Stage 3 tax cuts – what is fair?
In a year where those in the richest 20% saw their assets inflate substantially, while wages remained flat or down, it’s amazing to see how hard those at the top …
Australia: a plastic waster
The Mindaroo Foundation WA study of plastics makers, puts a world-focus on the need to massively reduce single-use plastic items that soon become waste. It also shows that per capita, Australia leads …
Budget: Defence
The Defence budget climbed to $44.6 billion in this budget. Most of the new acquisition money is going into platforms that are arguably obsolete now and certainly will be by …
Had enough?
Have you had enough of vested interests running the country? Sick of divisive, partisan politics? Think it’s way time for serious action on global warming? Got the sense the major …
Our self-reliant self-defence plan released
Our defence plan is affordable, coherent, and practical. It would shift the ADF focus from fighting wars far from our shores to countering the actual threats Australia now faces. Australia …
Australia needs a strong and independent defence force that does not “project power” over nations far from our shores. This would save $100 billion that could be used for much …
Governments cannot simply buy innovation. Innovation occurs when the right conditions exist; groups of educated and entrepreneurial individuals working in an environment conducive to new ideas are incentivised to bring these ideas into new ways of doing things. Looking …
Why we need this. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that career politicians in the major parties have neither the will nor the capacity to serve the best interests of the …
Oceans of waste
Why is there so much plastic waste in our oceans? Surely its not the litter from parties on our beaches? Surely its not from illegal dumping at sea? The answer is that …
Rorts watch
We are keeping tabs on the huge number of abuses of power by governments and their agencies – Federal and state – and it’s an alarmingly long list. We just …
