Reaction To Differences Between AUSTRALIA and US

[@Jeni10]

In Australia, we don’t need ID to vote because we are on the Electoral Roll and we give our name to the clerk at the desk (there are several clerks with a copy of the Roll to expedite the voting), the clerk finds the page with our full name and they mark it off, then hand us our ballot papers which we take to one of the cardboard booths and fill it out correctly, then fold it up and drop it in the appropriate box on our way out. I usually say thank you to the staff because they’re part of my local community even if I don’t know them personally.

[@Greg-e8z7s]

Afl and the horse race is a public holiday in Victoria only

[@kathryn4002]

The Melbourne cup and AFL public holiday are just for Victorian State

[@xymonau2468]

The Christmas holidays are six weeks long, not one month. Then in March, June and September you get two weeks off. I think it is a better system, and kids get a mental break that is long enough. Flies vary, but that's why cork hats were invented. In Malaysia there would be lots of insects outside of the cities, too.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Eggs will be in a "cool" section of the supermarket in the hotter regions of Australia. AND we don't wash off the natural protective layer of the eggshell❕

[@coraliemoller3896]

It’s compulsory to attend voting (or do a postal vote, if eligible) to mark off your name on the electoral roll. You receive ballot papers at the polling station and must put them in the ballot boxes - upper and lower house. But since you vote in a private booth, you can leave the ballot paper blank, deface it, or mess it up by voting informal, such as ticks and crosses instead of consecutive numbers. Everyone has the responsibility. Everyone is to blame for the result. On turning 18 years of age, each citizen is automatically enrolled in the local, state and federal electorates or wards for every election. The Australian Electoral Commission runs elections and controls the electoral rolls. When you move, change your name, move interstate, etc, you are required to update your information so that the electoral rolls can be amended. When an election is announced, the media will remind voters to check that they are correctly registered for their current address. If they will be away from their voting location on election day, they need to make arrangements to either vote absentee in the approved polling place where they will be on the day, or request a postal vote, or attend an early voting location before election day. Election day is always a Saturday and is chosen so that it does not fall on a major Sports Event or long weekend. There are differences in term lengths for federal, state and local officials. In some states the period may be mandatory, whereas in other jurisdictions, the leader of government may call a snap election, when it is likely to benefit their party more than the opposition. This may cut short the term of all current members of Parliament or of the Senate. Some state governments are a single chamber, the Legislative Assembly, or equivalent. Most are bicameral.

[@caltravels9454]

Light dense cities or towns in remote rural Aus are predominantly for mining operations. Almost directly east of Perth, that dot is Kalgoorlie/Boulder, would not exist if not for the 'Superpit' gold mine, the towns themselves sit on a massive payload of gold yet to be mined, they would need to demolish Kalgoorlie and Boulder to open cut for it, as of today they mostly just tunnel for it.

[@Jeni10]

The centre of Australia was indicating light, not population. There are small communities out there as well as cattle stations. Also, the RFDS has airports in the outback to expedite patients’ transport to hospitals.

[@mort8143]

My neighbour has massive driving lights on his jacked up 4×4, and he was in the vicinity at the time. 🤣🇦🇺👍

[@thebigdog9785]

Also military bases and remote communities like Alice Springs and broken hill

[@randallburgin4585]

Shes pretty accurate about things here, unlike many foreigners living in Australia. re the voting, we are sent a personal barcode to present at the voting site, or we can give our name and addrss, which is then crossed off the roll....meaning we cant vote twice. Compulsory voting? Well, its compulsory to turn up, register to vote, and take possession of your voting papers...if you really dont want yo vote, you can always choose to leave them blank or fill them out incorrectly, in which case, your vote doesnt count....but you wont be fined, because you've satisfied the criteria of turning up and registering

[@goaway2803]

Slip, Slop, Slap is what we learnt growing up, but it includes Shade now too. You know the uv is high, when you close your eyes and you feel a sharp pain on your eyelids. My poor friend from Ireland got seriously burnt here, because I had forgotten how different our sun was compared to there. My Dad was so mad with me, for letting him get so burnt (granted, I was burnt too) Strangers kept offering him advice to help him with his burns, which made me feel worse XD

