Australia Once The Lucky Country

Now many live homeless and dreading tomorrow. We must do better for everyone. Choose to be lucky again. Choose to feel better by behaving better. Choosing lucky, always.

Maria Rattray

4 min readOct 4, 2022

Australia the lucky country. Hopefully we can be again. — Photo by Photoholgic on Unsplash

There was a time when Australians could be guaranteed a roof over their heads.

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