Federal Government debt is currently
$630bn and is expected to climb to $1trn by 2026, creating budget problems and a
debt that future generations will need to pay.
Recent history predicts that no
political party will have the ability to initiate the structural tax changes
needed for post-COVID budget repair due to fear of voter anger.
It is in our best interest as a
community to contribute ideas on what should be done to raise more revenue, reduce
costs and produce common interest solutions. Let's put together some ideas to help
our governments make the hard decisions.Your ideas?
From a speech by Andrew Liveris AO at #Chemeca 2021 > https://bit.ly/3zI8roA“The reports need to end and the focus must shift to delivering outcomes not hiring more consultants in Australia”These high potential sectors play to Australia’s strengths: Space
Medical products
Resources technology and critical minerals processing
Food and beverage
Defence
Recycling and clean energy
These sectors need to drive public and business sector agendas. There is a tremendous opportunity for Australia to improve exports to the United States and enter supply chains to help the USA achieve the ambitious program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
During the first wave of the coronavirus we saw of
Teddy Bears everywhere. The new waves of community spirit, popping up around the
country are gaggles of spoons, adorned with googly eyes, pipe-cleaner arms and
feather hats. Creating these spoon villages or “Spoonvilles”is a lockdown craze
for kids and adults alike.
All you need to start one is some publicly accessible
land, a sign reading “Spoonville” and a character or two. It’s then up to
others in the neighbourhood to make their own cutlery and join the
crowd.
Seen in Mort Bay Park, Balmain.
One of the common ways to capture wave energy, is via a point-absorber which harvests energy from the up and down movement of waves. Australia's RMIT has designed a point-absorber with a novel counter-rotating dual turbine. The design can apparently deliver twice the efficiency of other currently available point-absorber wave technologies. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2021/aug/wave-energy-technology
