Thank you for worthwhile input, A.C.

I think One Nation founder Pauline Hanson is similar to US President-elect Donald Trump.
Both come from a business and not academic/legal/political background.
Both appeal to a majority of sensible and working type people.
Both at least offer hope ahead instead of taking economies backwards.

As to the links you have provided.
There was a time when I literally dug up the north with a bulldozer in the garden of Calvert Hills station in the NT.
As station manager I used the bulldozer to turn over deeper nutrient rich soil to grow fresh vegetables but intense natural heat from sun and wind handicapped or killed off garden vegetable growth.

In northern Queensland there is also damage to contend with from too much rain and flooding in that cyclone prone region. Arable Topsoil gets washed away almost overnight.
Consequently I have doubt about potential to develop the food bowl proposed in the north. But I wish those proponents well.

Heat and flood and cyclone damage cannot be controlled, that's why I have suggested harvesting over abundant northern rain and to aqueduct it to the Murray Darling catchment (inland from Fraser island), to supply new agriculture along the way and to drought proof existing farming in the more protected south.
Presently wasted northern water could ease demand on Murray water and help supply the drought starved Coorong estuary that is supposed to be naturally producing food for now hungry animals and fish in southern ocean waters.

I also wish One Nation well with starting the Bradfield Scheme but I think cost of pumping will make it non viable. Removing water from the Lake Eyre system will also be a problem for the environment.

No pumping is required for the water harvesting aqueduct system now tentatively labelled the NQA (north Qld aqueduct).

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The NQA is feasible environmentally, socially and economically and to make it and other similar projects happen including ion Mexico, I think all that is needed is sensible business-like leadership.

I think when a swamp is drained the negative burden of muck can be removed and natural swamp can be refilled and sensibly managed productively.

I think both Hanson and Trump are capable leaders, they have led themselves into gathering a team that has taken them into office, as election wins show.
I think their type of leadership is what people in general want.

In the late 1990’s I briefed Pauline Hanson on seafood dependent islander malnutrition and world fish depletion, and as a fish shop proprietor she responded saying, "I wondered why I was having trouble buying fish".
I immediately took that to mean increasing shortage of fish was forcing up cost of wholesale fish to a point it was too costly to buy and cook and sell affordably to enough customers, to generate enough money to operate the business.

Fish used to be a common staple food for people with little or no money.
The swamp gremlins have hidden why they have removed fish from the Consumer Price Index.

Unaffordable cost of food is driving people into cities and even to other countries to hopefully find employment and money to survive. (the swamp gremlins have not told about that either)

Put the situation into reverse, people may want to remain in or go back to their own countries.

Dear Graham,

That Trump will be an unmitigated disaster for the US and the world in general is a given. Those who think otherwise are deluding themselves as are you. That the Australian right are now embracing the man speaks volumes.

Many great and powerful nations have felt threatened by the rise of other nations. The response has usually meant those speaking of regaining prestige for their nation are elevated. What inevitably happens is fascist and dictatorial tendencies appear attractive enough so normal caution is thrown to the wind. Ultimately this style of leadership hastens the decline.

Indeed what at first glance appeared to be a substantial first step in this downward spiral, the election of Trump, has been tempered by the fact Clinton won substantially more of the popular vote than he.

For me the question is how much damage will Trump do to the US and the regard it is held around the world during his presidency and will the country be in a position to repair itself. I hope it can.

Here is a little side prediction. He and his choice of defense secretary will see the deal with Iran collapse and that country becoming nuclear capable during his term.

Interesting times indeed.

Hi Steele,

Will he be able to bring back jobs from China ? I don't think so. So the legitimate hopes of all those ex-working-class, middle-aged, mostly men will be dashed pretty quickly.

Will he be able to zip into the Middle East, clean it up, just like Clint (Eastwood) would, and ride out again ? I don't think so. Neither would Clint.

Will he be led by the nose by Putin ? Probably. Or perhaps he has a cunning plan.

Will be turn tail in the South China Seas ? Probably.

Will the US be thirsting for some relief, for a fresh face in 2020, say, Michelle Obama ? I hope so.

Happy New Year !

Joe