A friend, a person we call "Mate" in Australia, used to be and still to a great extent is one of the core foundations of Australian society and morals.

Yes, we have gone a little along the path that I call "chasing the unholy dollar", but when it comes to the crunch, a huge number of Aussies still hold firm to the values and morals that is called "mateship".

Back when I was a kid, "mi mates" (my friends) were everything in life, no matter what the consequences, we stuck together and went for it, too often knowing very well that the consequences were not going to be pretty!

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