The year the music stopped

The ALP & LNP will both be decimated in Queensland. Hanson and Katter will win a swathe of seats and the State will become ungovernable. It will not be a pretty sight.

Nevertheless, we must pick ourselves up and move on without relying on governments for anything unless we absolutely have to as they will inevitably stuff up even our finest dreams.

We can aggressively foster the rise of not-for-profit community institutions that will replace as many government departments as we can. In this way, we can ensure that bureaucracy is replaced with compassion and common sense.

Similar not for profit corporations can operate in commerce and industry, removing the greed, corruption and incompetence that currently reigns there and which pathetically requires constant tax cuts, incentives and handouts for them to survive. The not for profits can bring the same vigour and enthusiasm as our pioneers displayed when they ignored governments as they built Australia.

We must face the unpalatable fact that we have to pay more tax to get our debt and deficit into order and make funds available for the a vast program of infrastructure that has been neglected for decades. This will create jobs and make our industries competitive and it must include drought proofing the continent.

Collectively, and most importantly of all, we can work constantly to remove the scourge of inequality that degrades our nation. We can achieve this through our own efforts as caring people, thereby creating a society that gives everyone a fair go.

As Ben Chifley said, “We must walk towards the Light on the Hill.”

We will get there if we don’t have to carry political baggage, plus their hopeless ideology, on our backs. They have been drowning the music for far too long.