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10,000 ways that will not work

By Stephen Cable - posted Tuesday, 21 November 2017


How can it be, that a nation with 30 per cent of the worlds uranium, has virtually no nuclear industry?

How can the world’s largest island nation, with high strategic maritime defence requirements, be relying on overseas powers for our submarine fleet? For that matter, how can such an island nation have virtually no ship building industry?

How could a nation, built on hard work and fierce independence, have such a high welfare bill?

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How can a nation with such a proud history, have an education system that systematically teaches our children a black armband view of our past?

The answer to these question rests with the two parties that have led us to this point. They are leading us further out into the wilderness and calling it paradise.

It is not the destiny of Australia to be a beggar state or a welfare case. It is not our destiny to spend our days wringing our hands, anxious about sins past, real or imagined. It is not our destiny to be a nation of barista’s and tour guides. Australia was meant for far greater things on the global stage but it will not be handed to us. The parties that rule us will not surrender it willingly and the media will vilify anyone who attempts to break their stranglehold.

So let us not repeat the mistakes of years past and keep on making the same old light bulb that doesn’t work and let’s start making one that will work.

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Stephen is the Federal President of CCfA and writes for Liberty Works in Brisbane.

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