[@nolaj114]

Melbourne Cup is "the race that stops the nation". Even if we don't have a day off, offices will have a special lunch and we all stop work to gather round a TV to watch the race. We often have a "sweep" too with prizes for whoever draws 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last horse. 🐎

[@vivianhull3317]

It used to be a public holiday

[@alisonhickey6131]

​@@vivianhull3317only in Victoria

[@davidb1630]

Victoria gets the AFL and Melbourne cup day off, the rest don't.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

AFL & Melbourne Cup are not holidays Australia wide, I think just Melbourne 🤔

[@Sheryl-g4p]

You have to have your name crossed of when voting. Whether you vote or not is up to you

[@coraliemoller3896]

Re UV in Australia v USA. All of USA, except Hawaii is north of the Tropic of Cancer. Even Florida. Only Hawaii is south of the Tropic of Cancer, closer to the Equator. In Australia, about 40% of the mainland is north of the Tropic of Capricorn, closer to the Equator. So, much of the other 60% of Australian mainland is in the same latitude band as the southern US states, the US Sunbelt, like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. And that’s the cooler, temperate part of Australia. Melbourne is about the equivalent latitude to San Francisco but has winds directly from Antarctica, whereas San Francisco has winds from the North Pacific Ocean. Sydney is about the same latitude as San Diego.

[@geetee4459]

She is right in most things. But most states don't have a hooliday for Melbourne Cup. They have holdays for their own celebrations

[@suelynch]

While most Aussies live on the coast, people do live further inland. Those lighted areas are inner towns. (Alice Springs is one of central set of lights and off to the right and down would be South Australia's River-land, Mildura and Broken Hill. Public Holidays: AFL Grand Final isn't a country wide holiday, nor it the Melbin Cup. Voting: Any country that doesn't have compulsory voting are fools. No ID is needed, but you do have to get your name crossed off the role. I have never had to wait more than 20 mins to vote and most polling booths everywhere. If you ask for Bundaberg Lemonade, you will get Lemonade. Best bloody Lemonade on the planet, same goes for their Ginger Beer. UV: When I was a kid (1960's) a company released a sun screen for people who have fair skin. Both my mother and I lathered up and went to the beach with the rest of the family. Both my mother and I were cooked. I could hardly move for 2 weeks, I lost so much skin that most of my freckles on my shoulders disappeared never to be seen again. I need to wear long sleeves and pants during summer. Sun screen only works on my hands and face.

[@mary-annedoon8317]

l have never had a day off for the "Melbourne cup"

[@AndrewBellsWorld]

The weird thing in USA is they wash the eggs with detergent due to government health requirements. That is the reason why they're stored in the fridge as this process removes a protective layer. Most other countries around the world have figured out that washing the eggs is actually harmful to the egg. So they would not require refrigeration in Australia.

[@AnneMorley-up1qv]

I read that in the US the customers like their eggs to be pure white so that is why the eggs are bleached before being sold. As you say, this bleaching process destroys the protective bloom on the outside of the shell. I believe this bleaching process is not permitted in Australia (thank goodness).

[@bronwyn6415]

Here in Adelaide Aldi don't store their eggs in the fridge but all the other supermarkets do.

[@davidb1630]

I live in northern NSW. I know a person who works on an egg farm. They bleach eggs. Don't believe the hype. We are worse than the US. Now in Europe, they don't bleach or wash them so theirs can be kept unrefrigerated...but not in our country. Coles has started to believe we are living in Europe. Bloody idiots.

[@craigwise6374]

I am so glad that people my age are more like Britain but if they are 20 or younger they have this fake arse American accent.

[@coraliemoller3896]

Americans apparently do some major washing of raw eggs that removes some natural sealant. So eggs need to be refrigerated. Most countries apparently just give eggs a superficial wipe, if that, so the natural sealant remains. In Australia, most eggs are stored in the open chilled section since our temperatures are generally higher in summer and store air conditioning is affected by opening and closing doors to external heat. If they are stored on shelves during winter, they are usually moved to the chiller in summer. It makes sense to just store them in the chilled section year round.

