly similar to the US in "culture", except lacking a sense of identity. When pressed about it, most intellectuals will either shrug off the issue or fuck off to England, because the best way to fix a problem is to ignore it. There are a few more charming Australian nuances as you get away from universities and city centres, but this mostly just amounts to slang, barbeques, beachgoing and bogans. Most uni students and yuppies are painfully American. There's a certain way people say the word "EPIC" that makes me want to grab some brass knuckles and punch people in the throat.
2. We want to be a Republic but the question on the last vote on the subject was stacked to get a negative response and has since been tucked away.
3. We have a terrible record on indigenous affairs. I went to New Zealand once, and reading about Australia was an interesting viewpoint (inb4 obvious bias lol).
4. For the most part, multi-cultures get along pretty well, there's a bit of animosity towards Asian cultures but no-one really thinks they start any shit. However, there's a lot of tension against Arabic immigrants.
5. Politicians use a lot of slang buzz words to make themselves sound humble, if anyone here remembers Kevin07's infamous "fair shake of the sauce bottle" you'll know what I mean.
6. The national sport is Tall Poppy Cutting.
7. Imitated Australian accents result in fail and aids, rivalled only by imitated French and Asian accents. For the poster who mentioned the Australian guy in Halo, he's actually Australian, he just Americanises some words. For Deus Ex fans, there's one ridiculous moment outside the Rucky Money Nightcrub where two girls want 20 credits to get in. One has a genuine Australian accent. The other is an abomination of speech that needs to get the throat punching I mentioned in point #1. "Yer so baaaaaaad!". Also, Isaac the bartender.
