Australia needs more than hollow words about a fair go – we need brave policy-makers | Greg Jericho

My dad's birth date in the national service lotteries from 1965 t0 1972 is in the March 1966 ballot.

He fought in Vietnam , arriving just before the Tet Offensive in 1968 .

It's part of why I revere the Australian War Memorial as a sacred place.

I also ask the question that is often linked to Anzac Day : what are we defending? What are these values we hear soldiers sacrificed their lives for?.

But what is it we love, what is it we want to defend? It’s all well and good to talk about a fair go, or our great natural resources and lifestyle. But talk is cheap and hollow words are weak. Bravery in policymaking can ensure we are a free and equitable nation with a unique environment of which we can be rightly proud..