Alfred Deakin was Prime Minister of Australia three times.

He was also a powerful founding father of our nation, having a huge influence in drafting our Constitution.

It is important to note that he made a significant effort to include a Preamble to the Constitution that would set out what it means to be an Australian and what are the basic principles of life that are the fabric of our existence.

He failed to achieve this as he was bitterly opposed by Churches. They claimed to be in charge of the morals of the nation, a task in which they have massively failed.

Now in #Election2025, our leaders only ever talk about #money as they are certain that this is the only value that we place on life, an assumption which may largely be true.

But the blunt truth is Australians live in a massively divided society which seems to have no cornerstone other than #greed on which to base our finest aspirations.

We can but weep.

Everald