Have we flogged the word ‘spirit’ to death? Or, rather have politicians, emptied it of all meaning and turned it into a puff word. When Scott Morrison announced a slight change to the national anthem, he used the word four times. He referred to the ‘indomitable Australian spirit’, the ‘energetic spirit of liberty’, the ‘timeless spirit of this ancient land’ and the ‘spirit of unity’ he claims to find in all of us.
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