Fed: The bludger must not be our national icon: Murdoch
03 Nov 2008 2:36 AMFed: The bludger must not be our national icon: Murdoch
Media magnate RUPERT MURDOCH says Australians must avoid institutionalising idleness .. or risk making the bludger our national icon.
In the first of his six Boyer Lectures .. the News Corp chief has outlined his vision for Australia .. a country the Manhattan-based MURDOCH still calls home.
He says Australian business must take advantage of emerging middle class markets in India and China .. and embrace internationalism to move forward.
MURDOCH says in trade, agriculture and climate change we must lead the world .. not follow suit.
And he says at home we must reform our 19th century education system .. encourage full reconciliation among Aboriginal and white Australia .. and be open to immigration.
He also says we need to get people off government subsidy .. or risk becoming a nation of bludgers.
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