A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
“The best drought relief we can give these people is water,”
“We don’t need to bring truckloads of hay up. If they’ve got water they’ll look after themselves.
“They can grow their crops and store enough bales of lucerne during the good times.
“Instead of having to watch all their cattle and sheep die every drought, we’ll be able to drought proof the country and that’ll save the country millions.”
The Bradfield Scheme would divert water from the Tully, the Herbert and the Burdekin Rivers, across the Great Dividing Range into the Flinders and then the Thomson River, eventually flowing to Lake Eyre.
Ex Senator Anning described it as a “forever solution”, saying that while water was a state issue, it could be solved at a federal level.
So why are we not doing it? It is never too late.
These days, we have governments more worried about Global warming, World Economic Forum, the World Health Organisation; the United Nations to worry about our own survival.
It seems that we should throw ourselves under the bus to " save the planet " and sacrifice ourselves in order to " save the world. "
Australia contributes less than 1% of carbon emissions. We export our coal and iron ore and gas.
We export our uranium.
Export dollars are important. More important than our own prosperity it would seem.
All to benefit other nations to our own detriment?
Why?
I find myself increasingly unable to answer the questions that need to be asked.
Why? Who? Where? What? and How?
I know Who it is. I know Where the directives come from. I know How they intend to do it. But the one thing that eludes is is Why?
And there is only one thing that answers this simple, basic question of why our governments are destroying our nations, our ways of life, our cultures and our histories. Of why they hate us so much. Why they betray us.
And it comes down to one simple thing.
Money.
Yet our Nation could thrive. We could have a higher population, greater productive land and towns and cities to forge a growing nation.
We could change Australia and become the Great Southern Land.
And the word is not money despite what our bureaucrats and politicians may think.
It is as simple as this:
Water.
Yet the government sold us out. They even sold our water.
For Money.
We are now owned by China. Governed by who knows?
As Australia Day approaches, I cannot help but consider that we, as a country, are no longer a Nation of people, but a land mass of assets to be exploited.
A place to populate.
Much like America.
Let's face it, it was always about Money.
From the very beginning.
