The Idea of Australia Season 1 Episode 1 - Land Of The Fair Go?

Airdate: 2025-Oct-15

Episode summary:

Australians like to believe they live in the land of a fair go. Is this true or just a comforting story we like to tell. This episode looks beyond the myths to harder truths to reimagine a fairer future. At a time of geopolitical uncertainty, the need to celebrate and rebuild an informed truly independent civic national identity is greater than ever.This episode explores the strengths and weaknesses of Australians' attachment to fairness. It reexamines the appeal and power of this founding principle and reflects on how it might be made stronger.Australia is one of the most successful countries on earth, democratic, rich and innovative.But not everyone is a winner. It has still not come to terms with its ancient past or meaningfully recognized the First Peoples.Australia has learned to make its own luck and changed a lot since it threw off the whiteAustralia policy, protectionist economic policies and many of the ties to Britain, but it is still a work in progress.

About The Idea of Australia series:

This bold and provocative four-part series asks the question – What is the idea of Australia and how might we learn from the past to make it stro...Show more >