As usual the local Brisbane News didn't have anything in it's coverage of the 2020 summits, but praise for the magnificence of the ideas from Australia's finest and brightest minds, never questioning the how, when, where or why such a programme was called for from the general community.
The Cartoon in one paper said a lot though, it depicted Rudd at the rostrum with a popular and respected Australian female actor standing along side and the words below said something like, By 2020 no Australian child won't know who Kate Blanchet is, very funny stuff and it was interesting to see the live TV coverage because the number of actors and musicians present was noticeable amongst the participants.
The top ideas came as no surprise to me though and were simply Labor agenda items and the follow up of previously unused Labor policy, the majority of which was about the next five years rather than, as the name of this forum quotes, looking at ideas over ten years away in 2020.
While we are still running the same old Labor ground of selling off public assets, this time public ownership in our Airports, to create money for needed public infrastructure, read Hospitals, the great ideas forum brought the rabbits out of the hats in the form of the Republic issue, The Tax reform agenda, much harsher business regulation and some big spending on other infrastructure
While it is inevitable that Australia will become a Republic, you could question the timing of spending so much money on something that should be done in prosperous times, rather than taking money from the public purse that the majority of Australians would prefer to see spent of the Health situation, fixing some of the problems of State governments that haven't increased health spending to keep it up with population increases for over 10 years, and education, roads, water and other infrastructure are in pretty much the same condition, and that is needing some large injections of money, first.
All things aside, others can call it initiative from the Rudd Government, but a large number of people are in two minds about this process, one school of thought says this Government doesn't have a clue and is trying to get a handle on what the community wants as quickly as they can and a second mindset is that this will replace going to the people on a lot of issues and give the Government some kind of mandate to do certain things they want to.
So, who's taking a book on how long it will be before the reintroduction of Death Duties in this country?
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
What is the "Brigalow Corporation"?
A simple explanation is that the "Brigalow Corporation" is the Government Corporation.
The Queensland Government has changed the wording in so many little parts of so much of the Queensland Constitution that they are effectively not a Governing body, more so it seems they are a business corporation.
It also seems that they refer to the business of governing the land of the people of Queensland the "Brigalow Corporation" under which all Land in the State has been removed from our ownership, and it also seems that it has been used as collateral for this corporation.
What?
On Thursday October 3rd 2007, the High Court of Australia made rulings over residential and rural land that effectively removes all land ownership from the people of Queensland, and into the hands of the State.
The Court ruling that "fee simple" and "common law" are no longer recognised in Queensland seems to mean we are no longer part of the commonwealth and no longer have ownership or say in our own land and that Queensland is a separate entity and can just make up its own laws.
OK so how does that come about ?
When you purchase land, freehold, the transaction of exchanging Money for Land is described as "Fee Simple" and gives you the total right to call yourself the owner because the Crown has deeded that land to you when you paid for it without any other interference from Government.
But now, that the crown has been removed from the constitution and the governor is just another public servant appointed by the premier and the wording of the Queensland constitution doesn't acknowledge either the crown or "Fee Simple" and title is given by the State not the crown and isn't even backed up by a document with seal (title deed) just an electronic print out, you may have lost the right to freedom of use on your freehold land from now on.
As a person who has possessed a couple of genuine title deeds I can say they are quite informative and impressive and they are meant to be so, because the ownership of Land was always something to be valued highly and the mark of a man and even a reflection of his status, it will be a sad day when all goes back to the State.
The Queensland Government has changed the wording in so many little parts of so much of the Queensland Constitution that they are effectively not a Governing body, more so it seems they are a business corporation.
It also seems that they refer to the business of governing the land of the people of Queensland the "Brigalow Corporation" under which all Land in the State has been removed from our ownership, and it also seems that it has been used as collateral for this corporation.
What?
On Thursday October 3rd 2007, the High Court of Australia made rulings over residential and rural land that effectively removes all land ownership from the people of Queensland, and into the hands of the State.
The Court ruling that "fee simple" and "common law" are no longer recognised in Queensland seems to mean we are no longer part of the commonwealth and no longer have ownership or say in our own land and that Queensland is a separate entity and can just make up its own laws.
OK so how does that come about ?