[@debkendall]

It depends on how they clean the eggs - the USa clean with stuff that takes away ome protection so they need to refrigerate them to keep them safe

[@michaelfink64]

The dots of light in the middle of Australia are not really centres of high populations density. Some will be towns like Alice Springs and Broken Hill and I suspect some will be mines. Yes, in Australia, HECS repayments also only kick in at a certain level of income. I believe that level has been increased recently to allow some relief due to cost of living issues. No, you don't have to show ID when you vote in Australia. You just give them your name and address and they will record that on the electoral roll. Another important difference between the countries regarding voting is that we value our right the the "democracy sausage" (a sausage in bread sold at polling booths to raise funds for kids' sporting groups etc). Yes, it is all computerised and it is all run by a central authority, the Australian Electoral Commission, so that everything is done in a uniform way and we don't have those crazy variations between states like in US federal elections. Other differences is that th Prime Minister is chosen by his/her party and nit by popular vote like the president, so no electoral colleges or anything like that, preferential voting (in the house of representatives, we number every candidate running on one's seat so that even if your preferred candidate gets knocked out early, you still get to decide whether you prefer candidate A to candidate B when it gets down to the last two) and I would say a different interest in/approach to politics. I don't think Aussies are a vehement about their politics as in America and opinion isn't as strongly divided. The major parties are pretty centralist, with some leaning a bit to the right and some a bit to the left. The Liberal Party (a right party, despite the name) would never propose bringing back the right to own semiautomatic weapons (in fact, it was a Liberal PM, John Howard, who introduced gun control laws in Australia) or ban abortions, for example. That would be political suicide. Australians are more likely to be swinging voters, I think, voting Liberal in one election, Labor in another and Green in another. I have done so over my lifetime. I get the impression that Americans are more likely to be staunch supporters of their political party and would never contemplate voting for a different party in their lifetime. That would only apply to which footy team you barrack for here. When she said "Slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat" I heard it in the voice of the character (Sid the seagull, if I remember correctly, who used to sing it on an animated ad maybe 20 years ago - OMG, just looked it up and it was 1981; I am sooo old). I think you are right that there are plenty of similarities between Australia and Britain. We have similar senses of humour and terminology. Obviously, the climate and countryside are pretty different, though.

[@kari2570]

Regarding the voting, I heard someone explain one of the positives of mandatory voting: It forces the political parties to not be too extreme, as most people in general are moderate, and wont want to vote for a party that is extreme left or right.

[@alisonhickey6131]

One explanation of how we speak, particularly in Queensland or the centre, is that opening your mouth to much lets the flies in.

[@kevinrobb5233]

Public holidays. There are to separate in each state. Example the AFL Grand Final falls on a Saturday and is not a public holiday. The horse race one is only applicable in the city where a particular race is help.

[@glennt7214]

Australia’s population was 27,122,411 people at 31 March 2024.

[@matthewbrown6163]

No wonder why the roads are busy LOL.

[@allon33]

I didn't vote once, and then I didn't pay the fine and then they said I could not renew my yearly driver's licence until I paid the fine. They got me to pay. 😛

[@stevep2430]

Australia, the land of the aero guard. ( insect repellant). In some parts, the flies can be that bad, you could be wearing a white shirt that looks black because of the flies covering you.

[@matthewbrown6163]

Kids in the USA attend school for a longer day too - the old 3 term school terms in Oz were standard - but the 4 terms are better to include Easter, Long Weekends & Xmas.

