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Labor in, Life expectancy up

Wednesday 25 June 2008, 10:31 am

John Surname

Categories: Health, Politics

Tags: AWH, Health

Is it any surprise that life expectancy has gone up after Labor was voted into power?

The latest comparative study of the nation’s overall health by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) - the government body responsible for compiling health statistics - shows that a baby born in Australia today can expect to live for 81.4 years, with men expected to live for 79 years and women for almost 84. Australians’ life expectancy is bettered only by the Japanese at 82.2 years.

Sad thing is, if the Libs had won, several websites who shall remain nameless would have linked the two, and gloated about the health giving benefits of Australia’s now second favourite party.

Yep.

Them’s logic for ya.

5 Comments

Jack Dorf (Wednesday 25 June 2008, 1:39 pm) #

Last week we were the fattest nation. The libs didn’t take any credit for that did they?
David (Wednesday 25 June 2008, 5:39 pm) #

Bugger life expectancy. I’m still waiting for Rudd to end the drought, like Hawke did.
John Surname (Wednesday 25 June 2008, 5:44 pm) #

He will, he will. Just give him time. And some coffee for energy.
Mikey (Wednesday 25 June 2008, 10:34 pm) #

And that doesn’t even factor in all that cyborg goodness that will be coming our way.

For example I am going to replace my useless legs with one of those trolleys the unabled cruise around shops in.
brerrabbit (Thursday 26 June 2008, 8:47 am) #

What!! I’m not allowed to say that people will always live longer under a Labor government?