248:"When I succeed I am Australian, but when I fail I am African", he said as he announced its release. "It’s about wanting to belong, but still feeling alienated... I call them, 'Australiens'. They are the ones that want to be Australian, but they get treated like aliens, so they're somehow on the fringes. They are the biggest potential this country could ever have because of what they could add to this country. All the nation has to do is invest in them".
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