Top Tory Boris has been in Melbourne and told Brits via the UK Telegraph that they should be more like the Aussies.

The Economist Magazine (no raging lefties there) have named the Ten Top Locations to live in the world :
Melbourne, Australia
Vienna, Austria
Vancouver, Canada
Toronto, Canada
Calgary, Canada
Adelaide, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Helsinki, Finland
Perth, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand

the criteria : health care, education and infrastructure, evironment

4 Oz cities under the premiership for 6 years of 2 socialist PMs Gillard & Rudd