[@goaway2803]

Sticky flies are more in outback areas and they love to stay on your face. They are annoying but you get used to them. March flies hurt but because they're large, they are easier to kill. Then you have Sand flies and Midgies which are tiny, hard to kill and extremely itchy. Let's not forget the different types of mozzies either. Spiders are cool and I don't kill them, which means my daughter sleeps in my bed if there is one in her room, but I don't care XD

[@coraliemoller3896]

The American concept of free choice leads to multiple structures across 50 individual states. Australia and the UK apparently work on a more national basis, trying to create the same structure across the country. In Australia, this is only fairly recent, last 40+ years or so. Before that, when citizens didn’t move around a lot, especially moving interstate, each state set up its own rules to cover the vast area of a state. However, with more people flying around from state to state, there has been a push for more uniform rules, more conformity and consistency. The downside is some loss of choice but it makes it easier to move around and access services in a seamless way.

[@top40researcher31]

any other months its two weeks off for a holiday with January its six weeks

[@redwarpy]

US citizens do not vote directly for their President their vote goes to people who then vote for the President, how idiotic is that. In Europe, sparkling water is much more common than it is in the U.S. First invented in 1787, it was likely added to lemonade after a surge in popularity in the 19th century. Refrigeration is not the silver bullet that eliminates the risk of Salmonella in Australia because Salmonella risk reduction is multifactorial and complex and includes safe food handling techniques in the kitchen while preparing meals. Eggs are a fresh food product. 21 days not refrigerated 45 days refrigerated.

[@antheabrouwer3258]

It's not always about where you live. You need to put sunscreen protection on if the UV is over 3. You can get burnt on a ski slope with snow because the UV rays reflect off the snow....

[@RyanLye1975]

Summer school holidays are 2 months. University holidays closer to 3 months in Summer

[@trevorcook4439]

She’s obviously in Victoria. Victoria is like calling London England

[@BassMatt1972]

2:20 ONLY in Victoria do you get a day off for Melbourne Cup of AFL Final Parade day.. We do have over 10 public holidays Federally.. It is ONLY compulsory to vote IF you registered on the Voting Roll. It is not illegal to not register to vote (and therefore not vote) 4:00 student debt is done basically the same as the UKJ. Minimum earnings before you have to pay it back, and done through the tax system. Debt depends on degree, anywhere from $50k AUD for an arts/business degree to $150k AUD for a medical doctor etc.

[@xymonau2468]

You are so wrong about being allowed not to vote if you are not registered. It is compulsory to register to vote and to vote at the age of 18. They just take a few years to catch up with you. Why do you think the electoral workers go to each house to check the people residing there? The fine is currently more than $160. Go look up the law at the AEC.

[@briancampbell179]

The biggest advantage of compulsory voting is that it kills voter suppression,a big problem in the US. There’s no point making voting difficult because everyone has to do it anyway. Also, having a non-partisan electoral commission run elections rather than political parties actually participating eliminates the obvious conflict of interest.

[@petemedium2185]

HECS (Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) was introduced in 1989 but no longer exists, though the name is still used. Our ALP (socialist according to our conservative Gov) introduce the scheme as a free service. However, the said conservative Gov (Australian's equivalent to Republicans) who replaced the ALP scheme, changed changed the legislation, and if you can understand it, you're a better man than I Gunga Din

[@Zygon13]

Called HELP now and no you are not paying it from every pay, it's only charge once a year as part of your tax assessment. The amount withheld is then applied to your assessment and you either pay more or less.

[@petemedium2185]

@@Zygon13 So, is it the same as the original, and if not, why not? What has changed from the original concept? Why the changes and what were the gains for students from the original legislation?

[@grahamejohn6847]

Yeah if you have to vote then it means most people will give it a bit of thought and unlike the US if who you vote for in the states loses then your vote is gone whereas in Oz we have what is called a preferential voting system so your vote sort of filters down to your next preferred candidate and so on.

[@boonnathan9827]

Australia f**king rules 🇦🇺🤙

[@grahamejohn6847]

It's all about money in the US and their misconception that they are so "FREE"

[@Maureen-g2c]

School vacation in the US in summer is 3 months, but workers only seem to get a maximum of 2 weeks per year, (if that), so who looks after the kids for 2 and a half months. Also do the kids get other breaks during the year, or do they have to go to school for 9 months straight without a break, and does this tire the little ones out?

