This is the winner of the 2017 Spectator Australia Thawley Essay Prize, the theme of which was ‘The great Australian speech that never was.’
Today, I address the hall concerning a matter of utmost importance. It is not a matter that one thinks about from day to day. It may not even be something you care about at all.
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