This thought provoking opinion piece from a SMH reader confronts Aussie identity and the corrosive complacency that tags along with an un-fair dinkum attitude:
Time for serious reflection - but she’ll be right, mate
Dec 5 2006The season of frivolity and celebration is here. It brings with it a time for reflection. But on what specifically should I reflect? The need to remain patriotic, proud and positive? Or the unabated complacency and apathy that continue to engulf the collective consciousness of Australia? [...]
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