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'A Fair Go' for all

By Graeme Couch - posted Wednesday, 8 July 2026


A Fair Go → the principles governing how we live together.

A nation is not held together simply by laws or governments. It is held together by a shared understanding of what it means to belong and progress.

 Perhaps Australia's greatest contribution to the modern world will not be a new political ideology, but a practical demonstration that people from many traditions can together build one country, one community and one future.

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What values should unite Australians over the next hundred years?

Perhaps a future in which all Australians will prize their opportunities for:

  • Freedom with responsibility
  • Informed Engagement
  • Care for those who can't make do
  • Respect for all
  • Prosperity without exploitation

Is this a conversation worth having?

 

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Graeme Couch is an engineering systems specialist, formerly an energy regulator in NSW, and management consultant, recently retired from working with electricity and other infrastructure industries in Australia, Central Asia and South-East Asia. Graeme has degrees in Science, Engineering and Law and maintains a keen interest in Strategic Management, Technology, Mathematics and Social Sciences.

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