The provision of infrastructure is the greatest source of inequality in Australia today. Access to basic services should be a citizen’s right. If city people are as concerned about people in the country as they say, they shouldn’t mind funding the following projects:
1. Road transport: A tunnel or freeway through the Blue Mountains to give greater access give a major boost to tourism to the greater west.
2. Rail transport: High speed rail systems will reduce road maintenance costs and increase road safety.
3. Mobile phone coverage: this can be a life or death issue. Access to telephone services should be a fundamental right.
4. Internet access: broadband access should be a birthright. The world does business online, is educated online, meets and connects with important people online, accesses government services online.
5. Health services: We need high quality centres of excellence “hubs” fed by super-high speed air transport to bring the best standards of health care to regional people.
6. Energy: Local generation of energy from renewable sources like windfarms and solar energy installations. Encourage innovations such as algae farms for carbon sequestration and biofuel and fertiliser production.
7. Water: “Carbon Farming” methods will capture more rainfall in rootmass of pastures and crops, so there will be less runoff. So we need recycling and reuse facilities in all ‘town water supply’ areas.
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