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Flat White

Our lucky country injured by Safetyism

5 October 2022

11:00 AM

5 October 2022

11:00 AM

Remember the time of Crocodile Dundee when we were known as the ‘Lucky Country’ with a touch of Larrikinism?

Clive James once said that, ‘The problem with Australians is not that so many of them are descended from convicts, but that so many are descended from prison officers.’

I disagree, I have brought many friends and relatives from overseas to visit, and they have all loved the people, the golden beaches, and the brilliant colours of central Australia.

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