Australian in origin; to abandon your citizens overseas during a global pandemic and then threaten them with jail time if they try to return back home
Australia's COVID response has been an excellent demonstration of mateship.
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Australian way of friendship, but is greater than friendship. It is treating people equally, regardless of race, gender, creed, religion, etc, and isn't shallow.
I don't want a friendship with you, I want us to have a mateship.
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A bond between australian men that runs deep - very deep!
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1. A relationship similar to friendship, but beyond. An unbreakable bond between two people regardless of sex, age, race, religion etc. Particularly used in reference to Australians and the Australian Military.
2. (On occasion) Relationship of two friends which includes regular sex (both casual and ranked competitive). Most usually between males.
1. It was their Mateship that kept him going on.
2. It was their Mateship that kept him going on.