Good social welfare systems offer lifetime security, and geographical remoteness has spared people fierce economic competition from other countries of the world. As a result, Australians and New Zealanders are leisurely and carefree, but their economic growth has been rather slow. Their leading exports are still agricultural and mining products, and they rely on imports for most industrial and manufactured products.
良好的社會福利制度，使人們生活不乏保障，加上長久以來地僻一隅，未感受到世界各國在經濟上的激烈競爭，因此澳、紐人生活悠閒，經濟成長卻較為緩慢，至今出口大宗仍是農、礦產品，工業製品多賴進口。