Using 2007 data, the final year of Howard’s term in office, the UN has ranked Australia’s standard of living as 2nd best in the world. Before Howard took over as PM, Australia was ranked 15th on the UN’s Human Development Index in 1995. According to Rudd though, it was all good luck. So based on this logic there must be 179 countries - those ranked below Australia – with lots of bad luck.

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