Australian Manifesto

At any one time there are a number of tunnel boring machines operating in Australia. These TBMs are big and expensive. When not actively involved in boring tunnels in Australia, they are dismantled and shipped to other countries. At approximately $1 billion per kilometer these machines can't stay idle. But shipping them around the world costs money too. To build a tunnel under the Blue Mountains from Penrith to Lithgow might cost say $50 billion. It's not worth it. If the Australian Government said build it for $15 billion and you can stop and start when you like. That means any TBM rather than being shipped overseas, can still earn an income in Australia between real full paying jobs.  I assume all TBMs are the same. So the offer goes out to all TBMs operating in Australia. And if an Australian company like Transfield wants to buy their own machine, this offer might lower the cost of holding such a machine because there is no completely zero  idle cost. Building a tunnel unde...

If Australia is to be successful we need to make brand new industries where we have technical advantages over most other countries. Remember Senator Button. He had a dream where we would help build a global car industry. Globalism is not doing so well right now. And we are highly exposed to these weaknesses. We need to create an Assimilation Industry that is designed to import new potential citizens as fast as possible without creating shocks to our economic system but rather enhances our economy. Cultural harmony also needs to be preserved within the country.  That's not easy. This new category of Assimilation Agents should replace immigration agents. Their job is to find, import, and supervise for 10 years the smooth transition from immigrant to a person who either is an Australian citizen or could be if they chose to and who contributes to our society in a positive way. The Assimilation Agents get paid 10% of the client's income when they are imported into Australia. The con...