Right here, 125 years ago, our Australian democracy became real.
In all that time, there is a lesson that has held true:
Australia is always at our best, when we choose to lift people up - not shut them out.
Because every time we have followed our national instinct for unity and fairness, we have been better for it.
It was true on our Parliament's very first day. And we’ll carry it forward for the next 125 years.