[@larissahorne9991]

There is a bit of a downside to mandatory voting. I don't vote for religious reasons, and so I have to send a form back after each election.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

? What form

[@larissahorne9991]

@helenmckeetaylor9409 The why didn't you vote? one.

[@mort8143]

Yeah, me too. Until our Federal Parliament stops reciting the Lord's prayer before every sitting they can get lost. 🇦🇺

[@mort8143]

​@@helenmckeetaylor9409a note from their pastor. 😂

[@bronwyn6415]

@@mort8143 This is a Christian country, at the moment.

[@mort8143]

Some of those interior lights are from massive mines. There's no town of any size in those areas that would be seen. They run 24hrs a day, sending Australia to China boatload by boatload. 🇦🇺👍

[@ianrobertson2282]

Alice Springs, Mt Isa, Broken Hill, Kalgoorlie, etc.

[@allon33]

Students in Australia may find it hard to get jobs and earn much money, to the student debt is still hard.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Lmao I eat at least two flies a week just by mowing and breathing lol

[@antheabrouwer3258]

Umm, the stores I go to put the eggs in the fridge...

[@thebigdog9785]

The student debt works the same as in the uk I have $34,000 in student debt and i don't have to pay it back yet because I don't earn $50,000+ a year yet

[@martinwhite3559]

She is from Melbourne, not everyone in Australia gets these sports holidays. Every state in Australia is different. I was born in Melbourne but currently live in Canberra. I have family in Sydney and Adelaide and friends in Queensland. They are all different. She does not speak for all of Australia. We do keep eggs in refrigerators where I come from. Melbourne has the best coffee. Melbourne is the cafe capital of the world. The reason most Australians live on the coast is that most uninhabitable. People who live in very remote places don't have very good internet/mobile coverage, health facilities, and are thousands of miles from a major city. I have only ever lived I major cities I Australia but I have been to some remote places. Would not want to live in these remove places. Wolf Creek, Rabbit Proof Fence and Crocodile Dundee give you a little taste of what it is like. Warning, Wolf Creek is a horror movie and TV show, it not a real story but based on some real people. As long as you have a guide when going to these remote places, you should be fine. If you get lost in the desert or outback of Australia, you will have a hard time surviving unless you are a survival expert like Bear Grills. Even for him it would not be easy.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Yep flies are a pain. In Brisbane of you leave meat scraps in a kitchen bin for a day (where flies can get in) next thing you'll find maggots crawling all over you kitchen floor😖 that clean-up is🤢

[@RickyisSwan]

In QLD having a meal outside is a nightmare due to flies. Melbourne is okay unless you’re close to the beach because the flies know there’s people with food in outdoor eating areas. Even though we have to vote, strangely enough most people are not really into politics, such as the US for example. 🦘

[@helenlesley5456]

@@RickyisSwan …I find your comment very interesting … I last visited the gold. Past in 2002 and never experienced flies drove up the coast went to Sanctuary Cove and on to and Island retreat… never experienced a fly problem nonplussed?

[@RickyisSwan]

@ driving is different. It’s when you live in different places and you try and have an outdoor barbecue or similar and you’ll find out. Sanctuary Cove. and island retreats are less prone to flies than some of the inner suburbs of cities.

[@stuartCampbell-bx6xy]

She is over pronouncing our slang words so it sounds dumb. It’s not a Sanger it’s a sanga. Same with ranga. And we have sausages in bread but generally a hotdog, wich is so different to a sausage is in a hotdog bun.

[@stuartCampbell-bx6xy]

Well that was on the wrong video

[@kevinrobb5233]

Like most of these opinions of Australia are based on visitors who live in the cities mainly Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. That is like someone judging the UK on London or the USA on NY or LA. None represent the real country.

[@davidb1630]

We do not call Spritr lemonade. lemonade is lemonade. It is only the Yank companies like KFC and McDonald's that call it that. There are only 2 stores in Sydney that are signed as Maccas. Maccas is a nickname. This girl is so off. Our lemonade is clear ...lemonade flavour. The US is 40%sugar and fake colouring.

