Oz in the 1970s was ranked about 4th among the OECD countries in terms
of Sc/Eng graduates. Where is it now? Secondly, are there any members of
parliament with these qualifications, or are they all lawyers and
economists? I ask this because of the relative lack of critical debate/
analysis in the Oz media re: energy-related topics. I may be wrong with
this from an Asian perspective (geographically rather than culturally)

I saw something about this in one of the papers today (either the SMH or the Oz) - Australia has fallen behind the UK, US and Kazahkstan in science education...