Yes , It is true that it is not just a difference in countries. Some Universities in the USA like Harvour and Yale are equal or superior to many Australian universities. My wife a filipino, who had completed a degree and half a Master in the Philippines which has the American system was accepted as having the equivalent of an Australian degree in one Australian University.and yet I know a lady, Army brat who spent her teens in the Land Down Under who is struggling to to get her Aussie high school equivalent to qualify as a GED (high school diploma equivalent) right now so she can take some college courses. My niece's Bahamian/English husband had some difficulty as well.