The paradox of our age of abundance, is that we fret incessantly about scarcity, and yet, like the wisdom of the Lord, the stupidity of our governing classes is infinite. In a field cluttered by state premiers vying to outdo each other, Prime Minister Morrison has made a bold bid to move ahead of the pack with the modest announcement that he has edited the national anthem, deleting the offending phrase – ‘young and free’ – and replacing it, with ‘one and free.
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