[AndyJackson]

I'm a fierce defender of a distinctive Australian cultural identity.

I won't go there.

[dfwgator]

Considering Hollywood's crap, rap music, and stupid reality shows that we are exporting, I can see the PM's point about overreaching US cultural influence

[cake_crumb]

What, exactly, is "cultural overreach"? Sounds like the Progressive(ly) Paranoid Party thinks we evil Americans are going to contaminate them somehow. The uh...cultures....of both our countries started similarly. Both basically penal colonies and havens for those society didn't want. Naturally there are some similarities between us already, though Australia has allowed itself to be bitten by the EUrosocialist bug with surprising speed.