The Naturals

The Great Barrier Reef is naturally great. The outback is naturally great, too. Both are big. That's why they're physically great. But are they economically great? We want a great big natural economy for Australia. There are plenty of great natural resources in and around Australia to dig up or suck up or grow things in or on. Australia has a great load of natural stuff to sell. Great big Australia is there for the taking, for the right price. Along with the Great Barrier Reef, there are quite a few other great things about Australia. There is the Great Artesian Basin. There is the Great Australian Bight. There is the Great Dividing Range. There is the Great Sandy-Tanami Desert. There is the Great Ocean Road. There is the Great Victoria Desert. There are big things everywhere in Australia. Think Natural.  Think big. For a great many years, the great big fossil fuel lobby and the great big minerals lobby and the great big tobacco lobby and the great big pesticide lobby have lo

For thousands of years, Australia naturally and culturally supported its human and non-human populations without selling out to foreigners. The original Australians did nothing to attract tourists, tertiary students, temporary visa holders and the interests of foreign governments and foreign businesses. Nor did the original Australians do anything to encourage the construction industry in Australia, or agribusiness, or coal mining, or the export of cultural heritage as rubble in batches of iron ore. Ensuring Australian society has a sustainable, natural future, requires the expertise of the original Australians, or whatever remains of their culture at least. According to all the credible scientific evidence, an anthropogenic future for Australia is unsustainable.  Indeed, an anthropogenic future for the Earth in its entirety is unsustainable from the point of view of survival. We do our best to understand the real Australia in natural and cultural terms. We avoid propaganda.  We tell t