Think about it, merrily sailing along as the lucky country, we have diminished our survivability index, our ability to handle a disaster scenario such as war, by embracing the green environmental cult over the past 30 years and empowering armies of autonomous bureaucracies. Outside the control of politicians, these snowflakes have strangled the growth of companies big and small by an avalanche of rules, regulations and accompanying fees. We have the highest amount of national parks and conservation zones per head of population, 10 times the US and 15 times the UK.
The stranglehold on almost all of our coastline and dredging makes it almost impossible to establish any new ports even small ones. The Queensland Labor / Green Government for instance, passed a "Sustainable Ports Act in 2015" to ensure that no-one else built a port along the 7,000 km coastline, apart from the 10 existing trading ports, most owned by the Qld Govt.
Having a port every 700 km shouldn't give bragging rights. After all, it stifles regional development, and at the same time ensures that our defence vessels have no strategic bases.
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To give some context, Gujarat in India has a port every 53 kms and the UK has a port every 65 kms which ensured that nation's security through two world wars.
Adding spice to this environmental utopia mantra, there has been a sudden hard swing to "cheap renewables" by the incoming Labor Government which is causing the ship to economically list over dangerously within just a few months. The inexperienced twit in charge of the nation's most important asset, our energy, is the watchkeeping officer.
This incompetent has drastically altered course veering away from a solid reliable base source of coal and gas energy while chasing an ideology that is unproven, and that the Nation cannot remotely afford.
Check out whether you think the ship is sinking:
- the energy, fuel, and food prices have skyrocketed with staggering bills flooding in the front door. Disposable income has vaporised, much to the chagrin many small businesses;
- the superannuation system is being attacked, and all taxes are increasing;
- National Productivity has tanked;
- the Defence budget has hit a brick wall, once again being "reviewed";
- youth crime has trebled;
- the number of overpaid bureaucrats and fee based permits for almost everything, have doubled'
- unprecedented high house prices;
- lack of availability of accommodation for many Australians;
- the drop in the value of our currency;
- the collapse of our legal system and our health system; and
- the collapse of our family values and demonisation of churches.
But hey, some News! The Captain has appeared on the Bridge! This incompetent imbecile who through the national broadcaster is advising us us that a new brigade of bureaucrats to ensure the Aboriginals get a better deal will save the Nation and ensure a bright future. He repeats the message constantly while the ship is sinking. Like Lee, he has no cognizance of what's most important to the people in his charge.
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The population, merrily videoing each other in their daily lives, is now finally taking notice of the prices, the crime, the increasing burden on small businesses and even more important, the blatant lies told by this Captain and officers prior to their appointment.
Unlike Lee and several cohorts who were jailed for life, this incompetent team which is sinking the nation, will get away with undeserved retirement gold cards and huge pensions.
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