As we stand now, we are part of a family of nations who value friendship and fairness and that's where we should stay. Any move to go it alone as a republic would be a backwards step. We have so many privileges as a Commonwealth country and so much that we can contribute back into this community.
No one word defines more what Australia stands for than Commonwealth – think about it, Common Wealth, shared prosperity, equal opportunity, a fair go. This has been our heritage and, god willing, it will be our future.
As we stand now, we are part of a family of nations who value friendship and fairness and that's where we should stay. Any move to go it alone as a republic would be a backwards step. We have so many privileges as a Commonwealth country and so much that we can contribute back into this community.
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We propose nothing less than the roll out of a New National Identity. We need to reinvent ourselves and as a nation of people known for getting the job done. We propose that Australia become known as The Can-Do Country. Forget being the lucky country or even thinking we're the clever country, if we want to be competitive on the world stage in any single field you care to name, then it's all about getting in and getting the job done.
Candoness needs to become our new national ethos. Australian Democracy has always lacked one essential element; a peoples square.
“A stage for national events and a preeminent national civic space for public gatherings because it is here that the constitutional rights of speech and peaceful assembly find their fullest expression.” We have the perfect place. It’s the area defined by greater Circular Quay in Sydney stretching from Museum of Contemporary Art and First Fleet Park on the Western Side to ‘the toaster” at the east and spreading out across Alfred Street in line with Customs House. The area which could well be named “Circular Square.” Obviously some remodelling will need to take place. We propose a more direct system for citizens to initiate referendums on matters of national importance. We call it Enterprising Democracy. The system will facilitate discussion on a much broader range of topics (beyond jobs and the economy). It will enable citizens to more actively participate in the function of government by providing a much more open forum to discuss current issues as well as being a tool to bring about referendums on matters of national and long-term importance.
There are a few important things that need to be said about small business in Australia. The first one is the name itself. I hate being called a small businessman. It's inaccurate and offensive. There is nothing small about the ambition I have for my business or the level of professionalism we extend to our customers. No businessperson starts his or her business through small thinking. Anyone who starts or runs a business in this country today knows how hard it is to make that business successful. The term "small" has been imposed on us by bureaucracy and I for one don't accept it. I prefer to think of myself as an Independent Business. What do you think? Comment below and enter the pole. Another one is whether we continue to have an independent business sector in this country at all or whether we farm the entire skill-set out to other countries where the labour is cheaper. As I see it, labour in other countries is getting more expensive by the day and within a few short decades, when you take into consideration increases in fuel and other costs, having an item make in China will be on par with having it made locally. The only thing is, we will have forgotten how to make it because our local industry died at the hands of globalisation. Local independent businesses are the fabric of our community. Without them we'll all end up working for multinational corporations owned by overseas interests. |
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