Interesting point re terrorism Is Mise.
But it makes me wonder why exactly hasnt it already been done on any of the worlds existing high speed railways?

Could it be even terrorists draw a line somewhere?

Australia in 50 years needs to be fairer, cleaner, leading the world in technology and neutral when it comes to conflict in the world. Even better act as a peacemaker and trusted intermediary in the worlds conflicts. Hopefully there will be less war and violence in the future. Hopefully civilisation will have advanced just a tiny bit.

We need more public transport, more cycling infrastructure, less roads, less dependance on the capital cities, expansion of country towns, more scientists, less megalomaniac media owners/shock jocks, more education for everyone, fewer con artists and religious charlatans, more farmers markets, more fresh local food, less advertising and marketing, more accountability for companies/industries that cause harm and politicians who are in it for Australia not feathering their own nest.

One a day branch lines Is Mise, I lived near Howard, on the main line Brisbane to Cairns. It had once had 12 passenger trains a day, but was down to a train a day each way main line. There are even so few goods trains that they could spend hours shunting rail cars around using the main line, without interfering with through traffic.

In 50 years mikk, with our current immigration system, we will have 20% of the country a no go area for the majority of the population, if we are lucky. If not we will have civil war between old Ozzies & more recent blowins.

There are all ready places in Sydney, where a blue eyed, fair haired person had better not have their car breakdown. You can feel the waves of hate pouring out of every door, as you pass through.

It is nice I suppose for our lefties to kid themselves that this will diminish, & all will be sweetness & light. Yep, & Israel & the Arabs will become bosom buddies next week too.

A real meaningful vision for Australia has surely got be based on the energy and resource regime, compared to the demand. It’s old basic supply and demand equation.

Energy is looking precarious as oil supplies peak and prices inexorably rise. The same will happen in a longer timeframe with the other fossil fuels.

The demand for energy and resources continues to rapidly increase due to rapid population growth, of which our absurdly high immigration rate makes up some two-thirds.

We need to increase the exploitation rate of our minerals and other non-renewable and potentially renewable resources, and increase agricultural output, and increase value-adding industries and increase exports, all just to maintain the same level of provision of all the basics for the ever-growing population…. without achieving any gains for the nation or for our overall quality of life or future wellbeing!!

Addressing this constantly increasing demand for everything, while the supply capability is simply not up to matching this increasing demand, has surely got to be the MOST important part of a meaningful vision for Australia.

There is just NO POINT in striving to build something like a high-speed rail network if these fundamentals are not in place.

If the demand for all the basic requirements of life can’t be met by the supply capability, then there is going to be a whole lot of discontent and civil strife out there…. and our government is going to be forced to put the money that might have gone into building a high-tech state-of-the-art rail network and such-like into much more menial things.

So, my number 1 priority for a vision for Australia is to head directly towards a stable population, by reducing immigration by half next year and then progressively reducing it down to net zero.

Pericles "Just so long as you don't turn it into some kind of scam"

His site is already promoting an energy company named Mackerel Sky.

Vision for Australia "get the best possible system there is"

We need the most suitable/practicable system for our circumstances.
Which could be a horse and buggy in some cases.

"Seth Godin talking about being the best in the world at something"

Yes, something very specific.
He is a business/branding guru.
And he's right in a business context.
You need to specialise, focus, dominate a niche.

But how can that apply to a nation?
A nation needs to do many things, not necessarily "the best" way, but in an adequate way that suffices for most people.

Your mantra of bigger/best may apply to a business, but not a nation.

Your site claims you're sick of "political correctness", yet in the same paragraph lists a series of prefixed ethnic "Australians".

We'll never be able to "limit" the population while pandering to immigrant subcultures.

The moment anyone suggests restricting immigration, even by *numbers alone*, the screams of "RACIST!" can be heard on Mars.

Good luck trying to debate that issue honestly.

mary3, can you send me a brochure?

Hasbeen, mikk seems to think "conflict" is all about how "civilised" we are, when even cursory research will show *most* conflicts are interethnic, even between highly civilised peoples.

Weren't the Germans and Japanese "civilised"?
They're responsible for the largest-scale wars of all time!

Panethnic immigration is creating the potential for an infinitesimal number of potential conflicts.

Not only between the White Native-born and minorities, but *amongst* the minorities.

Many have traditional rivalries (Greeks/Turks, Serbs/Croats) or may start fresh ones, since they've never had to live together before (e.g. Bengali/Samoans, Arabs/Zulus).

There are over 6000 different ethnic groups in the world.
That's 36 million potential conflicts!

And now they all live in one place.
Yippee!

Wake up to yourself hasbeen. It is people like you who are sowing the seeds of division and hatred. The only waves of hate come from racists like you. Your post reeks of it.

Neither you nor I know what the future will bring and it is up to all of us to make it as good a future as possible. Hardly the direction your post takes is it?

the sad/funny part is that the leftist don't have any idea that the homosexuals and liberals as infidels will not be exempt because of their stupidity. In fact they will among the first in line given half a chance. They have been dumb enough to create this problem with their totally Christophobic natures and will be dumb enough to want to know why.