Australia has a dirty secret: we are mostly happy | Peter Lewis

The Australian people are really after a bit of hope, not a fresh airing of grievances

There’s a dirty little secret at the heart of the Australian body politic, one that it doesn’t really serve anyone to admit lest it force everyone to change the way they go about their business.

Be they leaders trading off fear of change, oppositions fomenting dissent, lobbyists and advocates seeking to promote their cause or journalists trading in conflict, it’s best to sweep it under the carpet.

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