After Australia Day & the return to school & work for most people, I always like to consider the Australia Day awards & this year as with most other awards, I am always concerned about the number of people who are given ‘gongs’ for essentially doing the jobs for which they are employed & for which they paid  (usually well). 

The other group of potentially undeserving ‘gong’ receivers are those who don’t actually live in Australia & often haven’t for some time.

While on the subject of Australia Day, I also get annoyed at the actions of those who behave badly on the day. Yes we are free to express our feelings by protesting about things with which we do not agree but so many people who protested on Monday seem to have not a clue about the history of that day. In essence they are protesting about the wrong thing.

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