Think Australia's going to the dogs? Well think again

Had been reading too many gloomy headlines lately and was feeling that Australia was going to hell in a hand basket.
Got a tip from Clarencegirl which pulled me up by the bootstraps.
She told me to look at the Australian Bureau of Statistics Voluntary Work Survey 2006.
Sure nuff – the numbers show that 57% of the Australian population regularly provides some sort of unpaid assistance to someone else who doesn’t live under their roof.
Now that’s mateship. Well done, Oz!
It just happens to be Voluteers Week 2011 all this week.
If you don't have time to join a group, then do something nice (or a chore) for someone living alone near you and you can hold your head up high when volunteering next gets a mention.