[@xymonau2468]

Don't kid yourself re the contents of soft drinks here. Read the label.

[@Zygon13]

Sprite is a kind of lemonade, a pretty awful kind but yes a kind.

[@lynnryan8881]

Voting in Australia is compulsory because most of us would not vote

[@Alex.The.Lionnnnn]

I had $52k AUD hecs debt back in 2009 I think. No fucking idea what it is now, really couldn't possibly care less. They'll take a tiny bit out I guess, who knows. Then again I haven't done my tax return in 7 years. I've done it 3 times in my 42 years I think. I mean I could do it and get $10k ++ refund, but fuck the forms. FUCK THE PROCESS!

[@Geoff-j4b]

The public holidays coincide with sporting events, so people dont take sickies to wat sporting events. Were smart.😂

[@caltravels9454]

Number 2 is a flat out lie. Eggs are stored both ways, depending on the location and store, the UV index is high here yes, but so it also is everywhere, same planet, same sun, next, Really poor video by her.

[@top40researcher31]

this woman is way off the mark we don't call it a store in Australia its called a *SUPERMARKET* this woman is so insulting

[@xymonau2468]

A supermarket IS a store in Australia. Check the dictionary.

[@top40researcher31]

@@xymonau2468 *Supermarket* a large self-service shop selling foods and household goods.As for a store its a shop.

[@thebigdog9785]

I think mandatory voting is silly because I either just go and vote for the party with the sillyest name or the opposite to who ever had the most annoying campaign ad. In the most recent election I just didn't vote and I didn't even receive a fine though so I think I'm going to stop voting

[@antheabrouwer3258]

Her sunsmart information is not quite right...

[@davidb1630]

HECS only gets taken out after you earn over a certain amount. So if you are casual, nothing comes out. We make it so a person isn't left without money to live. Some never earn enough yo ever pay back loans. This girl is very lose and random in her facts.

[@bronwyn6415]

True, I once worked with a pharmacist and she refused to do the hours that would mean that she would have her hecs taken out of her pay. She only worked part time. That stinks especially as she emigrated here and probably wouldn't have had that opportunity back in her home country.

[@xymonau2468]

@@bronwyn6415 So if she had been born here it would be okay? Not racist at all.

[@bronwyn6415]

@xymonau2468 No that's not what I'm saying at all, I would have the same opinion even if she was born here.

[@chrismcclure2527]

Ive watchd so much of these differences. Im born here parents born here and i dont think these ways are not all. . Not all US same not all english or scots same. You cant make generilsaton. but these comparisons all the same shit/Shite🤪. Ive wtchd these youtubes, I m an anthropogist/sociolgist. I think these compsrisons are narrow minded and ethnocentric. Therei is a lot wrong with austrlian culture but are the youtube trying to keep "australia in its place" tell us about open minded and universal love and freedom and spirit

[@top40researcher31]

i give that woman the thumbs down she insulted Australia

[@MIck-M]

People like me who hate the census in Australia usually put the opposite of anything true. I was a Torres Straight Islander last time but usually I am a billionaire with 8 dependant children all aged five lol. - point being I don't put any credence in such stats. You only pay fines for not voting if you were ever enrolled. I'd love to vote but refuse because we have limited choices (left or more left) and being 'forced' to vote is NOT what our grandparents fought for. I choose NOT to race hehe.

[@vivianhull3317]

You are a disgrace

[@helenlesley5456]

Let the woman 😮speak without interfering

[@mary-annedoon8317]

Don't be rude.. thats the whole idea is for him to react

[@helenlesley5456]

@ … Be offended!🤭

[@xymonau2468]

I know what you are saying. He talked over the top of her a number of times and it was annoying.

[@datwistyman]

It's a bloody reaction Channel! That's the point of it, and why we watch it. If you don't like it bugger off and watch the original video's. 👎

[@helenlesley5456]

@@datwistyman …Only low class uneducated dills interfere with a person that is giving a speech… so do you fit into that category. ? You have to let the speaker speak their truth whether palatable or not , then reply accordingly to what you believe in Mm Mmm Mm