The framers of the Constitution afforded us strong foundations. It is not beyond us to take the next step. Perhaps that step will involve agreeing, like virtually every other civilised country, on a constitutional Bill of Rights. This could help promote true equality under the law. Democracy, in the second century of Federation, should mean more than majority rule.
True democracy protects minorities.
And most of us are members of some minority or other. Gift - Equal opportunity for all. I believe the greatest gift Australia could give to itself would be the realisation of equal opportunity for all. We think of ourselves as a nation that genuinely holds the fair go principle in its ethos. Indeed it is a fundamental underpinning of our national psychology.