between the cracks

Aussies look after Aussies

That's what Nicole and Keith told me

Clutching each other and peering down the camera barrel from their Aussie home on the other side of the world, a thousand miles away

It is a relief to be told so clear, so firm, so true

After all Nicole is the face of Australia, so she must know what it is that we do

And now Mr Howard is no longer our leader I simply don't hear often enough, or learn, or see

What it is that makes me Me

Human

Female

De facto

Urban dwelling

But what Aussie else? What Aussie outlook? What Aussie attitude? What Aussie identity?

And now I know, now I understand, now I see

I just need half a million dollars, a national disaster and a live feed

To remind me what it is to be

Aussie!

Aussie!

Aussie!