He said he wanted a fair go to apply for the scholarship.
1944, Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Representatives, volume 266, page 32254:
But for this government to load up funding to the wealthiest schools in this country is anathema to the great Aussie notion of a fair go for all.
1976, Laurie Oakes, Crash Through or Crash: The Unmaking of a Prime Minister[2], page 241:
‘We have heard about a fair go for Labor,’ Fraser told the crowd in his peroration. ‘A fair go for the most hopeless Government in our history? A fair go for the party that created the first depression for forty years?[…]’
The people of the Northern Territory do not want any special deals. They are not looking for privilege or preferential treatment. All they are after is a good old-fashioned fair go.
2002, Francis Gordon Clarke, The History of Australia[3], page 186:
The traditional ethic of the fair go was resurrected, the light on the hill reignited, and the government promised that those currently unemployed would not be left to stagnate.