ECONOMICS can help CIVILLISE SOCIETY given there are prospects for business innovation and leadership in our Preparedness.

Remember economic's is the only 'discipline' that cant be tested until it happens. Economic lives, as we live, alive in the field.

We have a stack of national knowledge, and it is essental we make this powerful.

I suggest that a pressing need is to focus on infrastructure through Administrative Reforms before we loose the chance. Yes, it is a massive task.

I reflect that the last time Australia got this close to problem solving was in the mid 1970's and early 80's.

Unfortunately, we made some serious mistakes as a public. We paniced as we became distracted by the first round of market recessions.

We were rabbiting on big-time about the future of "manufacturing" ... then we pulled the plug. Our infrastructure has virtually clapsed because of it. While growth in services is good, it is a diverse export market that helps us lead.

We rabbited on about public works programs and used it to argue our bias about the unemployed. Again we pulled the plug. Mass redundancies, Selling our public Assets. These debates however lead to the CDEP and NEIS frameworks eventually, though it is only a sketch of the greater possiblities.

For me I was once proud as I found Australians had had a major influence on the economic theory of DEVELOPMENT.

It is Australia who contributed to the whole notion of Cost Benefit Analysis, AND look how far these theories have come.

My criticism is that Australia has failed to keep up with this kind of leadership.

I was proud of Australians overseas working in Knowledge-Transfer and Exchange technologies. Advising on Agriculture, water-pumps, as teachers, as aid workers, as telecommunication experts... but I am think, as a nation, we have NOT insisted on this kind of sustainable development theory, for ourselves.

I suggest, the new mix is to consider the progressive arguement of the 1970's and let's re-percolate some of these wealthy and constructive debates with our current knowledge.

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If the government really wants to give voters what they want, they should allow for evoting on every Bill being passed through the Senate - the upper house really acting as a 'house of review'.

Last election there would have been a number of people who voted for Liberals & yet unhappy their senators rubber stamped the work choices legislation.
Greens, well everyone wants to be green but legalising marijuana.
Labor, the polls would indicate our next government, announced a policy on wheat marketing that many farmers are unhappy with.

Where people may not like a particular policy of a party they support, or be concerned of the introduction or change of policy they might be unhappy about, a way people can protect themselves is to have Senator On-Line in the senate, without any specific policies but with the commitment that on-line every time the majority view will be heard in parliament.

Have a look on www.senatoronline.org.au

Just remember a good verse.
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name .
I am from the government in power now.