The Guardian | Australia is rated best place to live and work for third year running The Guardian Australia is the best place in the world to live and work, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The UK, by contrast, comes 10th in the OECD's Better Life Index, behind the US, Canada and the Scandinavian countries. Australia tops OECD's 'Better Life' list as happiest industrial nation Australia: Happy is as happy does the world's happiest nation |