24 July 2019

The Little Aussie Battler (™)

There is a funny idea abroad (by which I mean, of course, in this dry brown land in which we all do dwell) that there exists a minor figure of such truthful grit that every attribute of ordinariness is congealed within their being.

This entity, I am led to believe, is now thought to be putting aside a characteristic reticence and a mug of tea, throwing the Akubra into the ring and stepping flat-footed into the political arena.

Their mission? To wake up Australia.

As soon as I heard that such a quintessential creature was out and  about, I went to great pains to locate it.

Duration: 03:55   mp3