Compensation for victims of crime

Yep, capital punishment for all those who take another's life, then, the money that would have been spent on carseration can be sent to the victims family.

They must be undeniably guilty, such as a mass murderer or one caught red handed.

However the most important change we need in this country is tax reform, because without a more boarder, fairer tax, we will fail.

The other important reform is to return our welfare system back into a 'hand up' system, as opposed to the current 'hand out' system we have.

We must also stop the cash hand outs and introduce a decent work for the dole system, even for some with disabilities.

At the end of the day we must bring an end to the eara of the gravy train.

An excellent wish-list, aussieboy. I'll sign the petition too.

Aussieboy, by far the most important point in your list is No 10.
We’ve got to develop a plan, and then get stuck into implementing it quickly and decisively.

My list of ten is:

1. Develop a national plan based on the principle of sustainability, with particular emphasis on halting the increase in the demand for resources, goods, services and infrastructure.

2. Reduce national immigration down to net zero as quickly as we reasonably can. Keep it at net zero, which would mean it would continue to become less each year for a while, as the immigration intake for a particular year would not exceed the emigration rate for the previous year.

3. Undertake a critical analysis of what is good growth and what is bad. STOP treating all growth is good and formulate a strategy to pursue the good stuff and minimise the bad stuff!

4. Strive to make government as independent from big business as possible, which necessitates a ZERO donations regime. We’ve GOT to get rid of this enormous bias, where big business basically buys favours with big donations, and consequently very strongly sways government decisions towards continuous rapid growth and hence away from sustainability.

5. Get big business and high-flyers to pay their fair share of tax. Fix the tax system.

6. Stop packing ever-more people into places that have real water-supply and congestion problems!

7. Do NOT increase the retirement age to 70. Rudd increased it from 65 to 67. That’s enough! The section of society that gets affected by this will be paying disproportionately more for our governments’ poor economic and fiscal management as it is. However, DO incentivise people to stay longer in the workforce and to work part-time in ‘retirement’.

8. Recover the rule of law. Strive to make all laws actually apply as they are written and were intended to apply. More and more we are seeing a big discrepancy in what is purported to be the legal situation and what is actually policed.

9. Halt further foreign ownership and strive to reverse it to some extent.

10. Halt further privatisation.

Guys thanks for support loved hearing i am not the only one with a problem with the way we are headed.
after reading some of the excellent posts i have tried to compress our ideas.
1. A National plan 20 year outlook
1a. with the focus being on whats good for the people of the country
1b. Immigration = decentralization (also no job 3mth into Green Army)
1c. Buy Australian campaign

2. Tax
2a. means test all government handouts
2b. Tax the rich and stop companies avoiding tax

3. unemployment
3a national service for 18-25 year old into the Green Army if no job within 3 months of leaving school/old job
3b do not raise retirement age you cant get a job now if your over 50

4. government
4a. Cut links to big business for all parties
4b. cut wages/perks/entitlements to all parliamentarians
4c. Stop selling assets NOW

5. Business
5a. Media ownership 1 outlet only
5b. wage restraint top end of town your blowing out the figures of average wages and you don't work harder then other people
5c. end free trade it only benefits china
5d. 10 % max foreign ownership
5e. 25 % max ownership anyone company
5f. The ceo is responsible for his company and more transparency on company ownership

My penmanship may not be great but you get the idea lets refine this 5 things and send it in. I would ask someone to tidy this up abit :)

Aussieboy, a financial transaction tax will put more money in the average punters pocket, while making the big end of town pay tax on every dollar spent/transferred.

I also like the suggestion of no job within 3 months, you have to work for the green army.

Goodonya! Aussieboy. I wonder if your summary passes the wisdom of Pericles test, if so perhaps we are all on the same side after all.
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