In addition, the leisurely lifestyle and the rather slow-paced development of industry and commerce engendered by Australia's reliance on exports of raw materials mean that it is hardly in the same league with the advanced countries of Europe, Japan and North America in the fields of science, engineering and business management.
此外，拜天然資源豐富之賜，幾十年來澳洲光靠原料出口就足以溫飽，生活一派悠閒，工商業發展步調也較慢，影響所及，理工科系和商業管理方面的教學、研究發展，無法與歐美日先進國論高下。