Complete Political spin from Shorten.
Aussies don't know they're even working until they go to the States.
You've got to be near death to have a sick day and about a tenth the public holidays, plus they work you very hard when you're at work.
Even two weeks holidays is unheard of unless you're a teacher or retired.

That's why they make so much of getting home for the holidays, thanksgiving etc.

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Most American states have 15 public holidays or more.
In NSW we only get 8 public holidays this year.

Americans get between 2 and 4 weeks depending on the employer.

So on average they get as much, if not more, time off as we do in Australia.

Its just that its not legally entitled to them and they don't get to choose a lot of those days as they are public holidays.

Mind you I wouldn't want to live in America. Its a nightmare if you have ever travelled there and gone "off" the tourist strips.

Their Medical facilities are great ... if you have money otherwise you lay there and die in the waiting room. I know this from witnessing it in person.

The streets in some neighbourhoods in the cities are no go zones and you need to be careful. You wouldn't want to venture down them at night in a tank.

In general there are as good medical facilities here and everyone has access to them and our neighbourhoods are better overall in the cities. yes we have bad areas in or cities but compared to the US cities I regard our cities as very safe.

Afraid I have to disagree with the holiday sentiments.
Most of my family live in the States.
My sister has been working there in various office jobs for the last 25 years.
She's been with 4 different employers over that time.

She works twice as much as her sister in insurance does here.
She cannot get more than two weeks off every year.
It was upped to three weeks total recently, as they generally go with an extra day holidays for service.
Taken all this time for her to get just this allowance.
She's worked in data entry, real eastate, insurance and finally legal area.

But you're right about the other stuff.
If you don't have HMO cover, you can basically die on the floor of a hospital waiting, or more recently, die in the gutter after being thrown out by security.

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Then thank goodness we live in a country where employers and government recognise the importance of the work/life balance. My employer allows staff to trade hours for annual leave so instead of working a 48/52 year (48 working and 4 annual leave), I could work a 46/52 or even a 44/52 year, giving more annual leave to enable me to do the things I enjoy with the people that matter. Marvellous.

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