When you purchase land, freehold, the transaction of exchanging Money for Land is described as "Fee Simple" and gives you the total right to call yourself the owner because the Crown has deeded that land to you when you paid for it without any other interference from Government.
But now, that the crown has been removed from the constitution and the governor is just another public servant appointed by the premier and the wording of the Queensland constitution doesn't acknowledge either the crown or "Fee Simple" and title is given by the State not the crown and isn't even backed up by a document with seal (title deed) just an electronic print out, you may have lost the right to freedom of use on your freehold land from now on.
As a person who has possessed a couple of genuine title deeds I can say they are quite informative and impressive and they are meant to be so, because the ownership of Land was always something to be valued highly and the mark of a man and even a reflection of his status, it will be a sad day when all goes back to the State.
So a new Governor for Queensland, but who?
With the announcement that KRudd has called up his old Queensland mate for service to the Country and by that I mean that the Queensland Governor Ms Quentin Bryce will become the first woman Governor General of Australia, there will be a vacancy for the position here in Queensland.
If anyone doubts the "Jobs for the Boys" appointments that have gone on in the last few years aren't just serendipity and that the right person has always been chosen in the appropriate manor based on their qualifications and merits then don't hold your breath waiting to see who gets the role of Queensland Governor.
It seems that the Governor's position has been eroded lately anyway, at least since the 2001 amendments to the Queensland constitution which sees the role taken from being one of representing the Crown to being not much more than one of being a public secretary who conducts business under the premier, the corporate head of the State.
That means, I would Guess, that it seems the Governor can't sack the members of parliament in Queensland but, . . . . . the Governor can be sacked by them.
So who's taking bets on a certain ex Premier coming home to be Governor of Queensland ?
If anyone doubts the "Jobs for the Boys" appointments that have gone on in the last few years aren't just serendipity and that the right person has always been chosen in the appropriate manor based on their qualifications and merits then don't hold your breath waiting to see who gets the role of Queensland Governor.
It seems that the Governor's position has been eroded lately anyway, at least since the 2001 amendments to the Queensland constitution which sees the role taken from being one of representing the Crown to being not much more than one of being a public secretary who conducts business under the premier, the corporate head of the State.
That means, I would Guess, that it seems the Governor can't sack the members of parliament in Queensland but, . . . . . the Governor can be sacked by them.
So who's taking bets on a certain ex Premier coming home to be Governor of Queensland ?
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
ULDA Affordable Housing ? I don't think so!
The Premier Ms Bligh, made a statement yesterday that made the news that should fill all large landholders with trepidation because the new Urban Land Development Authority sites have nothing at all to do with affordability in my mind and that means you have to question what the actual purpose of the ULDA really is.
The two sites, at Bowen Hills and Northshore Hamilton are large enough to house more than 30,000 people and are 108 hectare at Bowen Hills and Northshore Hamilton is a 304 hectare site and the two sites are located very close to Brisbane CBD and transport.
I guess the questions begin at this point, don't they? and as usual many of the answers are not being made public, like how much will a developer ( of the ULDA's choice )pay for each site and How much will people pay for blocks of land because both these areas are already very expensive and in particular the riverfront land at Hamilton.
So we'd have to say that the only affordable housing available will possibly be a one bed apartment in a medium/high rise block.
You have to wonder if this is going to be typical of the ULDA where Land is going to be given to a developer to create million dollar average suburbs on the river or close to the city and investors will probably snap up everything that is reasonable in price to rent out.
Keep your eye on this one.
The two sites, at Bowen Hills and Northshore Hamilton are large enough to house more than 30,000 people and are 108 hectare at Bowen Hills and Northshore Hamilton is a 304 hectare site and the two sites are located very close to Brisbane CBD and transport.
I guess the questions begin at this point, don't they? and as usual many of the answers are not being made public, like how much will a developer ( of the ULDA's choice )pay for each site and How much will people pay for blocks of land because both these areas are already very expensive and in particular the riverfront land at Hamilton.
So we'd have to say that the only affordable housing available will possibly be a one bed apartment in a medium/high rise block.
You have to wonder if this is going to be typical of the ULDA where Land is going to be given to a developer to create million dollar average suburbs on the river or close to the city and investors will probably snap up everything that is reasonable in price to rent out.
Keep your eye on this one.
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