I've had a vision... Mike likes, visions, so... come Septemeber 14, the Ranga that had the sanga chucked at her will be kicked out of Kirribilli, with her hairdresser...
There, a vision... a fortune telling forecast for Australia.
NBN - the LAST thing we need. Peter puts it at 99 on his list, much further on mine. I come from a VERY long line of land holders, farmers, graziers, stockmen. We have properties all around Leyburn, Pittsworth, Monto, Moonford, Biloela and beyond. They could not care LESS about the NBN. No importance whatsoever, compared to the matters of farmers receiving the funding and help required to feed this nation, let alone provide valuable foreign income from surplus. Vision - feed the country rather than feeding a information (read: porn) super highway.
So, our family currently live - DEBT FREE (apart from the $150 I owe Kunama
) - on a copper rim. We cannot get ADSL 2, and struggle with ADSL on some days. Telstra have no plans for the next 4 years to change it. Do I care? NOT ONE BIT!
Yet, I can drive for 5 minutes and arrive on the Bruce Highway (M1) - the major highway through SE-QLD. I will be confronted by a major highway in worse state than many of the roads I have seen and driven on in rural Russia! Let alone consider taking this major route up past Gympie, where this major road becomes a 2 lane highway, with B Doubles, B triples, school buses and cars (and you NEVER see a train!). But, we need a fast information superhighway more importantly.Because that may give vision to people about how pathetic our roads are and why QLD now has the countries HIGHEST car rego prices to fund the repair of the roads that the Federal wont help with... visionary.
Labor is, and always will, pander to the minorities to win their seats. Doesn't take much vision to see where NDIS, NBN and other specifically targeted scams...err...schemes are aimed at. It's not caring for Australia, its vote buying. And the problem is, many Aussies have vision and can see through the shallow agenda through to the real, under-laying VITAL agenda that needs to be fixed before we consider these other trivialities.
I love Australia, and yes, our economy is O...K... but the price of living is abhorrent (I can buy milk, bread, and cheese in Russia STILL for less than I can buy just a loaf of bread here!!! Let alone car prices), rents are outrageous (we own and rent out property and we try to keep it low, but then you face ever-increasing electricity costs... carbon tax.... and water cost and we don't provide them internet
) ), fuel crazy. When I flew for a living, I was being taxed $0.47/$1 earned - the government essentially took half my wage, and then of course, I was not entitled to the NHS, any Centrelink etc, because on PAPER, I earned too much...
Oh, I love Labor vision.... if of course the visionary ideas fail - which they usually do - we are all accused of being short sighted (and it is a common rhetoric!). Sheesh... let's set realistic expectations rather than throw out grandiose plans so that perhaps the visionary DREAMS can become reality by working through them properly and appropriately.
Vision requires fore-thought. Fore-thought requires planning, feasibility study, MONEY, and an agreement by consensus, and the vision that such endeavours can take some time and effort, rather than HERE, NOW.