Billy Tea Meeting 1

I doubt they had laptops at Eureka, but we had one with us tonight. It was cold, it was clear, the billy boiled lots and the fire went from explosion to ashes all too fast. This is what the first billy tea meeting gave us:

1. RULE OF LAW
The just laws that apply equally to all are the basis of Australia's modern society culture and country. Mercy has to temper Justice.

2. POLITICIANS WORK FOR US
Death to tyranny! There is no place in our country for elites, squatterocracies, imported lords or priesthoods or anyone else who lords it over other people for no reason and by no right of law. Politicians in particular are our servants as are the bureaucrats. They do their work for a fair quid or they are GONE.

3. THE EUREKA OATH
"We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties."

4. WE'RE ALL AUSTRALIANS
Anyone of any colour or creed is Australian if they come here legally, stay and form part of our political fabric and respect the law. No one is above anyone else in any way by cause of blood, birth or inheritance. We're all equal in spirit and deserve a fair go.

5. AUSTRALIA HAS THE LONGEST HISTORY ON EARTH
Australian history begins with the original inhabitants not with the European era.

6. TAXES AND GOVERNMENT ARE BEST WHEN SMALL
Taxation should be minimal and never imposed without consent of the governed.
No more rum rebellions and Eureka Stockade injustices!